4 Comments so far

1. Glenn B on February 27, 2010 7:36 pm

   I’m not to sure where you are from, but in Australia we have University based and correspondence or distance education which also involves blocks of prac. (In a hospital or health care facility). You will find it difficult unless you are going in as a mature age student, if you have some recent nursing, study experience and discipline.
   I originally trained as an Enrolled Nurse (level before Registered Nurse) in a hospital setting and then some 9 yrs later went back to uni as a mature age student full time. I found it hard for the first 6 months getting back into study but I had a significant advantage with my nursing experiences. My concern with the “on line” or correspondence (horrorspondence) training is the lack of hands on experience it offers. I know some of the girls/guys I went to uni struggled to put into practice what they were learning out of a book. Remember you are dealing with people and often at the most vulnerable times in their lives so you really need to experience it one on one. I think on line would be even more difficult as you often do not have access to colleagues, friends and other sources to bounce ideas and thoughts off. In particular it is good to be around others that have nursing/medical experience so you can pick their brains, I was still working part time whilst at uni and found it extremely valuable.
   You can be assured that the workload will be high. If your disciplined you could certainly pick off a few subjects until you can devote yourself more fully.
   Hope this is of some help and good luck. It is a very rewarding career but also a lot of hard work, the learning and experience continue every day

2. kevin04 on February 27, 2010 8:02 pm

   Depends on the online educational institution. If you take online courses at Missouri State University, then all you do is log in and look at the lectures for each course you signed up for. The instructor will set aside a time to discuss the course. I would think that the discussion would be saved for any student to go back into and read it later.
   I don’t think it will be much difference. It is more expensive than going to college, but factoring in price of gas; I don’t know if it is more expensive. As long as you don’t mind ever seeing your instructor, then go for it. You will be able to send the instructor messages. You might even get a phone number to call them. So it wouldn’t be all that bad. You just will never know what they look like. But I guess that isn’t really that important.
   Good-luck with it. College life is a long tough project that seems to take an eternity, but before you know it, it is over and you are out there paying lots of money in taxes and trying not let your college loans drown you.
   Also, make sure that the online educational institution is accredited. There are many out there that will take your money and give you a piece of paper that isn’t worth anything.

3. webdesig on February 27, 2010 9:02 pm

   Please try: http://www.nursingmasters.com They have lots of good information on various nursing degrees both Bachelors and Masters

4. chilover on February 27, 2010 9:17 pm

   BE CAUTIOUS .. RN students have to have rotation clinical hours.. If they say u don’t, don’t trust them..they are lieing to u.. It’s hard to do rotations ONLINE.. There are several programs where u can go from an associates to bachelors or bachelors to masters..online but BE CAREFUL