St. Joseph's College: Maine

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Hi: Just wondering if anyone is enrolled or has graduated from St. Josephs in Standish, ME (distance learning program)? I am looking into their dual degree of MSN/MHCA(Masters in healthcare administration). It looks great but I'd like to hear from anyone who knows about the school.Thanks for your help.

Hi.

I will also be applying to SJCME soon for post-masters FNP program...

excied yet nervous..

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Specializes in Pain Management, RN experience was in ER.

Those that were in informatics, are all the textbooks necessary? There are quite a few and I don't mind paying for them... but I like to save where I can! I start informatics on 7/31/2011 and I'm in Leadership (506).

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Specializes in Obstetrics.

Hi All,

I just submitted the online application to St. Joseph's online MSN program. I was wondering if those who are doing distance learning need to go to the main campus throughout the program? I live on the West Coast, so flying back and forth would not really be optimal. Also, how long does the MSN program usually take (on average)?

Thanks in advance!!

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Specializes in Pain Management, RN experience was in ER.

There is no need to go to campus, although I highly recommend going during the summer's if you can. Well worth the cost of a flight and boarding. You can finish those courses a lot faster (wish I had known that when I first started) and it's amazing to meet your instructors... its the small things :) This is exceptionally true for health assessment. I almost feel like every student should be required to go on campus for that course.

Many students can finish in 2 years (although clinicals may delay this), but I've also seen many that have spanned it out to 3 years. It's up to you. I will finish in 2 yrs, 1 month as long as a clinical cohort starts on 8/31. That's after taking a few vacations that caused me to take teh full 15 weeks for 2 courses. I usually finish in 7-8 weeks and stagger my courses (I started one course every month).

Clinicals take 1 year. They're taken over 16 weeks each (can't go faster) and each course starts the following month. So, I'll start 8/31 and my 16 weeks will finish in the middle of December, but I'll start the 2nd round in January.

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