Need info on online NP programs.

I have just completed my Adult NP online through the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I looked around for a long time before I settled on them. It was a great program and only 4 semesters long if you go full-time. Very reasonably priced also!

I talked to UAB while looking for an ANP program. They told me they would send someone to my location to evaluate me for clinical. How'd it work for you? I could still apply but didn't like that aspect of the program. I'd love to know about it. I am in another state. Really like that it was not as long as some if full time. Barinbass

Hello guys.

I am currently an RN who is interested in pursuing an advanced nursing degree as an FNP. However I have come across a road block. I am a resident of NY and many programs are not accepting NY state residents. For example I pulled this off the Indiana state university website "

At this time, the New York State Board of Education has not recognized or approved Indiana State University to conduct clinical nursing education with citizens from New York.

Indiana State nursing programs have been submitted for review but it has yet to be determined if the online programs will be considered.

Due to this unfortunate circumstance, the nursing programs at Indiana State University will not be accepting any undergraduate or graduate nursing students from the state of New York for admission into the major."

and this from the University of South Alabama website

New York and Pennsylvania residents only:

We have recently been notified by your state*s Higher Education Board

that all education programs including online programs must have approval

by this board prior to citizens from your state enrolling in a program.

Unfortunately, this means that we are unable to accept your application

for the MSN program here at USA College of Nursing until we obtain

approval to offer our program in your state. We sincerely apologize for

this inconvenience. If you have any questions at all, please do not

hesitate to contact me.

Is anyone else having this problem??? are there any NY state residents currently in an NP program online that can assist me????

I would really appreciate it,

Thanks in advance

wow, sounds like the board is trying to control the education of the NP's in their state- you called the school to get the rational about this practice..

I am currently enrolled in the University of Alabama,, but I don;t know if this online thing is for me.. I am wanting more interaction with the instruction.. the assignments are posted you read it and take the test.. thats it..

This has to do with a new federal regulation...I think it's 600.9, that requires all school to be approved in the state that clinicals are completed in. This had to do with internet schools popping up...not just nursing... accepting people not qualified to be in the program, and taking grant money from students. The students would then quit and the schools were keeping the money. This info was given to me by the dean at SLU. So all schools need to be approved in the states where their students are doing clinicals. I'm in Louisiana and ran into the same problem. I've applied to USA, UAB, and SLU (Saint Louis). SLU is not approved at this time, and they are currently jumping through the red tape down here to get it done. To get around this, you can get an RN license in another state and do clinicals there. I have decided to attend one of my other choices that are approved. To me, t's more work setting up, and traveling to clinicals from out-of-state...doable but way too much work. Hope this info helps.

Dana

Once you finish the program, could you take the test in NY or would you not be able to work there?

There are many new proposed federal regulations regarding distance education. A school offering distance education (even a class that meets only one day per semester) would need to obtain permission from another state to offer any education to residents of that state.

To illustrate this proposed regulation, let me give a fictional example. Let's say that Rhode Island State University (no such school) offered a program that was mostly online. It was so popular that students from 10 other states were enrolled. Officials at RI State University would need to obtain permission from the Departments of Education in those 10 different states to offer instruction to residents of that state. The different states view this as a chance to make some revenue, and they charge an annual fee for this permission. One state now does charge a $500 to the distance University for each state resident enrolled in any program. More states are expected to use this new federal regulation as a means to make some money too.

The regulatory landscape for distance learning is very much in flux with state and federal laws changing. Many universities are waiting a year or so to see what the regulations (and licensing fees) will be before expanding any programs.

Schools will need to follow federal regulations if they want to use ANY federal financial aid (Pell, Stafford, etc).