University of South Alabama Summer 2014

courtleighk · Apr 11, 2014

I live in Louisiana. I know at least 5 people that have graduated from USA as NP's. I havent heard anything negative and they are all great practitioners. I wouldn't pay to much attention to the negative posts. Most of the time the complainers complain and the happy people just arent posting their compliments. Thats my opinion:)

Urtania · Oct 27, 2014

Well, how do you like it so far? Are you surviving or are you starting to get an idea about why there are so many negative reviews and a declining retention rate. So far, 5 students have to defer 1 year and a few have dropped out in search of a better curriculum in my cohort (ENP 2016)

rnmindy · Oct 27, 2014

I am in the PNP-PC track and I don't have a complaint. The learning is self directed but that is expected with Grad level studies. I feel that the instructors make themselves available and the content is expected with grad level nursing courses. I don't have any complaints other than the timeliness of the admitting process and the orientation process. All if that was frustrating but once in the program, I am very pleased. I haven't started clinicals but have lined up a preceptor which is a big struggle. So I would start early

Urtania · Oct 27, 2014

It is definitely self directed as expected, but there's also very little feedback for improvementertainment on exams or papers.

courtleighk · Oct 27, 2014

I didn't get accepted:(.

But that's terrible news!! I was hoping to get in fall 2015 now. Why do you think ppl are dropping exactly?

Urtania · Oct 27, 2014

1) unable to find a preceptor and don't want to be behind for a full year, so they'll apply to a different track or program to only be 1 semester behind instead

2) Too much time taken away from family and jobs

3) Poorly written (zero) curriculum, doesn't feel like learning. You are given 15 chapters and told there will be an exam in 2 weeks, but the study guides are vague outlines of the content in the chapters. Papers are pretty easy to write because they give you a rubric which lists how many points each topic is worth, but it's hard because you have to learn to get 12 pages worth of information into 4-6 pages:)