On-line RN to BSN schools.....

[freezebabyRN]

Here is the scoop. Deep down I want to get my BSN/BAN (I currently have my ADN); however, when I come to think of having to study, write papers etc I get exhausted feeling. Anybody with me on this? I feel lazy when it comes to school. Maybe because I have kids, and work 1.0 FTE, and exercise 4-6 days per week. Not many hours left in the day for school I feel content where I am at, and really don't know if I see myself in management etc. Then again, I think well, if I just took one class at a time on-line. I've checked into some schools that are just online and just to finish in a year/year and a half you have to take like 3-4 classes at once. Can't do that! I was also accepted to a school where they do one class at a time, once per week but it is acclerated. This I could focus on more, but then again it is ACCELERATED for a reason.

Just curious if anyone has had good experience with on line schools. It would be nice to be able to take one class at a time at my own pace. Get done when ever I get done. Right now it seems like in MN they only pay BSN nurses .60 cents to a hair over a dollar more than ADN nurses. Well, how many years would it take to get my $13k back just in tuition (plus interest for the loans), and books. See, I'm trying to weigh this out and see if it really pays in the end........ :pumpiron:

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Hi. I'll move this post to the Distance Learning forum where there are online students.

I recieved my RN to BSN online through Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences. It took me a about 2.5 years because I had some co-reqs like Statistics, Chemisry, etc. to take.

Most online RN to BSN programs, understand that their students are usually full-time working RNs and offer one class at a time. The classes are usually accellerated to 8 weeks, although I understand University of Phoenix has some 5 week classes, but most schools allow the option of taking one class at a time. I never took more than one class at a time.

I was working 3 12-hour shifts a week and found it very doable and to have a life, where I socialized and exercised. There of course had to be some sacrifies.

I got a 4% raise when I got my BSN, so the immediate rewards hasn't been noticed. But I do hope to get BSN preferred jobs as I age in nursing and want to get away from the stress of bedside nursing.

Good luck to you. It takes a lot of committment and sacrifice and isn't easy, but you don't have to give up your life totally.