Shenandoah University ABSN

[dcpaskie]

I am working on my pre-reqs for ABSN programs offered in Northern Virginia and Maryland... I am particularly interested in the GMU and the Shenandoah programs-- is there anyone out there who can speak to the Shenandoah program? How well organized was it? Did you have an easy time finding a job after graduation? Etc. Is it true that graduating with their BSN allows for 50% graduate school? Thanks!!

[mnaranja]

I am currently in my 3rd semester at Shenandoah (graduate in December) and I really like the program. Everything has been pretty organized to me and I'm pretty sure that all of the last Dec graduates got jobs after graduation.....the May graduates are just now taking NCLEX so I'm not sure about that. I really like all of the relationships that I have built and find my professors all extremely knowledgeable and helpful. And yes, they offer 50% off for grad school which is one of the reason I chose the school!!! Good luck and let m know if you have any more questions!

[dcpaskie]

Thanks for the info, mnaranja! I would love to hear more. Are you going to the Leesburg or Winchester campus? I am also looking at rolling right into NP following the program, which I heard second hand is also possible. Is this what you know to be true as well? Also, what do you think of the clinical sites, do you feel ready for the work force?

[mnaranja]

I go to the Leesburg campus and commute daily from Arlington. And, I have heard the same, though, the NP program is at the Winchester campus and there are classes there 2x/week I believe. As far as clinicals, I feel like I get a lot of experience and have been able to do a lot. So far I have been at Inova Loudoun, Fauquier Hospital, Sentara Potomac, and Reston Hospital. Others of my classmates have also been at Inova Fairfax, Inova Fair Oaks and Inova Mt. Vernon. Clinicals is really what you make of it. You do have to seek out opportunities while you are in the hospitals, which means that if you are not assigned a patient but you see they are doing something that you haven't been able to yet do, then you need to take the initiative to get the experience. I have really liked that and I also feel like I have had fabulous instructors that have taught me a lot. It's been an awesome experience and I haven't yet had one clinical that I have not felt like I have gotten great experience in. Let me know if you have any other questions.