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Yes, it is completely online except for clinical hours. Those are done in the area you live. I believe there is one time when students need to travel to campus for about three days during the second year for clinical orientation. USA does not require...

Ahh, minimum....my bad lol.

My overall GPA was 3.7. USA only looks at your cumulative GPA. My essay was only one page long. I believe there was a word limit on it. I honestly did not spend much time on the essay. I stated my reason for wanting to continue my education and that ...

I will be taking classes part-time. I plan on working full-time...plus I have a 6-month old at home too...what am I getting myself into? lol :) How about you, nf0772?

Ugh...I have always hated group work. I think it is a personality thing though. Even at home and work, I would much rather just do things myself so I can get them done without waiting on anyone else to. That way, I can do things to my own satisfactio...

I received my acceptance letter yesterday! I'll be in the Family Psychiatric NP BSN-DNP. I am also excited that we do not need to travel to campus for the orientation. From what I read, I believe it will be held online for Fall 2012. I would love to ...

I received my acceptance letter yesterday! I will be in the Family Psychiatric NP BSN-DNP program. It looks like we don't have to travel to campus for orientation either, which is GREAT! Hope I'm interpreting that right from what I read lol. I would ...

Congrats nf0772!! I'm still waiting on my letter. I live quite a ways from AL though so it might not get here today . I applied for the same track as you.

I haven't heard yet. My mail doesn't get to me until after 4:30pm...ugh lol. I work at a mental health outpatient clinic so I am hoping that one of the CNS's here will be willing to be my preceptor. I'm not going to worry about that until I know whet...

Congrats linzybinzy! I also have heard some negatives but a lot of positives as well. I think that like with any program, some people will not fit in with the style of teaching, work load, etc etc. I read a lot of comments about students not having s...

You are right, it will be nice to know either way lol. I'm quite a ways from Alabama, so my letter probably won't get to me until Wed or Thurs . I have heard of a lot of people who got accepted and did not receive phone calls...so I wouldn't worry ab...

Ahh...like I said, I wasn't 100% sure...for some reason 2015 somehow got stuck in my head lol. I believe the person from my state's BON was simply giving her opinion that going straight for the DNP would be beneficial...not necessarily advocating for...

I believe by 2015, all NP programs will be DNP. I am not 100% sure of that though. I know a lot of schools are transitioning their NP MSN programs to DNP. When I contacted my state's BON to inquire about the DNP, I was highly encouraged to apply for ...

At my school, we had to take a HESI exam for each class at the end of each semester. If we did not meet our school's passing score, we had to do some remedial work...which was never anything too daunting. I probably passed two of them out of all the ...

Congrats tiff! One more week of waiting for letters (I hope that's all...lol). I only applied to USA and only the BSN-DNP. Now I'm wishing I would have applied to the MSN track as well to better my chances. I received a student ID number from the fin...

Thanks lildrekie. That makes me feel better lol. Can I ask how many years of psych nsg experience you had before acceptance? I only have two years...which I know is the minimum they ask for. I've only done psych ever since I graduated. I have a compe...

Just received an email that stated decision letters are delayed and won't be mailed out until Friday, April 20th now. More waiting lol. It's nice that they updated us though. :)

I also applied for the Psych BSN-DNP program. I am anxiously awaiting a decision. To make matters worse, I just received a phone call from kw regarding my psychiatric experience. I emailed her back, which she asked me to do and gave her the details (...

Did you receive an email or letter in the mail? Acceptance letters are supposed to be going out today. I've seen some people in the past say they received an email and others a letter.

I'm new to this thread and read through quite a few posts about the transition from lawyer to nurse and vice versa. I currently am an RN who has been accepted to law school. I also will find out soon whether or not I have been accepted into a Psych N...

congrats!! april 15th needs to role around...

That is still a strong GPA so I wouldn't count yourself out yet. Maybe the difference in specialties is why you received an email and the rest of us didn't. I applied for the Psych NP DNP program. Good luck!!

I also applied for the Psych NP program. I applied for the BSN to DNP. They look at overall GPA. I'm anxiously awaiting the decision date!

I applied for BSN to DNP for the fall. I didn't receive an email either stating when a decision will be made. What specialty did you all apply for?

I graduated with my BSN in 2009 and for the past two years have worked in a locked psychiatric facility. I love psych nursing and would prefer to stay in that area, however, I've moved back to my hometown to be closer to family and the only place to ...