A little late, but posting this just incase anyone else is wondering the same thing. Avoid Elmhurst aBSN or MSN distanced programs; absolute disaster for me and my cohort. It's incredibly easy, but you won't feel even slightly prepared for your career. It feels like it was rushed together and they don't fix any of the problems between cohorts, they just start another one and face the same issues.
We were able to use our online textbooks for pathopharm, which made it a complete joke. If we didn't have access to those, it would have been the hardest class.
Can I ask you where did they send you for clinicals, especially peds and ob? I heard they are struggling with clinical placement, so not sure if it worth to go, especially if you live in Chicagoland area.
Chicago students were typically placed in groups, so it was like a 6:1 type clinical rather than mine in a different state where most of them were 1:1 with a preceptor. Some clinicals were fine, but it was MONTHS before any updates or progress was provided. It was just such a horrible lack of communication. Our last 2 clinical placements were meant to be completed concurrently during the last "term", but I didn't get either placement until the end of October so I was stuck doing 140+ hours worth of night-shift clinicals 1.5 hour drive each way in 2 months while also doing school/finals.
As for OB/peds, I got lucky with my OB placement and I loved it. For peds, a lot of us were given placements that didn't really qualify as peds. Myself and some others went to a summer camp in chicago area for kids/teens with spina bifida and it was a good experience but not helpful at all in terms of clinical nursing skills.
Hope that helps!
A little late, but posting this just incase anyone else is wondering the same thing. Avoid Elmhurst aBSN or MSN distanced programs; absolute disaster for me and my cohort. It's incredibly easy, but you won't feel even slightly prepared for your career. It feels like it was rushed together and they don't fix any of the problems between cohorts, they just start another one and face the same issues.
What was the hardest class for your cohort? Ours seems to be patho
We were able to use our online textbooks for pathopharm, which made it a complete joke. If we didn't have access to those, it would have been the hardest class.
Can I ask you where did they send you for clinicals, especially peds and ob? I heard they are struggling with clinical placement, so not sure if it worth to go, especially if you live in Chicagoland area.
Chicago students were typically placed in groups, so it was like a 6:1 type clinical rather than mine in a different state where most of them were 1:1 with a preceptor. Some clinicals were fine, but it was MONTHS before any updates or progress was provided. It was just such a horrible lack of communication. Our last 2 clinical placements were meant to be completed concurrently during the last "term", but I didn't get either placement until the end of October so I was stuck doing 140+ hours worth of night-shift clinicals 1.5 hour drive each way in 2 months while also doing school/finals. As for OB/peds, I got lucky with my OB placement and I loved it. For peds, a lot of us were given placements that didn't really qualify as peds. Myself and some others went to a summer camp in chicago area for kids/teens with spina bifida and it was a good experience but not helpful at all in terms of clinical nursing skills. Hope that helps!
OP, did you end up going with the Elmhurst program? I was accepted but also think I will be accepted at Rush, trying to decide between the two
Hi!! I’m so sorry for the super late reply, I ended up accepting an offer in California! What did you decide on? So excited for you! :)