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Has anyone done this program? I'm looking into it and it seems great but there are hardly any updates reviews. Thanks!

Do we need to read page by page of a given book to do discussion & assignment?

@Rosrak whats your student email so we can connect on the portal

? very little. Bought them all, used a few. Most reading are from peer reviewed journals and classmates post.

I'm in the program now. My experience after about a year.

All of the teachers, except for one, do not communicate well and rarely reply to emails. When you ask a question (after bugging for a while), they respond with "its a graduate course, you need to figure it out on your own." I wish I was kidding about this, but they must hire the bottom of the barrel here. The teachers feel that since its an online class, they don't need to interact with students. So be prepared for poor communication

Due to the poor communication and lack of proper planning, don't be surprised if you are not prepared for the HESI exams they throw at you. My current class has a majority of students that got blindsided taking the test and did poorly. I blame the teacher since the lack of communication and misguidance (She told all of us that the test would be similar to the quizzes; which they weren't). Again, when you had a question on a quiz problem which seemed incorrect, they (teachers) would refuse to go over it.

Bottom line, take it for what it is (an online course to hopefully get you sitting for the exam). Don't expect any quality of teaching whatsoever (And by the way, I went to UCLA for a prior (unrelated) grad degree, so I know "what a student should expect in a graduate course"

CANURSE999,Thank you so much and Congratulations on finishing your program.I join the program . All the best for your bright future.

6 hours ago, perfectzero01 said:

I'm in the program now. My experience after about a year.

All of the teachers, except for one, do not communicate well and rarely reply to emails. When you ask a question (after bugging for a while), they respond with "its a graduate course, you need to figure it out on your own." I wish I was kidding about this, but they must hire the bottom of the barrel here. The teachers feel that since its an online class, they don't need to interact with students. So be prepared for poor communication

Due to the poor communication and lack of proper planning, don't be surprised if you are not prepared for the HESI exams they throw at you. My current class has a majority of students that got blindsided taking the test and did poorly. I blame the teacher since the lack of communication and misguidance (She told all of us that the test would be similar to the quizzes; which they weren't). Again, when you had a question on a quiz problem which seemed incorrect, they (teachers) would refuse to go over it.

Bottom line, take it for what it is (an online course to hopefully get you sitting for the exam). Don't expect any quality of teaching whatsoever (And by the way, I went to UCLA for a prior (unrelated) grad degree, so I know "what a student should expect in a graduate course"

Thank you for sharing your experience . I did a online course before it was like you describe . student are basically on their own . I was relying on them to make me prepared for exam but the course was anything but practical .there was lot of assignment ,discussion quizzes which was not helpful for the exam . but this time I am not gonna do that . Thanks for your heads up .

On 7/2/2019 at 1:09 PM, perfectzero01 said:

I'm in the program now. My experience after about a year.

All of the teachers, except for one, do not communicate well and rarely reply to emails. When you ask a question (after bugging for a while), they respond with "its a graduate course, you need to figure it out on your own." I wish I was kidding about this, but they must hire the bottom of the barrel here. The teachers feel that since its an online class, they don't need to interact with students. So be prepared for poor communication

Due to the poor communication and lack of proper planning, don't be surprised if you are not prepared for the HESI exams they throw at you. My current class has a majority of students that got blindsided taking the test and did poorly. I blame the teacher since the lack of communication and misguidance (She told all of us that the test would be similar to the quizzes; which they weren't). Again, when you had a question on a quiz problem which seemed incorrect, they (teachers) would refuse to go over it.

Bottom line, take it for what it is (an online course to hopefully get you sitting for the exam). Don't expect any quality of teaching whatsoever (And by the way, I went to UCLA for a prior (unrelated) grad degree, so I know "what a student should expect in a graduate course"

I just finished my first course, and I felt that It was overwhelming. I work 8-5 and did not feel as if I had enough time to complete all of the required assignments on time and have time for anything else. There are 2 discussion posts per week, you had to respond to 2 classmates on 2 different days on each post and use a scholarly source from the last 5 years (most referenced the book). Each week there were at least 3 chapters to read and based on each reading there was a 10 question quiz (open book) weekly and no way to see the correct answers. On top of all of that, there was an assignment every week and one "signature" assignment with a 2000 word requirement.. I am familiar with a Master's prepared curriculum and I did not feel the same support as I had before.

I asked a question in 'ask the professor' , I did not get any reply. Noticed colleagues were answering for the questions. My questions were not answered yet.

21 hours ago, caycar123 said:

I just finished my first course, and I felt that It was overwhelming. I work 8-5 and did not feel as if I had enough time to complete all of the required assignments on time and have time for anything else. There are 2 discussion posts per week, you had to respond to 2 classmates on 2 different days on each post and use a scholarly source from the last 5 years (most referenced the book). Each week there were at least 3 chapters to read and based on each reading there was a 10 question quiz (open book) weekly and no way to see the correct answers. On top of all of that, there was an assignment every week and one "signature" assignment with a 2000 word requirement.. I am familiar with a Master's prepared curriculum and I did not feel the same support as I had before.

Hello,

Yes, the workload is quite a bit. FYI, it only gets harder. the first 4 classes or so will be about the same and then it ramps up. Really tough if you do a 8-5 M-F

Fyi, after July they will only offer the monthly payments for the first year, then after that installments, student loans etc

That is really disheartening to hear. The reason I picked USU was because it was CA BRN approved, completely online, and they offered the tuition installment plan with no interest.

As a recent FNP graduate of USU, and if I were starting it all over, It might be time to search elsewhere for a MSN-FNP program.

Just looked on USU website and it still mentions the payment plan for 72 months. Hopefully they are still honoring that for new students.

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