Seeking Insights: Comparing AGPCNP MSN Programs at USA, UAB, and South University

CWS RN · May 4

I am also reaching out to multiple universities for the ADN to the adult gerontology primary care nurse practitioner track. I'm trying to complete as quickly as possible. It seems that all of the schools that are not extremely expensive or Ivy League like Yale Etc do not guarantee preceptors and you have to find them yourself. Some students are being held back. And then I can't find good reviews on preceptorship placement on any of the schools that don't have ivy league level. The ones that I am down to r Bradley University which is a 3-year program. That one allows for you to only have two preceptors and because I'm a wound specialist I am allowed to actually have the same preceptor for both sections and I can do it in wound care the entire time. So that sounds very simple. The other option is herzing which I could complete in 28 months in the accelerated program. There are five clinical rotations and you do have to get multiple preceptors but the length of time is much quicker overall. I also have researched South University and their little over two and a half years to complete and again multiple preceptor options. I see a lot of things online where you can pay a site to get you fitted. It is scary to be held back if you have done all the work and can't find somebody. I was hoping for the quickest one possible to be honest. I just want to focus in wound care so I know a lot of people say these are junk degrees from junk schools but it is accredited and I want to do it quickly. What are your thoughts? How quickly are the schools you are looking into?

SubSippi · May 9

UAB is a great school. I'm in school there now and the teachers are all very supportive and invested. I'm also local to the school and I can also tell you that they have a reputation for producing well-prepared graduates.

Aside from all that, the most important thing about UAB is they line up all of your clinicals for you. If you have preceptors you'd like to use the school will establish a contract with them, but otherwise they will do it for you. I'm relatively new in town and don't have a single contact, and I haven't had to do any of the work of finding a preceptor myself. Which is the way it SHOULD be since I am paying them tuition!!

USA is a decent school from what I know but it doesn't have the same reputation as UAB. And they make you find your own preceptors.