Woo, hoo!!! Another New MSN in Education Graduate!!!

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Specializes in Home Health, Education.

Hi guys!,

After knocking out the vast majority of my MSN classes August through September 2016, I hit a brick wall trying to complete the field experience. Needless to say, I quit the program with only the field experience and capstone to go October 2016. I re-enrolled and started where I left off November of this year. I'm so happy (and relieved) to say I finished my last task this morning and now can finally put the initials MSN behind my name! I'm so happy I went back to complete my degree; if I hadn't, I would have always wondered, 'What if?' Now I'm pondering whether or not to continue for my doctorate. If I do, I won't start until Fall 2018. I need another break!

Just wanted to share my good news, guys. If you have any questions at all about my experience in the program, feel free to ask.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Congrats from a fellow alum!

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical/Float Pool/Stepdown.

Congrats!

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Specializes in Home Health, Education.
Congrats from a fellow alum!

Thanks meanmaryjean!

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Specializes in Home Health, Education.
Congrats!

Thanks ajjkrn!

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NICE! Congrats!!

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Specializes in Home Health, Education.

Muchas gracias, worldsfinest!

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What did you do for your field experience/capstone?

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If I could ask, what was the issue with the field work? Did you continue to have trouble with this? Congrats on your accomplishments! I plan to enroll asap for the same program. Just worried about cost and length of time.

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Specializes in Home Health, Education.
What did you do for your field experience/capstone?

The title of my capstone was Empowering Nurses to Obtain A BSN, in which I make the case that all staff nurses at the hospital where I performed my project would have better outcomes if all of their staff nurses had a baccalaureate at minimum.

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Specializes in Home Health, Education.
If I could ask, what was the issue with the field work? Did you continue to have trouble with this? Congrats on your accomplishments! I plan to enroll asap for the same program. Just worried about cost and length of time.

Well, for me, it was lot of things. First, I had trouble finding a preceptor that would guide me through the implementation of the project. Then, I had trouble with task 1 of the field experience , which was kind of like a plan or outline of what the project would be about and how it would be implemented. All these difficulties caused me to withdraw in October 2016. Had I not withdrawn, I would have finished the whole program in about 3.5 months.

Now the field experience/capstone has been revised, I believe, so you will have a different version of it then I had.

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