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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...

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...

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 i...

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 ...

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), a...

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? Im...

$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...

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...

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.

Before I began my actual nursing program, I used to come on these threads to see how it was like for everyone else. I've realized that everybody takes it differently. We have 38 in my BSN program. Most of them are doing ok. Many of the young ones hav...

You can do the full time schedule. Just be organized. I am in a full time BSN program, starting my 2nd semester soon. I also work at least 40 hours a week and have a family. (4 year old daughter). I am having no problem keeping up with the work. In f...

It doesn't take $60,000 to get a BSN. I will have finished my BSN from start to finish in 3 1/2 years at a cost of about $26,000.

I am in my last year of a BSN program and they required genetics and not cell bio. Hope that helps. I did find genetics interesting.

I took statistics online at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH. I was dreading it also, but I didnt find it too bad. I ended up with a B. I felt the prof did everything he could to help us learn it. He expected us to learn how to use the soft...

My question may seem silly, but don't RN's get experience working as an RN while they are in the MSN or DNP program? I asked my nurse practioner about her schooling and she said she worked per diem as an RN while pursuing her MSN but otherwise went ...

"In the back of mind I always thought I wasn't smart enough or competent enough. I would think of 1000 ways I would probably fail. I had so much doubt even to my last exam. I now have so much more confidence in myself. God gave me the strength I neve...

I started out in the USCG on the search and rescue team out of high school in 1986. In 1995 I graduated Cosmetology school. I had a successful career as a hairstylist for 16 years and loved it! I owned a successful salon and day spa for 6 years but t...

Hi... I've been reading your posts. I'm in the Northeast and in my third year of my BSN program. I am also volunteering at a hospital to kind of get my foot in the door. I think it definately helps. If a job opening comes up once you graduate and you...

I spent 1 1/2 years at a community college finishing pre-req's, then applied to thier ASN program and got in the first time. I also applied at a 4 year college to thier BSN program and got in the first time. I accepted the BSN offer.