futureeastcoastNP

I just wanted to know what people think about part time NP programs. I've noticed MANY nurses go to NP school part time, taking one class a semester for 3-4 years until they become an NP. Personally, I think this is kind of bizarre. I feel a student ...

I was just wondering, what dictates the letters after your name when you become an NP? I've noticed some NPs, even at the same practice, gave different letters. I have seen: RN, APN APRN FNP FNP-BC NP NP-C is this s...

I've been looking around trying to find a shorter online FNP program - 18 months or less. The reason for this is that I feel the pacing of most FNP programs is too slow in order to accommodate working RNs. I have decided to not work during my program...

Anyone on here apply to Columbia's MSN-FNP program? Not the DIRECT entry program, but the Master's program for BSNs. What are your stats? Also love to hear from current students in the Master's portion!

Actually, I did find an online PA program. First I've heard of it. From University of Wiconsin. Still, a PA asking this same question would be laughed at considering their "online" program requires 12 weeks on campus at the beginning, plus 2 campus v...

No, there isn't. The only online PA program that exists is an online masters completion program for PAs who already have a bachelors or certificate in PA studies. They've already done the hands on training/clinicals. There is no entry level PA progr...

Really? Heaven forbid you have to "inconvenience" yourself learning skills in person before becoming a provider and taking care of patients. How do you expect the school to ensure you know what you need to know, especially as an ACNP? Could you ima...

Um, no. South University is a for profit school. There are no for profit medical or pharmacy schools because they know for profits tend to ruin professional image. I think you looked up the wrong school. There is no Souh University medical school. Al...

I think that perfectly sums up how I feel about what zmansc has been saying. zmansc, we understand that sometimes rural students need to set up their own clinicals since they don't have local programs. BUT as llg stated, there is a huge difference in...

Yes, they have, as have some other states including NY. This is wonderful and I hope more states do it, because it prevents those diploma mill for profits from operating. NC has plenty of NP programs so there is no excuse for people to go to Kaplan o...

The GRE probably is useless in most master and PhD programs, where the phenomenon of "self selection" occurs (aka: only the bright apply in the first place). As we have seen from posts on this board, every nurse thinks they are entitled to become a n...

Good luck! I did a ton of research on online programs in case I wasn't able to get into my local program (Columbia) and by far the top 3 seem to be Georgetown, Simmons, and Duke. All of them have big names, especially in healthcare, and no one would ...

It's a wonderful service to the patients of NC, however, as they won't run into as many for profits grads unprepared to treat them. I applaud any state that takes steps to limit the ability for any idiot nurse to become an NP. It seems in NC, you mus...

zmansc, Every time this comes up, you defend it because it worked for YOU. I understand that it worked for you. We all do. But things just fell fell into place for you - you had a network of contacts and were able to set up excellent clinical sites. ...

Hi uscg2RN, I go to Columbia for my NP program currently. No, there are no good for profit programs. Outside of nursing, for profit schools are a joke. They don't exist in medicine or PA programs. Highly educated/intelligent people see them as diplom...

they are including living expenses. That will throw off calculations. You need to compare cost of tuition online.

Where do you get that? Vanderbilt tuition is $1195 per credit, and the FNP is 39 credits = $46k

They don't. And do you really think places like Walden or other for profit (and a lot of greedy not for profits) care whether or not they are creating competent providers? If they did they wouldn't have them find their own preceptors in the first pla...

Thats the school giving them some flexibility regarding less than 5% of their overall clinical hours when residency is factored in, with the vast majority of med student hours still being entirely set up and facilitated by the school with major overs...

Most of these are for profit programs. Better advice would be to look at the USNews top NP programs list and then see which programs from THAT list have an online component. Those are the more reputable programs compared to these.

This is way too much to point on a student. Schools should be doing this themselves. Could you imagine medical students marching around town with resumes looking for clinicals and taking whatever they can get? They would never stand for it and the sc...

Sorry, I thought KU was Kaplan, in which case yes it would be worth it for Vandy. University of Kansas is a well known school and while it doesn't carry the Vanderbilt name I can't imagine anyone would discriminate against it for jobs. I think if the...

What a silly question. Of course school matters for jobs, just as it does in EVERY profession. All things being equal, the ivy league grad will get the job over the state school grad, the traditional school over the for profit school grad, etc. Also...

Programs do the find your own preceptor thing because they can. Most nurses care more about ease of admissions, as evidenced by the endless threads on this website looking for schools that don't require the GRE, essays, etc. They don't look into educ...

I suggest you look into non profit schools first. There is absolutely no reason to choose to receive your education at Walden. There is a very large group of people who will never take your degree seriously, especially physicians who DO tend to know ...