distance NP education. faculty travel expenses?

[inthesky]

Some online NP courses require that students pay faculty expense to visit their out-of-state clinical sites. Is this standard? It could be $1000! Plane ticket, transportation, lodging, food..etc. Anyone have experience with this?

thank you =)

[funinsun]

Our faculty don't have to come out to our clinical sites thankfully even though we're distance.

That would really stink if you had to pay $1000 for them to come to your site! Did they tell you about that requirement ahead of time?

Good luck, let us know how it works out, I'd be curious to know..

[inthesky]

I'm still in the application process. Two different online programs I have looked at require faculty visit to the student's preceptor and site and hold the student liable for the cost. One school (South Dakota) is specific and listed airfare, rental car, and lodging. I posted to see if this is standard. hmmm red eye flight..city bus..and the No-Tel Motel..all set =P

[experiencedrn]

I have not heard of such a thing, I am in a web based program and our evals are done via video confrence at the end of each rotation.

[NHRNmomof3]

I just had my preceptor come for an onsite eval from a distance education site and did not have to pay anything. It is included in the costs of the tuitiion. There are 3 on campus requirements that we must pay travel expenses for.

GWU ANP student.

[Dr. Tammy, FNP/GNP-C]

Some online NP courses require that students pay faculty expense to visit their out-of-state clinical sites. Is this standard? It could be $1000! Plane ticket, transportation, lodging, food..etc. Anyone have experience with this?

thank you =)

At USI, clinical visits occur via teleconference twice per term. There is a deal, however, faculty can visit at anytime. I think they only do this if there are problems.

I could be wrong, but I think onsite visits will become an ever increasing portion of distance-ed programs. I think this is one of the last components that separate distance ed programs from traditional brick and mortar.

[Ally48]

I'm still in the application process. Two different online programs I have looked at require faculty visit to the student's preceptor and site and hold the student liable for the cost. One school (South Dakota) is specific and listed airfare, rental car, and lodging. I posted to see if this is standard. hmmm red eye flight..city bus..and the No-Tel Motel..all set =P

Inthesky,

You mentioned 2 schools in which students are liable for faculty travel expenses. One school is in South Dakota.

Where is the other school (in which students must pay for faculty expenses)?

This would help out prospective students so much.