University of Phoenix MSN online

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Nov 30, 2010

Your post has been moved to the Graduate Nurse forum so that it can hopefully amass more responses. Good luck to you!

Editorial Team / Moderator · Nov 30, 2010

And I'll move it to the post-grad forum, vs. the GN forum.

Guest717236 · Nov 30, 2010

Thanks so much to Commuter and LunahRN! Very appreciated...

Trauma Columnist · Nov 30, 2010

And...I'll come along and give you my experience. I did the ADN to BSN with UofP from 2002 to 2004, then went right into the MSN (management and leadership) and graduated in May 2005 with that.

The MSN was okay - it was nonclinical (had a total of about 90-120 hours of management clinicals). The instructors were good for the most part.

Pros:

1. Very convenient

2. Fast - I doubled all my classes and finished in 13 months from a BSN to MSN

3. Got me the MSN initials

Cons:

1. Very expensive

2. Absolutely hated, hated, hated the group projects. These were all strangers with different work ethics, background, etc. I didn't like having MY grade hinge on someone else.

That said, it accomplished my goal - getting an MSN. I then went on and did a post-MSN adult health CNS - finished in May 2006 and then recently did a post-MSN peds CNS and finished in June 2010.

If I had to do it over, I would have just done an FNP to begin with - lol.

llg, PhD, RN · Nov 30, 2010

I have had multiple bad experiences with them as a preceptor to UofP MSN students. They do not communicate with the preceptors at all (literally zero communication with them) and do not check to see if the student is actually doing the work they are supposed to be doing. The also do no checking to see if the student has actually done the work submitted themselves.

In one case (of a student I personally precepted) ... the student did not do the work she contracted to do and I truly believe she deserved to fail that practicum. I never saw the final draft of what she submitted, but heard through the grapevine that she got an "A" in the course. I tried to report that to the university, but they never got back to me.

The other 2 students I precepted also got "A's," but they had actually done the work and I believed they deserved those "A's." But in none of those cases did the school EVER have any communication with me, the preceptor. That's just not right and is an indication of poor quality teaching.

Trauma Columnist · Nov 30, 2010

llg - thanks for your comments.

I will say that much depends on the effort of the individual student. It goes back to integrity. As a grad student its expected that you can be self-directed and responsible for your own learning.

And, like everything in life, if you keep your integrity intact, you can learn anything.