I'm currently taking my first RN-BSN class, with an accredited online program through my state university system. I am so frustrated. The class consists of reading textbooks, posting on discussion boards in APA format, writing papers, and responding X number of times to other students' posts. There are no lectures from the teacher at all: no powerpoints, no video or audio. Most questions to the teacher get the response "use the guidelines in the syllabus." Everything is nitpicky, grading is harsh, I will be happy with B's. The teacher is more like a referee.

I went to college before I became a nurse and I finished. I encountered some classes where the teacher was light on lecturing, but never a class that took points off for incorrect margins on your paper or not enough "class participation". I hope all the other classes in the program are not like this, because I feel like I am learning very little for all the money I paid. For those who have finished online RN-BSN or are currently working on it, what has been your experience? Is this typical or not?

In my own experiences my "loner" personality has served me well as a distance student. It can feel disconnected and like you have been abandoned otherwise. Hope it gets better for you.

Some instructors are better than others, for sure. There were a couple in my RN-BSN program that were very, very hands-off, for lack of a better term. Others were really gifted in guiding discussion and sparking thought-provoking discussions that I really enjoyed. I hope your program experience improves.