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I did! I will be in the AGACNP program. I'm excited to get started and figure things out. Did you finish your education through them?

I am just making this thread for all prospective NP students at St Louis University starting this fall. FNP, AGNP, etc. Has anyone gotten an interview or gotten any sort of word yet? If anyone else here is applying, which track are you doing? I am hoping to get into the acute care program.

Thanks so much for the detailed response. I'm glad to hear it's a reasonable program, as the lack of info had me wondering. Especially the info about the actual classwork, that sounds great. I'm not a big fan of just writing papers or group work, the practical application seems far more useful. The AG-ACNP track is laid out a bit different than the FNP but I will keep your advice about the classes in order. I've got my application in already and it seems like the deadline is March 1 and then they reach out 4-6 weeks after, going by the program's information page? So there's some waiting left but at least it's coming closer. I think all I have left is the interview if they decide to go for that, so hopefully it's a straightforward ride from here. Thanks again for all of the information!

Thank you for the response! I am glad to hear good news about the program since often no one has anything to share on it. I actually applied for the AGNP program, but either way I'm sure it's ran similarly. I actually do have a couple of questions if that is alright. Do they help you find clinicals at all? I work at a hospital on the Illinois side not far at all from campus so I don't think it would be too terrible to find placement, but hopefully they use the actual SLU hospital or something to set things up. Also, I know you are still relatively early but does it seem manageable to work and do the program so far? Just one last thing LOL, how is the classwork so far, like is it pretty normal with tests/papers or is there some weird stuff like group work or other projects? Thank you for anything you have to share. It's crazy how you can find so much on other programs but SLU's is like a black hole it feels like. Maybe one day someone else can find this thread and get good info!

Did you get accepted or ever find any insight into SLU's program? I have tried asking around here and Reddit, never have gotten a response of any kind. Are they going to abduct and kill me or something if I start the program??

I am hoping to start up on a program this fall but I am overwhelmed by the choices in the area and was hoping for some critique on different schools if anyone has something to share. SLU's AG-ACNP program is the main one that I am looking at. I want to do acute care and I appreciate that it is a Master's - I don't feel any need to pursue a Doctorate at this point and I have never read it does much to boost clinical knowledge. I also appreciate that they offer different certs so I can go back and do FNP or psych, for instance. The problem is that the tuition cost seems to be high, but to an extent it's worth it to me if it's a better education. Maryville/Chamberlain I feel a bit more trepidation about as I hear all kinds of stories about hiring managers looking down on so-called "degree mill" schools. Yet people I know are doing Chamberlain and seem to like it and the NP in my ICU went there too and obviously has a fine job. I don't know if she used to work here as a nurse and got in that way or anything though, I plan to talk to her about it next time I see her. SIUE seems good but it's only FNP and it's only a doctorate so it doesn't really meet my hopeful criteria but if it's a great education then I can start there. Does anyone here have anything to share about the options in the area?

I tried using the search function and couldn't find anything from recent times - is anyone here doing the online BSN-DNP program at SIUE? Seems way cheaper than doing anything over the river in STL. I work in O'Fallon so it'll be close and the hospital I'm at has pretty good tuition reimbursement. Mostly I'm just worried about the quality of the education - I know BSN-DNP is kind of new and it's online. Maybe I've worried about nothing but some opinion would be nice if anyone doesn't mind to share.

Hello everyone, I am in the RN-BSN program and potentially at the very end of it next eight weeks. I have three classes left - an elective (BUSN115 because I want to get my feet wet in that field) along with the two aforementioned classes: NR 443 (Community Health Nursing) and NR 451 (Capstone). Would it be overkill to take these classes together? For reference I'm single and childless so time shouldn't be an issue, but obviously no one wants to lose their mind taking too much at once. I really don't think that the business class will be much of a challenge at all but that kind of thinking might come back to bite me! How are the two nursing classes? Are they about the same as the others in the program or even more demanding? Hopefully they're just the same old "make a discussion post with a few small projects" stuff that the other classes have been. Thank you so much if anyone has any advice on these questions. It'll be so great to finish up this BSN and move on to the future!

Hello, There's no real reason to delve into my sob story here, but I recently found out my dad has lung cancer which he just hasn't talked about to any of my brothers or me, I guess that's just a dad thing to do... Anyway when I got my license I left to go to a big city about eight hours from home, which was just silly dream-chasing in it's own right. I've been thinking about moving to St Louis which isn't even an hour from home, and now that dad is so sick it's been all I can think about. The problem is that I just started my first nursing job maybe 6 or 7 weeks ago, if that. The company I work for wants you to have six months in, but I don't know if I can stand that long wait, especially with how long the drive is just to visit home. I haven't even given much thought on how to break this to my manager as I haven't done much job hunting or getting my license transferred, and obviously I need to have a new job lined up before I do anything. I was just wondering if anyone has had something similar happen to them and would have advice. There's so much I need to think about even outside of the job like finding a sublet for my apartment and finding a new apartment, seeing exactly where I should live and how far from dad that'd put me, etc. But compared to how I think I'd feel if something happened while I was so far away, none of that feels like a big deal if I can just pull it off.

I found a thread regarding the program but it's a few years old so I figured I could make a new one. I'm currently stuck between IWU and Chamberlain for my BSN. The issue is that IWU works with the community college where I'm finishing up my ADN and I would only have to take their core nursing classes. I also can pre-register which would look good for my resume, I'm sure. Chamberlain, on the other hand, is Chamberlain. I wouldn't mind giving that a shot either. So my question is, does anyone here go to or already went to IWU for their online RN-BSN program? How is it? I intend to contact Chamberlain to see if they offer any sort of pre-registration and of course I'll apply and send my transcripts. I just would like opinions on IWU as they're hard to find. Thank you in advance.