kfraz85

I am going through a brick and mortar school, and although it is taking much longer (4.5 years for a DNP vs 2 online) I feel safer knowing that I am learning from practicing NP's and not relying on just reading from a book. I have a coworker who went through South, and in retrospect she didn't care for the program. They don't teach you how to read an xray, suture, cast...they expect your preceptors to teach you this. I think this is inappropriate. You don't know what you don't know...said co-worker told me about a 30-something year old new onset hypertensive patient that she managed in clinicals. She was very proud to have done an EKG, rule out an MI and so started them on lisinopril and sent them on their way. I don't even think it crossed her mind the work up that needed done to rule out secondary causes of hypertension; her preceptor should have said something. This is basic stuff. There are some decent online schools. I have never heard that the particular school you chose is one of them. Good luck to you, whatever you decide!