Google Gurus - Help me find an MSN

Some of you all are very good at finding programs on the net. I need a class in googling I guess. I'm looking for a DL Masters of Science in Nursing. It must be regionally accredited and accredited by the NLN. I'm looking for a BS (with RN) to MSN program, not a BSN to MSN program.

So far I've only found two, the usual U of P and Excelsior. There have to be more out there. My employer will pay1600/semester
(X 3 semesters per year for a total of 4700/yr) towards a masters, but only if it's a MSN (got to keep us nurses in their place).

Any help would be appreciated as always. Thanks very much.

 

Have you looked at the University of St Francis ? I can not find the admission requirements but I knew several nurses that earned their MSN from there.

Good luck.

 

Hi Randall - Just looked at it, thanks for your reply. It requires a BSN, so I looked at their "fast track" BSN, which like most RN-BSN programs, is anyting but fast, it's basically starting from scratch just to get the bachelor's degree, they won't take a BS and RN combined and give much credit. What a shame. The price is right though, at least in line with U or P, still very expensive but I've given up on finding a program to fit what my employer will pay and know it will come out of my pocket to a great extent.

 

I have always found Peterson's to be a good search engine. I found the following:

Alcorn State University
Allen College
Ball State University
California State University, Dominguez Hills (Distance Learning)
Central Missouri State University (Department of Nursing)
Clarkson College
Clemson University
Duquesne University
East Carolina University
Fort Hays State University
Gonzaga University (School of Professional Studies)
Loyola University New Orleans
Madonna University
National University
Northern Kentucky University
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Seton Hall University
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
The University of Alabama
University of Massachusetts Amherst
UMassOnline
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus (School of Nursing)
University of Missouri–Columbia (MU Direct: Continuing and Distance Education)
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Phoenix Online Campus
University of St. Francis
University of Southern Indiana
University of Wyoming
University of Vermont
Valdosta State University
West Virginia University

 

Hi Seekinghelp,

Drexel University offers an RN-MSN bridge program for RNs who have a ba or bs in a non-nursing field. This 'bridge' consists of 10 credits (two classes.)

Good luck,
Tony

 

University of Wyoming offers a Master of Science in Nursing that is open to anyone who is an RN and has a ba or bs in non-nursing field. This program is 100% online and has a total per credit cost of ~$200 ($160 + $40 technology fee per s/h.)

Tony

btw, I believe that the Drexel program is also 100% online, but it is about 4X as expensive.

 

http://www.allnursingschools.com/featured/rn-to-msn.php

This might help

 

I'm not sure if price is the only issue so far as UoP is concerned. But they have the RN-MSN Bridge as well. I'm not sure what state you're in, but they may have it there. Or, you can do the online program.

Danielle
BA (Michigan State University)
MA (University of Phoenix, current student)

 

In regards to a distance learning MSN. In my opinion Excelsior is a very good program but extremely demanding. I got my ADN from the program when it was Regents college. The clinical is VERY stressful and many students wash out on it.

Also, many foreign colleges offer legitimate DL nursing degrees. With the growing nursing shortage we will see many nurses with foreign degrees and training practicing in the United States in years to come. Similar to doctors who trained in foreign countries.

good luck

 

Thanks for all the help, you all have come up with some good programs, especially the Univ. of Wyoming program, which really looks like the most promising for me. I've written to several of those you have found. I'll post any progress I make. Thanks for taking the time to help me. I haven't given up on my other interests in business and healthcare administration but since my employer will pay for a nursing master's I'm finally considering it as the path of least resistance (to my pocketbook anyway).

You all are great, thanks for your help.

 

Try http://www.rushu.rush.edu/nursing/pos/BSN_Completion.html After getting your master, you can enter Rush's online Doctor of Nursing (without a dissertation) that only take two year of part-time study.

 

Keep in mind that there are also a few DL NP (Nurse Practitioner) programs out there as well. I'm vaguely interested in the programs at CSUDH and SUNY Stony Brook after I complete my (DL, natch) RN. Down the road, of course.

You might also try the DL Nursing forum here: http://allnurses.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=125

DJ

 

It's funny how different nursing schools "see" required undergraduate classes. Some have very very heavy requirements in the arts, others have very very heavy requirements in the sciences. Some have religious requirements. A lot of these programs state they'll take your BA or BS no further undergrad classes required then turn around and say BUT you must have this and that and this and that. Classes related to the major, like stats and basic research, I can see. Having sciences, I can see. But having the literature, art, etc., I just don't get, not for what I'm trying to do. It would seem that they would be more consistent, but to each his own. By the time one is no longer of traditional college level age, has a long work history, and has the grades, colleges should get a little more creative. Someday I hope education will be a consumer entity, rather than an entity of educators that can't see past the end of their noses. Well that's my rant for today.

Again, thank for all your help.

 

University of Delaware
http://www.udel.edu/DSP/RN-MSN/

I know you already found a program but I came across this one today while helping a coworker look for DL MSN options.