coopsy

coopsy specializes in Pediatric/Adult Open Heart, Transplant.

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1. Any NPs start from LPN?

   coopsy replied to BabyFood26's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Hi, I started as an LPN in 2010; I worked full time and completed a bridge to RN program in 2012; I worked for a year, then completed my BSN with Western Governor's University in 2014 (it took me 11...

2. Took my WGU BSN to Nurse Practitioner School - Ask me anything!

   coopsy replied to coopsy's topic in Western Governors University

   No, it is hybrid; I've had to spend as many as 2 days a week on campus. I'm entering my clinical rotations in January, so I'll have class one day a week and have to average about 20 hours a week in...

3. Anyone on the East Coast have a BSN from WGU?

   coopsy replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Western Governors University

   I'm in Florida and took my WGU BSN to an acute care nurse practitioner program. I love

4. Does anyone know anything about Western Governors University?

   coopsy replied to DarkKnightNurse's topic in Western Governors University

   I did my BSN with WGU and can tell you the webcam during testing is no big deal. You don't see anyone (but they see you) and after a while, you don't even notice the camera anymore. You can also opt...

5. Took my WGU BSN to Nurse Practitioner School - Ask me anything!

   coopsy replied to coopsy's topic in Western Governors University

   I did not have any of the arts/humanities as part of my ASN, so I took them as part of my BSN with WGU. The courses were relatively easy and didn't add much time overall. Best of

6. Took my WGU BSN to Nurse Practitioner School - Ask me anything!

   coopsy replied to coopsy's topic in Western Governors University

   I used my nurse manager at work, an NP I work with an a regular basis, and my preceptor from when I first came to the CVOR. When my package went before the board, they requested a nursing instructor's...

7. Took my WGU BSN to Nurse Practitioner School - Ask me anything!

   coopsy replied to coopsy's topic in Western Governors University

   See my comments in your original post

8. Took my WGU BSN to Nurse Practitioner School - Ask me anything!

   coopsy replied to coopsy's topic in Western Governors University

   I would contact your course mentor for guidance. They are there to help you through and were an invaluable resource to me! One of my coworkers now is a course mentor and says he can't stress enough...

9. Took my WGU BSN to Nurse Practitioner School - Ask me anything!

   coopsy replied to coopsy's topic in Western Governors University

   I brought a 4.0 to WGU; I don't know how USF figured my total GPA, factoring in my 3.0 (they said they "convert it" but I'm not sure what that means). USF required a 3.0 minimum. I'm not sure how each...

10. Took my WGU BSN to Nurse Practitioner School - Ask me anything!

    coopsy replied to coopsy's topic in Western Governors University

    I don't think it really had an effect. I called USF to ask about how it would work, and they said they have a lot of people with WGU degrees and they just "convert" your score (whatever that means)....

11. RN to BSN at WGU?

    coopsy replied to noelly10's topic in Western Governors University

    I took my WGU BSN to USF Tampa's Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

12. RN to BSN at WGU?

    coopsy replied to noelly10's topic in Western Governors University

    RE: First, is there anyone here that has completed the RN to BSN at WGU? I finished mine summer of 2014 and just got accepted to NP school. How exactly does it work (is there any course work to help...

13. Took my WGU BSN to Nurse Practitioner School - Ask me anything!

    coopsy posted a topic in Western Governors University

    I graduated with my BSN from WGU during the Summer of 2014 and just got accepted to the University of South Florida's Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. Feel free to ask my anything about WGU and...

14. USF Fall 2015 Applicants

    coopsy replied to bostongirl86's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I made the cut! I moved from the alternate list to the accepted list yesterday! Good luck

15. USF Fall 2015 Applicants

    coopsy replied to bostongirl86's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've heard from former grads that say their application process was nothing like this, so I'm not sure what happened. According to one email, they were switching back to their old system because of...