Ohio State part time FNP question

[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Can anyone comment on the weekly schedule time commitments for the part time/online FNP program at OSU?

Thanks!

[MiHopeFull, MSN, RN, NP]

I have a friend who just started the clinical portion. He said 3 clinical's per week, then one 1 class meeting per week.

[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

In the part time program?

[MiHopeFull, MSN, RN, NP]

Ya, it's only part time which is 2-3 classes per semester till you hit the last 3 semesters. The last 3 semesters, you need to do 670 hours of clinical for FNP, a typical clinical experience is 6-7 hours per day, since most of the clinic's are open around 8 hours, so around 18 hours a week give or take. Some, of my friends in Acute care NP, where able to work 12 hour clinicals in the ER, or ICU which shortened the number of shifts per week. Family is more difficult to do this, since most place you will go to are open only 8 hours a day. There is one class meeting per week as well, not sure how they work it for online students. When I went to OSU, they told us family NP only has a 25-30% acceptance rate, so I ended up going into another specialty, I have a lot of friends who got in, and a lot who got rejected, and there does not seem to be any rhyme or reason as to why.

[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Yikes, ok good to know now..

Thanks!