Ready to Go Back to school: NEED HELP!!

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I live in Louisiana. I currently hold a BSN degree. I am ready to go back to school for Nurse Practitioner. I do not want to be a family nurse practitioner. I am going back for adult Gerontology primary care nurse practitioner. I have found several schools which include Duke university school of nursing online however they do not except applicants in Louisiana. Does anyone know of a school that is online and accepts applicant in Louisiana for that specific program.

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Specializes in Peds Med/Surg; Peds Skilled Nursing.

I could be wrong but I think all online nursing schools do not accept students, that hold licenses, in certain states (e.g. NC) unless the school is in that said state. But I heard a way to get around that is to get a license in another state nearby and you may have to do clinical in that state. I'm not 100% sure about this but I have heard this from a few people. Look into it...hope this helps.

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Specializes in Peri-op/Sub-Acute ANP.

GW has a good Adult/Geri program. Also, go to your State's BON page and see what programs the Board have credentialed/approved for in-State students.

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Specializes in NICU, telemetry.

University of South Carolina will accept students from Louisiana. However...1)there are campus visits. Not sure if this is something you're willing/able to afford to do, but you must come for an orientation and then be available for campus visits in every clinical semester. And 2) they don't have an AG primary care program. Your options would be AG acute care or FNP.

I know that MUSC has an AG primary care program. They also have on-campus visits and an orientation you have to attend. I'm not sure if they will take LA students. I'm assuming so, if USC will(if I'm not mistaken, schools usually can't because of issues with state boards and licensure). I only know USC will because I know students from LA that attend.

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Specializes in Underserved Populations; ER.

The Louisiana BoN website has a list of approved out-of-state graduate programs. Scroll down close to the bottom of the page to find them: http://www.lsbn.state.la.us/Portals/1/Documents/Forms/Schools.pdf

I haven't looked through for specific NP program offerings, but this will all at least help pare the schools out there down for you. Best of luck.

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Specializes in ER.

I'm looking at Grand Canyon University there is a one day on campus required in Arizona. Not sure if they do Louisiana but check!!!

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Specializes in High-risk OB.

University of South Alabama has that program, and does accept Louisiana residents. I do believe they only require one on-campus visit during the program.

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