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• Good program Overall, a good program. Their main downfall is they provided absolutely no support in finding a preceptor. It is left solely up to you. If you have available and lined up preceptors, this would be a great program. - Alum
• Know your learning style I wish that I had conducted more research before starting the program. I learned that I am more much of an audio/visual learner and a hybrid program was just not an ideal fit for me. - Alum
• Too focused on religion rather than education Received suggestions for preceptors but ultimately my responsibility to contact, ask, explain, arrange and pay for travel. Working was not possible unless I was able to procure weekend employment. I used student loan money to pay my expenses to completed the family NP program, and the post grad psychiatric NP program. Two instructors were difficult…..I expected to learn about medications, how they work, when to prescribe during the pharmacology courses. Instead, they were focused on neurotransmitters, more like a chemistry course. Did not prepare me for employment nor give me confidence in knowing how and what to prescribe. Had to learn on-the-job. During the psych required on campus week……focused on psych situations from the Bible and role playing was embarrassing and redundant. Felt as if I was in grade school. These programs are too expensive and do not prepare you for employment. - Alum
• Flexible for working individuals and out of state Having done my undergrad at IWU it was an easy chose to use their program for my MSN-FNP. At that time they only required. 5-6 visits to campus for lab. I was able to live/work in Michigan and with the exception of those 4hr lab class visits all work was remote. I was able to work full time plus as an RN- but was single which allowed my non working hours to be devoted to school. You are responsible for finding clinicals- which luckily I had been grandfathered in to my employers placement rotation which allowed ease for finding clinical sites. COVID did through a wrench into things, but IWU was great with finding alternative clinical hour requirements. - Alum
• Long time ago! I graduated in the late 1990's and there were few NPs at that time. We found our own preceptors, most of mine were MDs. There was no payment involved, preceptors did it for the good of the person studying and for the good of the future of health care. My career as a FNP has been widely varied and fulfilling, paying off in monetary and non-monetary aspects. Our hands weren't held as we found preceptors, completed the program, became certified, and found employment. It was a lot of hard work but in the end I was very well prepared and have had a great career! - Alum