How much more difficult is psych NP school than getting your BSN?

NP_HOPEFUL · Sep 25, 2014

I'll update you, Just started Drexel's PMHNP program 9/22. Taking advance pharm and advance patho. So far patho is cellular biology and pharm is all over the place. Drexel also has a course specific advance pharm which is geared to your specialty. Pretty cool

Barnstormin' PMHNP · Sep 27, 2014

I am attending a Brick and mortar in the northeast. I am taking 4 classes (full time) patho, quantitative analysis, Health assessment and a disparities class, plus a lab attached to health assessment. Each class is 3 hours long. The homework is nursing school times 3, with patho and H.A. needing an 80 or above to remain in the program. Our books for patho and health assessment are medical textbooks used in M.D. schools and written by M.D.'s. Next semester we add clinicals to the class load. I guess it depends on what program you enroll in and how well prepared you want to be for practice to say how difficult it will be.

Pantoinette4 · Oct 25, 2014

Hey NP_HOPEFUL,

i just saw your pm. Sorry for the late response. I thought you receive alerts when someone sends you a message but I guess not. I wanted to give you an update on my classes. So, I'll email you!

NP_HOPEFUL · Oct 25, 2014

Ok cool, yeah I had to get use to that as well.

Pantoinette4 · Oct 25, 2014

Hey NP_HOPEFUL,

i tried your drexel email (otm25) & it's saying doesn't exist. Try mine pau26 and see if you can email me.

NP_HOPEFUL · Oct 25, 2014

Ok just sent it and it went through

annatheRN · Oct 29, 2014

I also would like to know. Although, I went through an Accelerated BSN program, spending sometimes over 70 hours a week on coursework + clinicals so perhaps I couldn't get the right idea.

Whispera, MSN, RN · Oct 29, 2014

My experience was that each class in the advanced degree was like a whole semester of full time classes in my BSN...

annatheRN · Oct 29, 2014

My experience was that each class in the advanced degree was like a whole semester of full time classes in my BSN...

?!?! Where did you go???

so,if I took 2 classes per semester while working (which is essentially part-time), it would feel like more than full-time worth of study + the stress of work?!

Whispera, MSN, RN · Oct 31, 2014

Could be! It's not that intense for everyone, but it sure was for me. I was working half time, had a family, and took one class per semester for my MSN. I went full time for my BSN.

I got my BSN at Indiana University and my MSN from Valparaiso University in Indiana.[

QUOTE=annatheRN;8197260]?!?! Where did you go???

so,if I took 2 classes per semester while working (which is essentially part-time), it would feel like more than full-time worth of study + the stress of work?!

annatheRN · Oct 31, 2014

Thanks for your 2cents whispera. You're right, it's probably different for everyone and fortunately I don't have a family yet, so it's best for me to apply soon!