Need Advice About Online Schools

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Specializes in Surgical Floor, Pain management.

hello all,

i am currently an lpn licenced in georgia and s. carolina. i have some hospital experience (med/surg), and am currently employed full time in a busy pain management practice. i am ready to go back to school and pursue my rn - probably associates - and would like to do so online. with my current work schedule, it would be next to impossible to go the traditional route.

i am looking for any advice on good online programs. there are so many ads out there; its hard to tell who's legitimate.

if anyone has actually attended these online schools, i'd love to hear about your specific experience.

thanks a bunch!!:nurse:

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Specializes in Med Surg.

Two things -

If The College Network contacts you, run as fast as you can.

Check out the threads in the Distance Learning area of AN.

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Specializes in Surgical Floor, Pain management.

Thanks! I was considering a meeting with a rep from the College Network

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I would first look at what the local community colleges have to offer in way of online courses in general, and their RN nursing programs specifically. You will have to do prerequisite courses for any program, so you can start with those classes and get them out of the way. Freshman English is freshman English, no matter where you take it. It should transfer, so take these types of courses at the nearest cc. Look for the school that has online courses and get these done. Once you are ready to start the nursing portion of a program, you should have no trouble transferring in your prerequisite courses. That will be when it gets tricky. Depends upon what you want out of a nursing program, and what will work for you. If you live in GA, the Excelsior College route can be troublesome at this point. Do some research in the distance forum about this. But in general, Excelsior College is one of the best known distance programs for the associates RN degree. Look into their program to see if it might fit your needs: http://www.excelsior.edu Other than that, you will need to investigate local programs to see what will work for you. The problem with most programs is that clinical courses must be completed, which must be arranged by you in your local area or in the area of the school. Excelsior College is the only school that has a limited clinical experience and that is a story in itself. Check out the distance learning forum and you may be able to get some ideas or have your questions answered.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

moved to the Distance Learning for Nursing forum

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

I'll merge this with the one already in this forum ...

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