help me please....

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i am very much interested in pursuing my education and becoming an NP... but the "2015 DNP" (as i would call it, for the lack of better terms :confused:) makes me wonder if it will be right for me. financially and time management wise.. it will be tremendously hard (with a full time job and 2 kids). i am in much confusion as to how will i start doing this. i dont want to drop my dreams all just like that, but it is tremendously difficult to study for more than 5 years, not to mention the money and time i have to spent. i live here in NJ- very interested in taking FNP. planning to start school by fall 2011. please help. thanks:nurse:

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A lot of NP students are on "the 10 year plan". Just do it one class at a time, get help from employer as far as your schedule if you think you should mention it at work, try to get scholarships, enlist the aid of your family, friends, and neighbors.

Hey, good luck.

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thanks for the advice! really appreciate it... but just one question what's the "10 year plan"?TIA:)

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You say it will take 5 years to complete the schooling, it you take only half the classes at a time it will take 10 years to finish. Never give up your dreams even if it takes longer than ten years you will be proud when you finish.

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

the time will pass anyway. Might as well be working on a goal. Also, check with your school's financial aid about $. The Dean of my grad school (or her associates) found most of us scholarships to keep us enrolled. Really helped.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

The 10 year plan won't work because few schools give you more than 5 years to finish a degree. I would look very closely and carefully before considering doing it this way.

As to the DNP-requirement - its NOT a requirement at this time, just a SUGGESTION. And...I'll be honest, the BSN as an entry level to RN practice was also just a SUGGESTION. In other words, don't worry about it.

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THANK YOU!!! for everyone's advice, im very grateful.i hope that dnp requirement would just freeze in time, until i graduate and finish. it's just freaking me out that other schools are already jumping on that bandwagon... reading the bsn-dnp program with 72 credits needed. ....:eek: but here in NY i havent seen that yet. but heard that to happen. from the hospital i am working at, they cover maximum of 18 credits per semester.... only for the credits, all other miscellanous stuff we have to pay. from the schools that i have researched they will only allow max of 4 - 5 yrs to finish the master's. i just dont want to get caught in the middle wherein i graduate by 2015- and nobody will accept me for certifi:bluecry1:cation

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thanks for the advice! really appreciate it... but just one question what's the "10 year plan"?TIA:)

It means that the student takes a very long time to complete the NP program. Instead of going full time to school and getting done in a couple of years, students take 1 class per semester. They fulfill NP requirements slowly but surely.

It doesn't necessarily mean it will take 10 years, it just means that you go very slowly and only take 1 class at a time. It works for people in your situation - working full time already, raising a family, and going to NP school.

Best wishes, I hope all goes well for you.

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Specializes in Quality Improvement, Informatics.

i think i got lost somewhere in this discussion.... what's this about a DNP "requirement"?

- curious

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