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Hi gelli.25, which program are you in? I am currently in ISU program and find it very doable. I work 32-38 hrs a week and take 2 classes at a time. Once clinical start( January 2017) my plan is to work a max of 3 days a week (24 hrs at most).

Hi All, I started OU January 2015 and graduated December 2015. I doubled (and tripled some classes) almost every session and did just fine! My best advice is to follow the rubric to a "T". I found NRSE 4520, 4530, 4550, 4560, 4570 to be very easy. NRSE 4510 was tedious because of being the first class and getting back into the swing of things. NRSE 4600 (final class) was somewhat time consuming but overall pretty easy. NRSE 4540 was time consuming looking up statistics regarding one's state/county. NRSE 4580 was horrible. Dry boring material that made it hard for me to stay focus. Overall, I really enjoyed this program and did not have any problems at all. Arts class that was extremely easy was Music 1200 Cross cultural class that was super easy was Pete 2000 Literature class that was fairly easy with reading the book/ no APA requirements for postings was Phil 1300. Take Business Communications with Penrod... easy class, and actually useful! I hope this post helps others. Good luck in your upcoming semester!

BostonFNP,NP, Great post! I appreciate any advice/pointers as I am starting FNP school in 1.5 weeks. Thank you for taking the time to write this and I am eagerly looking forward to the second part of this article. Melissa

Congrats Graciellie, Are you starting in the Spring also? If so, I would love to keep in touch so we can bounce ideas/ help each other throughout the program!

Thank you! I am super excited to be starting this journey:). I will be finished with my BSN in December 2015. I currently have a 3.95 GPA. I have 8 years of nursing experience. Are you in the process of applying to school?

I got an email today that I got into Indiana State University's FNP!!!! I'm so excited! Did you hear anything?! Sent from my iPhone using allnurses

Still haven't heard or gotten any rejection or acceptance letters.... Have you? Sent from my iPhone using allnurses

Have you heard anything yet?

I know I am getting impatient!i got an email saying my application was complete and that they will meet after September 1st and should have all acceptance letters or denial letter out by October 15th. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses

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Lindesay, I did buy PERRLA and it is such a huge help! It is not perfect, but it saves me a lot of time! I definitely recommend it if you are nervous about APA. I was nervous about APA too and a friend of mine told be about PERRLA. As far as the TAs are concerned, I have completed 9 classes and have not had an issue with any of the TAs. Do you work, follow the rubric, do your best with APA, and you will be fine.

Lindesay, Business communications is not a hard class. Make sure your grammar is up to par, otherwise points will be taken off! There are quizzes just about every week, BUT you can take them as many times as you want to get a good grade. There are also either a paper-minimum of 1250 words, discussion board post and 2 replies, or a journal/reflection due every week. I took Business Communications with 2 nursing classes and Intro to Ethics. I am busy this summer due to all of the school work, but it is manageable. I also wanted to get my BSN ASAP! Intro to Ethics is a different way of thinking. There is a quiz every week that is due on Tuesdays, and a discussion and 2 replies due every week except when there is a test. The discussion and replies are truly discussion format and do not require APA. The tests I found to be tricky, so make sure you read the question correctly. Hope this helps! Good luck! ~Melissa

Hello, I have four classes left and I will be graduating in December! I really like this program and have found it not to be too difficult. All of the assignments are APA. I have used PERRLA and it has helped me with formatting and citations. I recommend purchasing it! I took 4510 by itself because I was out of school almost 10 years! That class was difficult because there was an APA paper every week and other busy-work assignments, so I suggest taking that class by itself and not with another nursing class. NRSE 4520-Assessment was super easy and I wish I would have taken that with another class. Also, NRSE 4550- Evidence Based Nursing was not bad at all and wish I would have taken that with another nursing class. NRSE 4580, I found to be very boring and was hard to stay motivated to complete assignments. NRSE 4570 was not difficult at all and was interesting and can easily be taken with another nursing class. I am not sure what classes other than the nursing classes you may need, but I highly recommend Music 1200- for the arts category. Pete 2000 for the cross cultural category. And Business Communications for the four year English you may need. These classes were very easy and can easily get an "A". Hope this helps. Good luck in your classes! ~Melissa

Hey Graciellie, I am finalizing my application as we speak... Did you hear back?

Hi Graciellie, I too am applying to Indiana State University FNP program. Hoping to start Spring of 2016... Did you start your application yet?