No online degrees for Navy Nurses?

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My local Navy Healthcare Recruiter here in Hawaii told me that to qualify for a commission in the Navy (Active or Reserve), your NLN or CCNE-accredited BSN must be no more than 40% online. I can't find anyone else who can verify this. I even tried calling various recruiters in the SoCal area, but none of them knew for sure.

Can anyone verify this?

Thanks in advance.

My local Navy Healthcare Recruiter here in Hawaii told me that to qualify for a commission in the Navy (Active or Reserve), your NLN or CCNE-accredited BSN must be no more than 40% online. I can't find anyone else who can verify this. I even tried calling various recruiters in the SoCal area, but none of them knew for sure.

Can anyone verify this?

Thanks in advance.

Is there a BSN program that is more than 40% on line? That sounds like it is cutting into clinicals to me, and may be the reason for the rule itself. I am likely wrong, and will be shown the error of my thoughts shortly, for the record.:saint:

That is to bad that that an online BSN is not accepted... in the case of an RN (ADN) to BSN program there really isn't a clinical hour difference... the majority of the difference between the two curriculum is on 'nursing theory' and other management type focused classes... the difference is not in clinical hours. I can't validate if that is true or not - shame if it is~ as in order to do an online BSN you already need to have your clinical component (and RN licensure) based on my understanding.

that is to bad that that an online bsn is not accepted... in the case of an rn (adn) to bsn program there really isn't a clinical hour difference... the majority of the difference between the two curriculum is on 'nursing theory' and other management type focused classes... the difference is not in clinical hours. i can't validate if that is true or not - shame if it is~ as in order to do an online bsn you already need to have your clinical component (and rn licensure) based on my understanding.

i 100% concur with this. a great lecture is hard to duplicate, but there are definitely some classes i could have done without a warm body and pulse telling me to "read the following chapters from book x "......

workin,

I agree as well - I prefer a class as I find the 'group think' positive in the learning process. Previously I said the BSN online program requires someone with an RN or LPN, who has done the clinical hours already, so clinical exposure is not the issue.

If you compare some ADN programs to some BSN and MSN (entry level) you will find that sometimes the ADN has more hours - program dependent they all meet the hours --> therefore the level of the degree isn't necessarily resulting in more clinical hours.

Side note is that it would be strange for the navy, or other service, to get into the job of judging degrees. There are many agencies that are full time accredidation agencies. In this case the normal geographical accredidation + the nursing degree accredidation already supervise the programs.

The truth is that the military are huge promoters of distance education through online and correspondance and have been for many years. If you go to a military education center you will find there are multiple representatives, often given offices, of 'online' schools there to help students enroll in their programs and work towards a degree.

If anyone has the answer or regulation it would be appreciated. From what I read on the Army's requirements it's graduating from the AACN accredited nursing school with BSN level degree for active duty... not aware of any other school stipulations.

Thanks!

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