Specializes in Pain Management, RN experience was in ER.
WHAT!!! OH MY GOSH! I just recently asked my advisor a month ago if they were going to offer this course (before it showed up on the website) and she said "probably not."
I looked at the website and now they have 2 courses that are to be taken at the college? I thought we didnt have to go there for the summer? Does anyone know more about this?
Specializes in Pain Management, RN experience was in ER.
There shouldn't be any courses that have to be taken on campus. They do offer summer courses for select classes... such as Nursing Research. You can go up there and complete the class in 4-5 weeks. They used to have a summer requirements, it is now gone.
By the way, does everyone here wait to submit assignments before you receive a grade on your last assignment? I'm getting a little impatient and want to submit the next assignment because I'm on a plan to finish classes by certain dates (the program is structured to be at your own pace, but I need to structure my assignment submissions so that I graduate in a timely manner that I've set for myself). For example, if every assignment takes 2 weeks to get a grade... that's 10-11 weeks per course, and I like to do 7-8 weeks/course.
Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone has sneaked in another assignment before getting their last grade. I have research units 2 and 3 done through a burst of energy I had this last week... but am still waiting on grade 1.
There shouldn't be any courses that have to be taken on campus. They do offer summer courses for select classes... such as Nursing Research. You can go up there and complete the class in 4-5 weeks. They used to have a summer requirements, it is now gone.
By the way, does everyone here wait to submit assignments before you receive a grade on your last assignment? I'm getting a little impatient and want to submit the next assignment because I'm on a plan to finish classes by certain dates (the program is structured to be at your own pace, but I need to structure my assignment submissions so that I graduate in a timely manner that I've set for myself). For example, if every assignment takes 2 weeks to get a grade... that's 10-11 weeks per course, and I like to do 7-8 weeks/course.
Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone has sneaked in another assignment before getting their last grade. I have research units 2 and 3 done through a burst of energy I had this last week... but am still waiting on grade 1.
Thanks! The website has listed two summer courses for the practitioner program that would be completed in one week for each. They are 3 credits a piece....so I was wondering if they changed something. They are on x-ray reading and other clinical based things.
About turning in assignments....My informatics class required us to wait to turn in our assignments but my politics class instructor said to turn in my assignments as I finished them. I guess it depends on the instructor.
Actually, your co-worker has been misled. The cohort system (requiring a group of 6 systems) is firmly in place and will remain so. Clinicals begin each month ONLY if 6 students are ready to go.. which they are not in March Clinical paperwork must be completed by all parties and turned into the college by the 15th of the month in order to begin clinicals at the end of the month...if and only if there is a full cohort.
Im sorry.. I was asking earlier this year if any one was going to be starting. Ivebeen poking around waiting for a friend to be ready to start with me in may. So if u r waiting to start, will these people be in all three cohorts..we move as a group? Holding me back from graduating by december? I wanted to do 32 hours a week of clinicals getting them done really quick. This just blows my plans out of the water!! A brick and mortar school knows what class will follow each one. And know what preceptor to find for each 604, 605 and 606 but they don't even know what they are doing. One person tells u something and another says something else. I m ready to fire away on them! I can't wait to get done.
The way I understand it, you must complete clinicals with a cohort at a pace of 16 hours per week per 15 week clinical rotation and there are 3 rotations. The ideal is for the same group to stick together. I am not aware of any exceptions. In addition to 16 hours of clinical practice per week you will also be taking the clnical class and the FNP theory class each rotation. If you are beginning the program in May and starting from BSN, I believe you can expect 18 - 24 months to complete the program. If you already have MSN, you may be able to complete the program in 1 year but it would be a real push. It would be great to have a discussion board active with Saint Joseph's so reliable information would be available to everyone.
Clinical paperwork must be completed by all parties and turned into the college by the 15th of the month in order to begin clinicals at the end of the month...if and only if there is a full cohort.
shannonFNP, BSN, MSN, RN
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WHAT!!! OH MY GOSH! I just recently asked my advisor a month ago if they were going to offer this course (before it showed up on the website) and she said "probably not."
IM ECSTATIC!