Oh and also there is no fluff, it is all clinical except you do write one paper comparing the scope of practice for primary care vs acute care NP, this however was helpful for me as I understood...
The content of the program was great. You have either videotaped or recorded lectures to complete, you write 3 papers during the clinical course and take exams online during the other courses. I had...
I completed the Upenn program in 2014 and it was awesome, distance based and able to complete at my own pace, the content was excellent, had no problem passing ANCC AG-ACNP on first attempt. You need...
Juan has brought up some great points, this will definitely become more of an issue over the next several years. The training between AGACNP and FNP is vastly different and if NPs are going to be...
If you can work for a year in an acute care setting you could apply to the UPenn streamlined AGACNP program, you need a year of acute care experience as an NP to apply to this online program for...
I have been an FNP for over 10 years and have been working in hospitalist work for the majority of that time. I have also gone back and now passed the AGACNP exam. This is my perspective/opinion and...
This was exactly my feeling- the school I was accepted into would have been very expensive and while the idea of doing it was interesting the cost would have been at least 45k and that was with me...
I have contemplated this exact question this year, I have been accepted into a big name program to start next year but I have come to think over the last couple of months that I am not sure that I...