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    Is there a complete listing of NP programs?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Joe: According to the American Assocation of Colleges of Nursing, there were over 330 accredited MSN programs in Fall 2007. With this large a number, my guess that the list changes weekly (with new...
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    MPH considering nursing PhD

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to mabeltoo's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Mabeltoo: What do you want to do when you complete a PHD program? If you are thinking that you might want to a faculty member in a school of nursing, you'll need to be sure to check out the Board of...
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    Question about nursing school. Univeristy or Business School?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to pl5tinum's topic in General Students

    It might matter at some schools. Our MSN program, for example, only admits students from CCNE-accredited
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    MSN to DNP?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to tnisgrl33's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Tnisgrl: More and more schools are launching DNP programs every month. Although most of these today (Jan 2009) are post-Masters programs, more BSN-DNP programs will be opened in the coming years....
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    Confused!! Need advise... grad school.

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to captn_smallfry's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First off, what type of setting you you like (inpatient or outpatient)? NNP is an inpatient role. There are two types of Pediatric NP programs (primary care or acute). Most of the PNP programs in...
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    3 males out of a class of 30, anyone else feel overpowered?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to baedwards4's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Our Direct Entry (Clinical Nurse Leader) program is consistently 1/4 to 1/3 male. The students have banded together with the undergraduate guys and former a student group - MIN (for Men In
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    B.S. in Ag...wanting to pursue a MSN...advice please!!!!

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to ks48's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There are several threads about Direct Entry nursing programs in the MSN/DNP/PHD forum. The list of Direct Entry MSN programs from the AACN website is at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/IDS/pdf/GENMAS.pdf...
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    msn in nursing informatics

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to gemini79's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Here is a list from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing reflecting the direct-entry MSN programs in the country. This list reflects a Fall 2007 survey of all schools of nursing in the...
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    Can't find a school to suit my needs in Georgia while in military

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to ArmyBoy04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It will be tough to find a nursing program with online classes and clinicals that will work around your regular military job. The US Army has an excellent program (Green to Gold) that sends
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    Drug testing in nursing school

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to OC85's topic in General Students

    We do not require a drug test at present to be a student. However, students are subject to the requirements of the clinical sites where they are placed. Some clinical placement sites do require drug...
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    Nursing School Questions

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to NursingStudent08's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Bon Secours SON is in Richmond. In the Hamton Roads area, there you have several different options. Below are the programs that are NLN accredited. There are other options as well (but they are...
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    For BSN did you take Calculus or Stats?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to sam3992's topic in General Students

    There is no math requirement for our BSN program. For graduate study, we require a course in statistics taken within the past 5 years of entry as a graduate student. So students entering in Fall 2009...
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    What are some US cities where you do NOT need a car at all to live / work?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I lived in Washington DC for 25 years, and the first 15 years were carless. I walked, bussed, or tool the Metro (subway) everywhere for that
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    Temporary license for new grads

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to GoldenRN80's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I've not heard of temporary licenses here in Virginia. Our BSN program who stay in Virginia work as PCA/PCTs until they have passed NCLEX and are certified as
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    Any Direct Entry NP programs that will take a non-RN with a BS from another field

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to Teapot12345's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Bibu: There are very few programs that teach entry-level nursing classes online. Most programs require in-class and monitored clinical classes to teach people how to be nurses. Excelsior offers an...
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    The GRE Blues

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to Born2bRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Born: The mean improvement I have seen is about 60-70 points. As with any mean average, there are outliers. There are likely some individuals who had large increases. But I doubt the program...
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    direct entry bsn programs in ny

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to bananabubbletea's topic in New York Nursing

    According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, there are 18 Direct Entry BSN programs in New York: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/IDS/pdf/BSNNCG.pdf There is one Direct Entry MSN program in...
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    Scholarships for men interested in nursing?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to Blackman's topic in Men in Nursing

    blackman: the robery wood johnson foundation and the american association of colleges of nursing have created a program that awards direct entry students at certain programs a $10,000 scholarship for...
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    playing sports while in nursing school?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to macizu's topic in Male Nursing Students

    At the University of Virginia, we have several nursing students in Division I sports (rowing, lacrosse, swimming/diving, cross country/track), as well as cheerleaders. We give athletes and ROTC...
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    Where is the DNP at in terms of being required?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to foreverLaur's topic in Post Graduate Students

    foreverLaur: Most of the existing, approved DNP programs build on APN certification and MSN-preparation. The reason they emphasize courses in systems leadership, statistics, use of Evidence Based...
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    The GRE Blues

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to Born2bRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Take a look at your local community college. I have seen several community colleges offer non-credit GRE prep classes (from their adult education/continuing education branches). One college near me...
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    ADN thenBSN then MSN or ADN-MSN

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to RN2010LW's topic in Post Graduate Students

    ADN-MSN programs have become more popular, but I do not think they are for everyone. Take a look at the curriculum of an AD-MSN program. In most cases, the schools are putting BSN-prepared...
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    FNP exam pass rates

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to jlcole45's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Each school will know their passrate for all advanced practice licensures (CNS, NP, CNRA, CNM). These are distributed from the accreditation agencies (ANCC, AANP, NAPNAP, etc) each year back to the...
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    Any Direct Entry NP programs that will take a non-RN with a BS from another field

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to Teapot12345's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here is a list of Direct Entry MSN programs: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/IDS/pdf/GENMAS.pdf Some of these are direct-entry Advanced Practice (NP, CNS, CNM); others are direct-entry generalist...
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    Online PMHNP schools

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to luv2yoga's topic in Post Graduate Students

    luv2yoga: We maintain many existing clinical contracts for our prorgams (BSN, MSN, DNP), but most of these are in Virginia and surrounding states (DC, MD, WV, NC, TN). Students out of the region are...