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In preparation for getting a BSN, I am trying to gather information regarding online BSN programs. if you have links to what you feel is an affordable,:rolleyes: online, no residency requirement program, please post 'em here.

One program that I came across was at Thomas Edison State College. does anyone have any information regarding their program? I was hoping to find someone that has first hand (or second hand ? ) experience with the TESC RN to BSN program as it seems to be an affordable option, which, of course, is always a bonus. from reading the catalog on their site it appears that you can use some of the EC exams to satisfy the upper-level nursing courses.

The TESC program looks pretty decent but I am looking for some feedback to any online rn to BSN program. if anyone has links to what they feel is an affordable online rn/bsn program please post the link here.

Online Nursing Degree Programs at Thomas Edison State University

Specializes in Home health was tops, 2nd was L&D.

Do any of you find it funny that no place can seem to get it right? Reasonable tuition, not cheapest but fair, reasonable prereq's???? Guess if they existed they would have waiting line for years!!

Is all this nonsense just for BSN or are other non-nursing programs in the same boat?

I just decided not to decided for now as I do not get one red cent more for BSN and I have done all the mgmt stuff I really ever want. Short of a MSN ++, it is just initials behind my name,and for a MSN+ too much time and money for me.

But I research because one day I'd love to post to here to tell you all where to go to get treated like a valued student and to get the right education.

As the fall semester gets going I hope everyone finds somewhere to take something.

U. Wyoming seems to be playing the "extra credits" game. It makes me nervous.

I'm looking into Fort Hayes, Indiana State, Texas Tech U, and

U Texas-Arlington right now. Haven't checked Ohio State yet...

Geez, are there any online, CCNE-accredited RN>BSN programs based in the Phillipines?

If it's cheaper and of good quality I would not hesitate to do it. Where's globalization when we need it?

Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

One thing I'll say for Chamberlain -- they were up-front about tuition, they evaluated my credits before I enrolled, and they didn't change any requirements mid-stream. I knew they were expensive, but I also had $9K in assistance from my employer -- $3K per calendar year, spread out between my attendance from October 2008 and June 2010. That $9K, combined with a scholarship, left me only a small balance in student loans (like $8K). Not bad for a BSN! :)

I called chamberlain yesterday to see if I could change my adviser, but apparently that is not an option, seeing as whoever reeled me in is the one that gets the commission and the 'brownie points'. So I guess I cant just decide to change. As it stands, I am considering this a $60 (and lots of headache) lesson learned and concentrating my efforts on UTA, TX TECH and Fort Hayes. I am glad for those that have had and those that will have a good experience with this school.

Sorry you had that experience. That's odd that people have had different experiences with transcript evaluation at Chamberlain. It seems like you should make it understood upfront that you will need a transcript eval (even a somewhat informal one by fax) before you will seriously apply. If you do decide to go elsewhere, make sure you let them know why you didn't do with them. Before any of that I might try calling her again in an apologetic tone and see if you can smooth things out.

Specializes in Home health was tops, 2nd was L&D.

I have ASN plus 22 yrs experience Just decided on Western Governor's University. With ASN , no gen ed needed, I am doing RN to MSN. It is self-paced and competancy based so I finish as fast as I want to finish! Excellent choice for me, and you pay by 6 mo semester not per credit. $3250 per semester for as much as you want to take. I will be MSN for what other places wanted for just BSN.

In preparing myself for entry into Army nursing, I found out that they do not accept ANY online RN-BSN programs (neither do Air Force or Navy)- only programs that have onsite clinicals with clinical instructors affiliated (paid by) the school. So no "arranged" clinical components. For me this means waiting at least one extra year to get accepted into a more expensive, local university, and then commuting to school again. Unfortunately I could not find any programs that were offered online but had a clinical component through the school. It's not the "online" theory classes that the military doesn't like- it's that the clinical components can be arranged through buddies or old bosses and essentially fudged or written off (not sure if that's even true), and that there is no way to guage whether one experience was more rigorous or comprehensive than another (I suppose that's true). Too bad, because I was really hoping that the whole "commuting to a crowded campus and fighting for parking" experience would finally be over. I also hoped that I could work and have a flexible school schedule. But it doesn't look that way. Many hospitals new grad programs are now discriminating against "online" BSN programs on their hiring websites- that's disheartening, too.

TIME is a very important factor when considering the path to that first RN job.

Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

That's news to me ... the Army is fine with my RN-to-BSN degree from Chamberlain. The program has to be accredited, according to my recruiter, which Chamberlain is -- NLNAC and CCNE, as well as regional accreditation.

Thanks for your comment. Can I ask how recently you talked to them? Are you on your way in right now? Are you active?

I was recently told that online programs might be a problem for the Army's program (they weren't as resolute about this as the Navy was and I probably need to get to the bottom of this)- the Navy solidly confirmed that they wouldn't accept the specific programs I listed and provided the rationale mentioned above. But an online program would save so much time and energy (not to mention gas) that I just can't dismiss this route from consideration.

Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

My packet will go to the Army Nursing Board in November; I've been in constant contact with my recruiter since January 2010. I'm too tattooed for any other branch of service, so I don't know about the Air Force or Navy.

Edited to add: not sure if it makes a difference the Chamberlain has a physical brick-and-mortar school as well as the online options. But according to my recruiter, it just needed to be accredited.

That's OK, the Navy are a bunch of cake-eaters anyway. ;]

The programs I was considering are remote from my location, maybe that's the difference. Hopefully it's not because this is something new for next year's 2011 or 2012 applicants (I think the Navy indicated that this policy was somewhat new). I should probably talk to someone physically. I've found that I can get better information from a physical meeting than by other means so it's usually worth the drive. We have Navy nurses locally but no Army nearby.

In any case, they'd be silly not to take someone with your experience based on something like that anyway. Congratulations! Are they giving you some rank for your experience? Good luck.

Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
In any case, they'd be silly not to take someone with your experience based on something like that anyway. Congratulations! Are they giving you some rank for your experience? Good luck.

I'm still waiting to find out -- should know something in the next few weeks regarding initial rank. They're reviewing my CV/credentials and all that good stuff. However, I won't hold my breath ... I'll probably come in as 2LT, but promote quickly. If they take me at all! It's much more competitive than it used to be, believe it or not.

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