GWU MSN FNP Spring 2020

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I was accepted to GWU MSN-FNP for the Spring. I was just wondering if anyone else was accepted or if anyone had anything to say about GWU

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Hi congratulations on getting into GW. I finished their AGPCNP program last year.

The only thing I really have to say about GW is that you will have to find your own clinical sites, which can be very difficult. I would start looking and making introductions sooner than later. The school will give you a list of past preceptors with whom they have existing contracts but the MDs/NPs may or may not accept students. Ease of finding preceptors may also depend on how saturated your area is with NP students in general. I live in California and one of my MD preceptors would have up to six students at a time which was a little crazy but I can tell you that I was grateful that he was even accepting students at all.

Good luck and congrats again. If you have any other questions, I'm happy to help as I can.

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I deferred my start date for the program to Spring 2020. I’m interested in knowing how feasible working full time is while doing this program?

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8 hours ago, scoope23 said:

I deferred my start date for the program to Spring 2020. I’m interested in knowing how feasible working full time is while doing this program?

Hi @scoope23. I think it is feasible to work full-time while in this program but once clinicals comes around, you may have to go part-time.

I went to school part-time and worked full time until clinicals rolled around.

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Thanks so much for your response! I’m excited about starting the program! I have 9-5 type hours now instead of working my usual 3 12hr/shifts per week. I know time management is going to be key! How was your experience finding preceptors?

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4 minutes ago, scoope23 said:

How was your experience finding preceptors?

Please read the response I wrote previously to the OP about finding preceptors. It was a straight-up pain in the rear and it was one of the things I disliked about GW. I wished they were more proactive in helping to find preceptors but from what I've heard, this is more the norm for NP schools to not help students.

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Thanks! Sorry I completely overlooked that post ?

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On 12/15/2019 at 9:27 AM, db2xs said:

Hi congratulations on getting into GW. I finished their AGPCNP program last year.

The only thing I really have to say about GW is that you will have to find your own clinical sites, which can be very difficult. I would start looking and making introductions sooner than later. The school will give you a list of past preceptors with whom they have existing contracts but the MDs/NPs may or may not accept students. Ease of finding preceptors may also depend on how saturated your area is with NP students in general. I live in California and one of my MD preceptors would have up to six students at a time which was a little crazy but I can tell you that I was grateful that he was even accepting students at all.

Good luck and CONGRATS again. If you have any other questions, I'm happy to help as I can.

I'm not sure if you will see this but I was wondering if you could explain how testing works? Are there certain "class days" tests will be on for example, only Tuesdays and Thursdays? Also, does the test need to be started at a certain time or during a time frame? Thanks in advance!

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13 hours ago, Cogake said:

I'm not sure if you will see this but I was wondering if you could explain how testing works? Are there certain "class days" tests will be on for example, only Tuesdays and Thursdays? Also, does the test need to be started at a certain time or during a time frame? Thanks in advance!

Hi. When I was there, testing was done by dividing the students into groups and every day the groups would rotate through different tests and activities, which lasted for about three days. Hope this helps.

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Hello :-)

I was looking into GWU online FNP program. I was curious on how time consuming the weekly assignments were and what was the typical weekly assignments? For testing, did you have a web cam or how did they proctor exams? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. There are so many online FNP programs, it is so hard to find the right one.

-Emily

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A little late but for others who want to know....REVIEW OF MSN @ GWU 

You will pay a lot of money in tuition to teach yourself (if you have the time) after you have spent the majority of time checking the boxes on dumb assignments that don't really teach you the material. The instructors are just glorified assistants who grade your assignments and comment on the syllabus but rarely teach you anything of value. I am pretty disappointed in the amount of tuition I spent :\. I would consider another school that has a less well-known name so at least you won't feel like you are wasting your money. The advanced patho course at least provided videos from the  PA school so that was more helpful. In pharm you spend much of your time proving that you can look at a pharm book and regurgitate information on a weekly tracker of side effects, dosages, and monitoring parameters. It leaves little time to actually study. I only got my assignments reviewed once every three weeks in pharm so if I was doing something wrong then I was docked 3 weeks worth of grades (not cool). EBP is an absolute awful joke where "every week builds on the next" to analyze articles for a poorly designed course that taught nothing of new value beyond a BSN EBP course. There is a group grade and if you get stuck with people who work full-time, have a family, or don't care, you will be stuck carrying the group. Genetics was interesting and the instructor posted legit lecture videos which were great! I was grateful that a theory course was not required (again like other MSN programs.) I highly doubt it would be any different than a BSN level theory course (aka waste of time). At least genetics was something new and useful. The discussion board assignments in genetics also serve as the quiz which is actually helpful because you end up knowing what you need to learn. Advanced assessment feels like pharm in the sense that you will have to teach yourself a lot AFTER you have wasted time doing assignments that aren't as helpful. I was accepted into Georgetown as well and declined because I thought GWU would be a better value but I wish I had looked closer at Simmons or something more affordable. I had a 3.9 GPA during my BSN at a different institution. I managed a 3.9 GPA during my first semester at GWU while working full-time (it was rough...do not recommend unless you are secure enough to allow yourself to be a B and C student) but I don't feel I learned a lot. I just proved that I can tell them what they want to hear and check boxes. You are told that you be will assigned a clinical coordinator to help you keep track of clinical and....that never happened. GWU seems like they just want to do as little as possible to maximize their profit margins. Womp womp. This is just my experience thus far. Others may have better feedback. 

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