Lauryn_21

No problem! I could not find ANYTHING about SLU on forums when I was applying so I know exactly what you mean. I actually had a girl find my posts and answer several questions which was very helpful. I am sure the degree plan is similar. I am in the FNP program, full time. The fastest I could complete it was 2.5 years. I think the FNP program is one semester longer than peds and adult/geriatric because it covers both, but I think the psych program is the same length as FNP. For me, they did not help find clinicals at all this semester, but I also live 5 hours from St. Louis and already had some in line. I do know they told us if we absolutely could not find anyone they could help us find someone in St. Louis and we would just have to travel so I think if you are local, they may be able to help you out there. They said to start asking early, which I did, but I felt like none of my locations could give me definite answers until a couple of weeks before classes started due to COVID restrictions on having students. My advice if you are struggling to find preceptors is do not fret. Many people in my class still don't have preceptors and I am already on hour 30 of my 75 required. If you can't get a preceptor, they still let you take the class and basically give you an incomplete until the hours are completed, however long that takes. Because of COVID, they have been very laid back about it and are willing to help as much as they can. Unfortunately, there is no preceptor bank like some schools have but if you know people in other programs, getting a copy of a preceptor bank can be very helpful. Up to this point, I am a full time student and working full time as an RN. There are weeks that it is a lot, but I do think it is doable. Taking advanced pharmacology with advanced health assessment has been difficult so if you can split those two classes up, I would highly recommend that. Pathophysiology wasn't too difficult so taking it with Pharm or Assessment would be feasible. Pharm and Assessment together is doable though if it is your only choice, just be prepared to study more for those classes than previous ones. For the most part, most of the homework can be completed all in one day for all three of my classes. The problem I run into is when my tests line up in the same week. Unlike nursing school, there does not seem to be a lot of nonsense busy work. There truly isn't a lot of homework but classes still seem to have plenty of points where grades are not 100% dependent on exams. Some classes have discussion boards, but only a few so far. Most assignments I have found to be actually beneficial and helpful, especially in pharmacology. I have not had any group projects so far, and really not that many papers. Most assignments are case study type things where you are applying the course work so I have found them to actually be helpful. I hope that helps. Feel free to message me anytime if you have more questions of even if you have questions once you've been accepted and/or started the program.

Hello, I did get accepted and I am currently in my second semester. I would say I think this program is relatively easy to get into. I like the program so far. They have been very laid back as far as clinicals due to COVID. They haven't lowered the clinical amount but they are extending time to complete clinicals for those who need it. The classes haven't been horrible so far. There's a lot of teaching yourself but I think that is true with any online program. Feel free to message me with any questions you might have about the program. So far, I would recommend it.

Has anyone gone through SLU for their FNP? I applied back in November to start this fall, but they do not make decisions until mid June. Was wondering if anyone had any insight on the school? How hard is it to get accepted? What did you think of the program? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Did you ever hear from any current or past students? I applied to start their MSN-FNP program fall 2020 but I haven't been able to find much insight about the school.

Did you end up attending this school? I applied for Fall 2020 but I cannot find any threads of past students to see how easy/difficult it is to get accepted, GPA average, work experience average, etc.

2019

I went here for their accelerated BSN program. I did not have the best experience. I met with an advisor before I decided to go there. I was told I could go directly from BSN to MSN-FNP. During my first semester, they changed the requirements, stating that students needed a year of experience before starting the MSN program, which is understandable, however, they had told myself and my whole cohort we could go straight through. The new rules they told us would affect us even though we had started the program already. They also changed the curriculum in the middle of my program so every 8 weeks when we started a new semester, it was absolute chaos. My cohort was the guinea pig for everything but it was bad enough I decided I did not want to get my masters through them. I do know its fairly easy to get accepted into their FNP program, and most of the teachers I had were great, but the lack of organization was a big downfall for me. Hopefully it has gotten better and maybe the MSN program isn't nearly as bad, but my personal experience wasnt the best.