On Line Masters Program?

layna · Aug 7, 2003

Wow, renerian! Would you please let me know which school you did this through? I already have my BSN...just need to get the MSN.

Thank-you!

Layna

lynswim · Aug 7, 2003

St. Joseph's charges $735 per 3 hour class. I have 7 years to finish, and each class has a 6-month time limit. I also have to go to Maine for 2 weeks to do a residency requirement.

Sorry it took so long to post but I was away at camp!

Lyn

renerian, BSN, RN · Aug 7, 2003

Layna the college was clayton college. They are accredited but not by traditional bodies for distance ed. The course work was HARD. I read 98 books for my combined program. Took a bazillion tests and did papers and such/some projects. I loved it. If you pay up front you get a good discount which is what I did.

This is a MS program not MSN. I have to laugh though. For some reason people feel they need an MSN, no one ever asked me where I went to school or what my major is. They just see the MS and they are fine with it.

http://www.ccnh.edu

renerian

JNJ · Aug 15, 2003

You might want to check out the states in which you want to practice - also if you want to work in education.

Some Boards of Registered Nursing e.g. California, can be very sticky about MS versus MSN. I know this to my cost - took me five years and dozens of letters/references etc. etc from my DON etc before CA would approve me as a full instructor. The BRN classified me as an Assistant Instructor for those years although I had years of full instructor experience, a degree in Education, and had published many times in educational journals. I even headed the Curriculum Committee in the school of nursing.

When the BRN finally changed their minds about the appropriateness of my degree, I felt like sueing them for lost earnings over the previous five years - the school used my expertise and I had enjoyed the work, but the school paid me as an Assistant Instructor. This also meant I was not eligible to apply for the ADON (and thus, later, the DON position when it became open).

This isn't a personal diatribe about the unfairness of life (!) as I found ways to do what I wanted to do, but I did want to really spell out the possible implications of not having that MSN.

Monica RN,BSN · Aug 16, 2003

canyon college has a master science in nursing education. Affordable, and a nice curriculum. I am planning to check it out this fall.

lynswim · Aug 21, 2003

If you are plannning to teach with your MSN, you probably need to get your degree from a college with either NLNAC or CCNE accreditation.

Lyn