Do You Feel "Hated on" By Trad students or grads?

[FocusRN]

Okay this is mostly for current and grad distance learning students. For the most part, I mean those who attended schools such as Excelsior , Deaconness, or other programs for LPN to RN or RN to BSN, that were mostly in a distance learning format. I am not a distance learning student as of yet ,but it really feels like the vibe I'm getting not only here (sometimes), but on other sites, and even in my workplace is that at least a few, feel like distance ed students just aren't up to par with trad ed students. I was just about to ramble on, but ya'll tell me what you're take on it is.

[scrmblr]

I graduated from a traditional LPN program and went to EC for my ASN. I did have some trouble getting a job at our largest hospital. I think it had alot to do with where my degree came from.

I am employed in the ER and no one even questions where I graduated from. I am actually pretty proud of my degree. I think it was harder to do it this way and took alot of self discipline.

[traumahawk99]

undoubtedly, online learning is the wave of the future. it's infinitely more efficient. i'm taking cpne in another month, and going to immediately knock out the bsn online, probably within 5 or 6 months. i'm laying out my plans now :).

anyone who wants to stew over where you went to school isns't an education professional. doing the job is all that really matters.

that said, online/distance learning is not for everyone. people who can't do it sometimes can't understand it. that's their limitation, and i point that out if someone knocks distance learning.

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

What gauls me is when someone knocks online learning, yet it's quite obvious in their reasons why they are against it, that they never bothered to learn anything about it.

I'll take a couple of classes online, but most will be done in the classroom, well for one, my school doesn't offer that many online, but i also prefer the classroom way of learning

As for those that knock your program for being online, just tell those people"i'm so glad you've taken the time out of your busy day to inform me of your sheltered opinion."

[chip193]

I always love watching the traditional students in our ER. Usually, someone will get them going about how students who "didn't have four years of clinical" and how "you can't possibly be a good nurse if you didn't go to a real nursing school".

My co-workers do it, of course, to break my chops - we have a very loose department. The poor little students don't know any better...and, of course it's funnier when they start telling me about "those people who don't do clinical, my God". It's funnier when I hold that I'm one of those un-Flo Nightengale people who had a three day clinical exam rather than four semesters of school until the end of the shift and then let them know that they should keep the mouth closed until some sort of knowledge base is gained!

Oh well, someone has to have fun with them...and I need to have some fun now, being understaffed and having dealt with three unit patients for the last three hours!

Chip