Just starting.

[ChileanCbass]

Hello my name is Dianne and am fairly new to nursing.. actually VERY new... my goal is to get my masters and work in nicu but I can only attended online courses being that my husband is in the military and we could get up and move at any moment... I know I wont be able to do my whole education online ... but in the beginning I'm sure I can.. I was looking at South University but they seem to have bad reviews.. anyone know wheres a good affordable place to start to become an RN thank you guys

[WoundedBird]

I would suggest a local community college for your classes that have lab components because many schools will not accept virtual labs for classes like A&P, micro, and chem. Classes like psych, sociology, and even stats are usually fine to take completely online.

[RunBabyRN]

There are some courses, including the actual program, that CANNOT be taken online and be accredited. Many of the prereqs, namely anatomy, physiology, micro, biology, and chemistry, are required to have a lab component, and few online versions would be accepted in any program I'm familiar with. General ed, statistics, etc are generally fine. But no prelicensure program that's accredited is allowed to be online. You'll need to find a program that's somewhere where your husband will be located for 2-3 years, depending on your program. Look into a 2 year program somewhere. Some BSN programs (like mine) are now 2 years, but all ADN programs are as well, and you can do your ADN-BSN mostly online (maybe fully online? I'm not sure).

Is your husband able to transfer his GI Bill to you? I can't remember if you can do that while on AD, or if that's only once he's separated. It might be worth asking. I know there was something about this when I was AD military, but I wasn't married, so I never looked into it.