Marquette Direct Entry MSN 2012

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Hi! Any Marquette hopefuls this app. cycle? I'm a little ahead of the game here but am too excited not to be =0) I'm applying to the CNM track!

Nope, nothing yet. I wonder if that means we now have to wait until a third round? :/ I hope not...I need to start planning and making choices and this wait is killing me!!

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Congrats sunnyd_83, that's exciting news! Hopefully uwbadger12 and MissHolland will also hear good news soon~

Another concern I have about Marquette's DE MSN program is that we won't be issued a BSN along with the MSN. I know traditionally a lot of programs didn't bother to give out the BSN b/c students came out with a higher degree, but I interviewed with another program on the East coast and my interviewer said their program just started issuing out BSNs b/c some NPs were turned away from jobs due to not meeting the minimum requirement of a BSN. I know it sounds silly that we would be turned away for a job when qualified as NPs, but this woman has been in the nursing field for a long time and as a nursing faculty member, she keeps up with current nursing issues. Has anyone else heard of this before, or know anything about it? I was always a little uneasy about Marquette not giving out a BSN; I figured it was for business reasons so people would not leave the program early....but we would be doing the same type of education as traditional BSN students at Marquette, so really we SHOULD be getting BSNs just in case.

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I agree seltsi, about MissHolland/uwbadger12 and the BSN. This was indeed the only program I applied to because of family obligations and geographic reasons however. I believe Marquette has a great nursing program and I've heard many things to that effect, but not walking away with a BSN is only to the detriment of the student. Hopefully many employers don't see it the way your other possible program sees it!!!! If they do, we're up the creek. I've been reading threads regarding the entry level DNP, nursing overages and even the obliteration of te ANP and GNP license with possibilities of PNP, FNP and others going the same way as well in the near future. Couple that with the slew of things I need to figure out now that I'm actually accepted into this program and there's so much to worry about that I can't possibly worry about it all and remain in the semi-sane state I'm currently walking around in! lol

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My older sister is a nurse and when I mentioned it to her, she said that maybe it's a regional thing. The other program is in Boston and they have a ton of great nursing schools, so maybe the BSN restriction is one way to slim down the number of applicants for a job. I don't know for sure, just speculating here lol but since it's the midwest and DE MSN programs are still kinda new here, maybe it won't be an issue as long as we stay in the midwest to practice. Or hopefully not having a BSN will get overridden soon by a new nursing guideline.

Agreed, there's so much to take care of to prepare for May. At least you have housing taken care of, I'm assuming! :)

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Check on housing, no check on basically anything else! lol

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hey alll! I also received an acceptance email this afternoon! I was thrilled :yeah:... this is the first acceptance for me so far..I am still waiting on 3 others. I am from a suburb of Chicago so I am not too far from Milwaukee. I drove down a couple of weeks ago to visit and loved campus. Its hard to believe that classes will be starting 3 months from today. Congrats to everyone who is in thus far and I am hoping for good news for those of you still waiting!

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Congrats! Now your sn will no longer be NPhopeful, but soon-to-be NP! :D

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Hi all,

About the no-BSN issue and the DNP: I'm from Washington, but I spoke to 4 or 5 NPs around here before applying to graduate schools. None of them had been direct entry students, but they all supported these programs. A comment I heard was that, "Occasionally a bad egg comes out of these programs, and that's unfortunate because people they encounter may think they're representative of all direct entry grads, but bad eggs come out of traditional programs, too. There's a growing need for advanced practice nurses, so I'm glad these programs allow more motivated people to enter this field." One other NP told me that her colleague had gone through a direct entry program and had chosen to work as an RN for a year or two in an Family Practice clinic to gain extra experience before taking on an NP role. However, one thing I heard from ALL NPs I spoke to was "you'll want to get your DNP!"

Anyway.. I know this is information from a limited group, but I found it comforting.

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I'm trying to figure out how it can take four years to do the MSN (according to the e-mail wpolorocker received. Mine didn't mention this). Most of the programs are 42 credits. Part time is what, 6 credits a semester? If one is taking three credits in the summer, then at most this would be three years. I hear from the school that some students DO go full time and work part time...so this would make the MSN portion an additional two years. Am I reading into this wrong?

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They don't offer the MSN courses in the summer. http://www.marquette.edu/nursing/documents/MSN-AcuteCare-NP.pdf

Notice that all of the courses are Fall or Spring. So if you only took 6 credits each semester, it would take you 7 semesters (3 1/2 years) to finish the MSN. :)

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Thanks! Also, we take 9 of those credits during the pre-MSN phase so we'll actually have 33 credits left to take. I wonder if that 3-4 years was total including the pre-MSN phase.

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hi guys!

i was wondering what did everyones stats look like (gpa, gre, volunteer work etc)...?

thanks!

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