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It has been helpful to have many years of varied clinical and administrative nursing experience to finish assignments, but I must say that all of them have been quite rigorous to pass. Also, it is important to me to put extra effort into each class, so I actually have not whizzed through any of them:) It is truly a great program!

The Indianapolis VAMC has started a new nurse residency program for new nursing grads! It is a great opportunity to have the support you need to become a great nurse!

I am currently finishing an MSN in Leadership and Management through Western Governors University and LOVE it! It is totally online and is a competency based program. Using your own experience and knowledge to meet the program's requirements is a fantastic opportunity to complete your degree. I have a mentor that I speak to on a biweekly basis and each course has a course mentor available to answer questions. Everyone has been very helpful and professional through my journey to complete my MSN. How many other nurses are in a competency based MSN program? Do you like it? I believe I am learning a lot more than in a more traditional nursing education setting and think competency based post graduate nursing education is the wave of the future. What do you think?

I am an RN working at an urban VA Medical Center. I am currently finishing my Masters in Nursing Leadership and Management and it is being paid for 100% by the VA through the NNEI program. After I finish, I will work approximately 3 years to "pay" the money back. What a great benefit! Not to mention the privilege of taking care of our United States Veterans! Working for the VA is a great career and I wish I would have started as a "young" nurse.

Thank goodness for the American Nurses Association's Safe Patient Handling Standards!