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It’s a Wisconsin thing. https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Professions/RN/Default.aspx “If you are applying for RN licensure by examination through completion of the Pre-MSN basic nursing requirements, there is no guarantee that you will be e...

Does WGU have a program, perhaps Herzing.

2 grades.

I’m glad I could help. They may have switched textbooks since my time, but the content is the same. Chemistry hasn’t changed. My first semester had been great! I hope for you success!

With straighterline the didactic portion is 70% open book tests that are quite difficult. 30% of your grade is a closed book proctored final with a real person. The labs are not proctored and are open book but require you to do experiments, dissectio...

Well, let’s agree on the elephant in the room. It’s a cash cow for the school and if they pull off producing decent nurses from it, it will help ensure the physical campus maintains the mission of their founders in perpetuity. But like othe...

Straighterline is incredibly rigorous and thorough. A&P 1 & 2 include physical labs and cover the entirety of Seeley’s Anatomy. Microbio, when I took it, went through Pearson’s Microbiology cover to cover. Again, with physical labs. Their sta...

I wouldn’t be too quick to knock online-only institutions, especially for prerequisite coursework. An institution con and should implement screening tests to verify acquisition of knowledge if there is any concern. Online is rapidly becoming the de f...

I’m sure your cohort got a raw deal coming in at the influx of Covid madness. But realize that sharing your latent negativity might not be giving a fair shake to the university; you’re seeing through colored lenses. Compared to the graduate prog...

Organize your cohort. My cohort uses GroupMe and zoom to coordinate studying, note taking, and share assignment guidance from Professors so we don’t reinvent the wheel emailing 50 times for the same thing. So far it is incredibly supportive and we ar...

Disorganized? Sure a little. Lots of PowerPoint? No different than medical school in that regard. Learning nothing? I call *** there. I’ve been in the program less than 2 months and I can already explain basic immunology, raas, inflammation pathways,...

I will be shooting straight over to a pmhnp program the day I graduate, then doing a pmhnp residency once I finish. I’m honestly not that concerned with the clinical hour difference. I learn extremely fast. I’m concerned about getting paid as quickly...

Wow, congrats. With either program you will have a job before you graduate most likely. ‘I lean toward having the BSN as well. Some employers have a preference for that. Veterans affairs pay scale notes the difference when choosing your t...

I can't stress this enough. Watch that video 2x before taking your test. Watch it at double speed if you can handle it to make it take less time. That's what I did, and I did very well on the test. I don't remember how many questions it was, but he h...

GI Bill. otherwise it would be graduate plus loans and private loans. It’s doable. The faster you get to work the faster you make $$.

Speed read the book, then watch the video left by the Coopersmith instructor at least 2X. If you handle it, set the playback speed to 2.0. Being forced to follow at a higher rate of speed will cause you to remember more.

We were already in WI. Oconomowoc school district is excellent if you don’t mind the 40-60 minute drive depending on weather. Waukesha/Brookfield is your next best bet. Much cheaper too. The closer to the lakes region the better for families.

Glad to hear you’re in. It’s an incredibly supportive vibe so far. I’m pretty hopeful. Alverno seems to develop very good instructors. They all appear to be Alverno grads or long term faculty.

The instructors so far are just great. I think you will love it.

I did. It was horrific. Since then my subsequent exposures have been relatively harmless. I would consider MERS worse than COVID, adenovirus type 7 in an immunocompromised patient, etc. there are plenty of things worse than COVID. They just don’...

I’m more worried about c.diff, mrsa, etc. there is some scary stuff out there.

I’m a COVID survivor with robust T cell mediated immunity so I’m not too worried. I’ve had multiple exposures to the virus since surviving. Just my opinion, but honestly, the death rate isn’t that high for people who don’t have comorbid conditio...

Watch their crash course video at least twice. I personally find watching the videos at 2X speed forces you to focus and recall more. The book isn’t included. It’s a really good book though. I read it cover to cover. Great reference. ...

So far the instructors are excellent.

I wouldn’t recommend a normal person try working with the course load.