NP combined BSN-MSN program completed 1.6 years (online)

[DrMaccoman]

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http://allnurses.com/western-governors-university/finished-my-msn-706318.html
CORRECTIOn: 1.5 years.
This nurse practitioner can start treating patients after only 1.5. years of post high school education for a combined bachelors program and masters program. This program is also exclusively online! For only $10k, and with NP independence, this NP can basically do everything 11 years worth of training a physician has to go through at the minimum post high school.

Makes you wonder why we medical students are going through all of this education and debt when it can be done in the comfort of your home for only $10k as that NP did.

 

[Joebird22]

That's actually incorrect. That program is for post associate degree RN's. So add an additional 2-3 years. So total 3.6 to 4.6 to finish. Still not bad lol

 

[@Hazel-rah]

Also, MSN isn't necessarily NP. There are several masters specialties in the field of nursing. I didn't read through the thread, but I have a hard time believing she did all the required clinical hours to sit for NP boards in only a year and a half.

 

[username456789]

That's actually incorrect. That program is for post associate degree RN's. So add an additional 2-3 years. So total 3.6 to 4.6 to finish. Still not bad lol

This doesn't even consider the rigor (or lacktherof) of the nursing education.

 

[Mad Jack]

Also, MSN isn't necessarily NP. There are several masters specialties in the field of nursing. I didn't read through the thread, but I have a hard time believing she did all the required clinical hours to sit for NP boards in only a year and a half.

There's only 600 required clinical hours. I could do that in 10 weeks lol.

 

[chipwhitley]

That's actually incorrect. That program is for post associate degree RN's. So add an additional 2-3 years. So total 3.6 to 4.6 to finish. Still not bad lol

RN doesn't count in the total number of years, if you ask me. That's like saying our undergrad degree counts towards med school.

 

[cbrons]

There's only 600 required clinical hours. I could do that in 10 weeks lol.

You do know that a lot of those 600 hours is just shadowing, right? That is worthless.

 

[deleted480308]

Bottom of page 1, op of the nursing thread says they worked 10-12hrs....PER WEEK.... On courses.

 

[tvelocity514]

Bottom of page 1, op of the nursing thread says they worked 10-12hrs....PER WEEK.... On courses.

What do they do with the rest of their time?


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[Mad Jack]

What do they do with the rest of their time?


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Worked as a nurse, probably.

 

[NYCGuy86]

http://allnurses.com/western-governors-university/finished-my-msn-706318.html
CORRECTIOn: 1.5 years.
This nurse practitioner can start treating patients after only 1.5. years of post high school education for a combined bachelors program and masters program. This program is also exclusively online! For only $10k, and with NP independence, this NP can basically do everything 11 years worth of training a physician has to go through at the minimum post high school.

Makes you wonder why we medical students are going through all of this education and debt when it can be done in the comfort of your home for only $10k as that NP did.

To be clear, the person in that thread did not complete an NP program. The poster says it was an MSN in Education.

 

[tvelocity514]

Worked as a nurse, probably.

I honestly have no idea how they gain the knowledge they have to do everything a physician does. I spent a minimum of 80 hours a week studying my first two years and there's still a lot I don't know.


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[Mad Jack]

I honestly have no idea how they gain the knowledge they have to do everything a physician does. I spent a minimum of 80 hours a week studying my first two years and there's still a lot I don't know.


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They don't. Just because they have legal equivalence in some respects does not mean that they are as competent or knowledgable as physicians. They argue that they know less, but we are "overtrained." I'd argue that they have no idea what the **** they're talking about, because they haven't been through medical school, but they'll just put their fingers in their ears and scream "elitist!" or something.