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Sorry, I didn't save that information and they might have changed books since I took the classes anyway. I did the 3 yr part time program. If you want to start on something, I would memorize 2 charts for pharmacology- one is the treatments steps for both children and adults, the other is the definition chart. For example, what defines mild intermittent, or mild persistent. They are rated by how many nighttime awakenings etc. I know that doesn't sound clear, but if you look up tables, you'll see what I mean. I remember the Respiratory section we had little time to learn because there was a time consuming paper on looking up resources in your community for an asthma child from a family with no financial resources. For pathophysiology, more important than what text is understanding different diseases of each body system. Know 2 types of CHF and symptoms, GERD symptoms and treatment, HIV, STIs etc. I'm not convinced they tested from the text books only anyway. I found it was easier to learn on my own watching you tubes and such. I did read the chapters, but found I learned better other ways.

You don't ever get those years back with your kids, so I'm sure in the long run you wont regret it. Be prepared to have to work as an RN to get some work experience on your resume. I would advise making a list of about 20 of the most common diagnoses and jotting down info including symptoms, diagnostic tests to order, and treatment plan--looking up the info on up to date or epocrates.

I'm from Michigan, Hillsdale County-quite rural, and would agree that rural areas have more job availabilities. I was fortunate to find a part time job as a new grad, but even around here most jobs want at least one year experience. Our local urgent care might hire a new grad, but they are open 7 days a week and I was avoiding that. My new NP job pays about the same as my RN job, so for that reason I would advise those considering the NP route to do it for other reasons than increase in pay or at least avoid school loans.

I'm not exactly sure what my GPA was before WGU, I would guess a little over 3.5, maybe a 3.6. I'm curious how CSU did factor in my WGU GPA and if it lowered my overall GPA. There was another WGU grad in my cohort, but I'm not sure what her previous GPA was.

I got my BSN from WGU and graduated in May 2019 from CSU's FNP program. I've heard their program has been getting more competitive so maybe they no longer accept WGU grads--but just guessing on that. I did get a 4.0 and was well above the class average for the end of the program HESI test requirement, so I did represent us WGU grads well--hope that helps you get accepted :).

I am being hired by a nursing home because the MD is having trouble keeping up with charting. I believe this all gets billed under the MD as he will oversee and approve all my visits. Is it common that the nursing home pays the APP directly, but the MD still bills for all visits he oversees personally. I don't care about what he bills, I'm just confused as to why the nursing home would take on this additional financial responsibility. I do not see how the nursing home will get reimbursed if the MD is already claiming the visit. This is all new to me, but I'm excited about the position as I enjoyed the same nursing home during my clinicals. Thank-you to anyone that has insight to share!

APEA course was most helpful of the three- other 2 Fitzgerald and Barkley. APEA Hollier compared to other 2 was more energetic and entertaining keeping your attention. She also broke things down to a simpler level and uses clever mnemonics. The video course is set up so you can watch each one twice - which is about right. I do not know anything about FNP mastery though.

A lot of it is just what questions you happen to get. I was given Barkly CDs and had fitzgerald audio. My school required Hollier. Took my boards today, passed, and recognized many of the questions from Hollier course and Leik book. Maybe another set of test questions would benefit more from Barkley and Fitzg. material. You may find if you retake the AANP you might get more questions you are more familiar with. If you have been getting 70s mostly, you will probably pass the AANP if you tried again. I averaged 70s on my practice tests before taking boards today and felt like I knew about 70% of the board questions today. I think the practice questions are a good predictor of your success on boards. You have this. It seems that people that don't pass the first time, do pass the second time.

You could probably get into a noncompetitive type of NP schools that accept tons of student, but charge private school rates. I graduated with my BSN from WGU and got in at Columbus state university in Georgia, but I hear they are much more competitive now so I don't know if you could compete with the 4.0 grads that are applying there.

Its probably about average work-load wise compared to other FNP schools. I did the part time program since I have young children which makes a big difference compared to full time program. I'm guessing I spent about 2-5 hours a week on the program studying and doing assignments. My test grades reflected the time I put into studying. If I tried to cram the few days before the test, my grades sadly reflected it. I have just one more semester and so far have a 4.0. Clinicals are 1-2 days a week on average, except the last semester averages 2-3 days/week. They are flexible with how you schedule. My peds preceptor was going to have surgery, so I did the full 90 hours straight in 2 1/2 weeks. Just an opinion, but I am guessing that the program will get tougher. The school is starting to get a reputation and has a good price tag, so they can be more choosy now and accept better qualified students. They tend to drop questions that many of the class miss on tests and I have a feeling those dropped questions may be fewer with a smarter class. If you don't have kids working and school is doable even with the full time route, but don't plan on having much free time. Basically you will spending your days working or clinicals and evenings doing discussion questions (take maybe an hour total-some classes one per week) writing papers (not too complicated and not very many of them-2-3 hours/paper) and maybe 10 hours studying for each test and there are about 3/semester. These are just approximate times as I never actually tabulated the time spent doing classwork.

They help a little if you live in Georgia, at least their sister school, CSU-that I attend, does. I live out of state, but ended up being able to find all my preceptors locally.

I am attending Columbus state university. They combine their program with the GSW students and follow the GSW class dates instead of CSU's. I live in Michigan and pay instate tuition rates which is great and why I chose them. Instate tuition in Michigan schools is twice as much as Georgia's.

It actually might be ISBN 978-0803638273

ISBN 978-0803638273

See my above response I think you may be looking at the wrong page of the booklist. I think it may be 978-0803638273