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I just graduated from Chamberlain Feb 24th with my FNP. I really liked the class format and the online learning. I passed my ANCC boards 3 weeks later. The entire last course is focused on passing not only the final exam for the class, which is based on Amelie Hollier's book, but the board exam. You have to pass the final exam with at least a 70% or you have to take it again at a cost. If you fail it a second time, you have to retake the course. I had no problem passing the ANCC board exam. Although I did only score a 71% on the course final exam. I probably would have done better, but I have a family and I worked 40+ hours a week while taking courses. I changed my work schedule to do second shift so I could study all day after my daughter and husband left for the day. I am also ex-military, so I got quite a bit of a discount at Chamberlain. Good luck! It's doable!

I just finished advanced patho and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I ended up with a 96% in the class. I actually enjoyed the class, even though it was a LOT of work. I am in my first week of pharm and find it similar.

I've been called a "nurse beautician"...because I was also a hairstylist for 20 years and am regularly curling and rolling patient's hair!

Hi NV-RN, I had a hard time with Epidemiology. I had a 4.0 GPA until I took that class! lol. But, they are doable together. I work full time (40+hours) and there is a lot of writing papers in both classes. Depends on how much time you have I guess. I wouldn't find the classes "difficult"...just very time consuming. I am not finding advanced path too difficult. I have an A in that class. There is a quiz every week but it is not counted towards your grade. You can take the quiz as many times as you like to help you study for the mid term and the final exam. It is a challenging class, but if you keep up with the posts and reading everyone else's posts, you will do fine. I am enjoying it. Good luck!

I am currently in the FNP program at Chamberlain and I love it. I chose Chamberlain because I wanted 100% online and the cost was much cheaper than the local college choices. ( I live in NH). Chamberlain does assist you in finding a preceptor. I am in that process now, to start at my first site in May. They had me make a list of all the clinics or sites that may take students and send it to them. They then do the calling for the student. They do not want the student doing cold calling. I looked through the phone book and made a list. I landed my first site right away. I still have a few more to find, but I have until next June to find them. I think the classes at Chamberlain are challenging, but doable. I work full time and I take one class at a time. I started in Sept of 13 and should graduate in March of 16. I am currently in the advanced patho and find it challenging but I am in week 6 and have a 98.8 for a grade! They want to see that you are participating and that your posts are thorough and that you understand the subject. I am really enjoying it and may continue on for my DNP...good luck to anyone attending!

In NH, you can sit for the LPN boards if you have finished 600 hours of nursing school, including clinical. You must have finished Fundementals of nursing, Med-Surge, and Parent-child health also. I will graduate in May of 2013 with my BSN, but I am eligible to sit for the LPN boards in January of 2013 if I choose too.

Actually, MunoRN... I haven't even graduated yet. I will graduate with my BSN in May of 2013 from a University in New England. So, no, the good ol' days are not gone, you just have to look around.

I go to a University in New England and I've never heard of a cost that high. For those who want to go to a private school and pay $90K... I wonder if their education was worth the extra $65k. Dartmouth-Hitchcock hospital (near Dartmouth College), along with 4 other hospitals in that area, are no longer hiring ADN's. And I'm sure this trend will continue.

I went back to school at 42. I also have a family, house, kids, and bills. I am in my last year of a BSN program and have worked 35-40 hours the entire time and still am able to make the Dean's list every semeseter. Paying down bills before hand? Impossible. There is no way to pay off your house before nursing school. I am able to do it by not procrastinating and being organized. This is really all there is to it. I get my work done even before the single students who don't work. There are deadlines to getting work in and I always make sure I know what they are. Many times when assignments are given, I will have them done that night, or by the next day even if I have a week or more to get them done. I follow the syllabus very carefully so I don't forget anything and nothing is late. You can have points taken off for late work and even 1/2 point can bring your grade down in the end. If you can come up with a system of being organized to get your reading done and get work in on time you can do it and do it well. I find many of the older students ( like us) do it well. Good luck!

$40-60K for a BSN??? I paid $24,000 for my entire 4 year BSN education at a University. My car cost more than that.

At my 4 year Universtiy we get charged around $250. a semester for ATI. So far it's not helping me, but we'll see. I'm in the second half of my junior year.

I always get really tired the last two weeks of the semester. I just study what I can and do it and I've been fine so far. Good luck with next semester. We only get one week off and we begin second semester!

I agree with illsince83. gpa is important. And for somebody else who had asked, the grading scale (for the nursing courses only) at my University is tougher. A 96-100 is an A. A 90 to 95 is an A-. I have always been an A student throughout my pre-req's. I just finished my first semester of nursing courses and I'm now an A- student. I want to keep my gpa higher because I am going to grad school immediately after I graduate with my BSN and in that case it is important. It's a different scenerio for everybody.

I'm in my second semester of a BSN program. If we had a C in any nursing class, we would be OUT. We can't get below a 79 (B-). We also have to take a med calculation test the second week of every semester and pass it with a 95%, or we are OUT. We get three chances to pass it. I failed it twice the first semester....with a 93%. So this talk about C's being ok all depends on where you are attending.

I got a B- in both A&P 1 and 2 and I'm an A student in the nursing courses. In my opinion, A&P are much harder than the nursing courses are. I'm in a BSN program and also working 30 hours a week, with a family! You can do it.