Ohio university online FNP program?!

Byrn09 · Dec 5, 2016

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birdie22 · Jan 11, 2017

I know a couple people in the program but dont know specific details on the costs, likes/dislikes. Generally speaking, online is very helpful for work/life balance but be careful because it takes a lot of self discipline and self guidance. You have to teach yourself how to navigate the website/portal and take the time to actually listen to the lectures and not just skim them to see what the assignments are. good luck!

Ingels85 · Jan 13, 2017

Hello. I am actually set to graduate from OU's FNP program this August. I only have two clinical course remaining. The best advice I can give you is to go to a brick and mortar school if you are not self-disciplined. The school receives your tuition money whether you choose to do the work or not. You will have to find your own preceptors, but I already work at a local emergency department and used to work a med surg floor for a few years, so I had people willing to precept me. The overall cost of the program is comparable to many others I would say.

However, I will give them credit because they are not a "got the money, get the degree" kind of place. You have to put in the work to make it happen. I talked to several friends attending Walden, as well as Marshall University, and I was doing more advanced things then they were, and they had been in school longer. What I mean by this is that I was writing SOAP notes a few times a week on patients, and others hadn't even began to learn about writing a SOAP note. Plus, I was required to do more clinical hours and couldn't combine them. An example was a student who was with a preceptors that saw adults and peds, like mine, and she was allowed to count hours for adult and peds at the same time. Ohio University does not allow this, and while that seems crappy, I actually like it because you stay focused on one age demographic at a time, and helps to better drive home some many concepts related to a particular group of patients. Ohio University is an Actual brick and mortar school, not just online, so they also care about your success, as it directly impacts their reputation. Plus, your degree doesn't say "online division".

Overall, I like the university. I know some students had trouble finding preceptors, but this wasn't the case for me. I also completed my BSN through them, and the process was pretty much seem less to continue my education. They actually revamped their women's health and peds portion to one clinical, which may or may not be beneficial. I had the option to do this, but wanted as many hours in each specialty that I could get. Becoming a competent FNP is definitely acieveable through them, but it does require effort. I have worked full time through out my 3 years with them (combined BSN and MSN), have 3 children 11,3,& 9 months, and my wife is a full time educator. I'm almost done, and am very happy with my choice to choose Ohio University.

Hope this helps shed some light.

Burks21 · Feb 9, 2017

I did my RN to BSN through OU and they really weren't very helpful with setting up my schedule or helping in that regard at all. I've known a few graduates from that program that say the same thing.

But on the other hand they also say the education they received was worth it. If I were doing the FNP route, I would not hesitate to go to OU.