Online Associates Degree in Nursing??

DaFreak71 · Feb 17, 2006

I'm a second year nursing student. I am said to graduate December 2006. I was wondering if anyone knew of a program online to get your Associate's of Science Degree in Nursing? Due to some personal family issues I will most likely have to drop the program. Since I am more than half way through, this is a heart breaker and I desperately want to become a nurse...so if anyone knows of a continuing online nursing program for students who are more than half way through...please let me know. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you so much.

To my knowledge, there are no accredited nursing programs that allow you to earn an ADN entirely online. At least I hope not. I wish you luck with your personal family issues and I hope you'll be able to find a way to stick with the program. Would it be possible for you to just take a semester off?

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maggijo · Feb 17, 2006

You should check out Deaconess College of Nursing in St. Louis and see what you come up with. They have an on-line option, although you might have to appear on campus at some point. Good luck.

TazziRN, RN · Feb 17, 2006

No offense, but it would scare me if I or mine were to be taken care of by someone who got a degree in nursing on line. The book learning is only a part of nursing school...you need the clinical along with it.

meownsmile, BSN, RN · Feb 17, 2006

I agree with Tazzi,, getting an ADN online is a risky proposition. Scarey not only for you with liability, but for the patient who needs you to be on top of your skills when they come back from surgery.

RN34TX · Feb 17, 2006

I agree with Tazzi,, getting an ADN online is a risky proposition. Scarey not only for you with liability, but for the patient who needs you to be on top of your skills when they come back from surgery.

Now before you and Tazzi start more panic threads about "diploma mill" RN's here, let me assure you:

All accredited nursing schools, distance or traditional, require students to either attend clinical rotations or test out of them with a clinical testing experience. There are no accredited nursing degrees to be had via online with only theory and no clinical. The controversy exists because some schools allow clinical testing in place of clinical rotations and some people disagree with that, and you can disagree as well.

But no one can become an RN in any state without either passing a clinical competency exam or going through clinical rotations.

And all RN's must pass the NCLEX-RN, the standardized licensure exam for all states no matter where they went to school before getting their RN license.

Something to think about before you start dogging "online" degrees.

ljds · Feb 17, 2006

I am planning on doing an online lpn to associates next January. I have to meet certain requirements--like a clinical skills check off at the community college who offers this program, a statement from my employer saying I meet certain performance standards, etc. I also DO have to do clinicals; all the coursework is online, it is completed first, then the clinicals are 12 hours a day, 3 days a week in my area, for 5-6 weeks. I am pretty sure no state BON is going to allow a nurse who has no clinical experience to take boards!!!

So dont'get your panites in a wad yet!!! :chuckle

Maybe this is an option for you? Some programs are set up so that the first half of their ADN program actually meets all the requirements for an LPN program. I would ask your program administrators if that is the case. If so, you could take your boards, be an LPN, and then, when the time is right, do a bridge program or an online LPN to ADN program. Then your schooling wouldn't be"wasted" (though I feel that no schooling is ever a waste), and you could be earning a decent salary and good experience, too. Good luck!!

ZootRN · Feb 17, 2006

My school we were allowed to sit for LPN bords after the 3d semester (out of 4). This is a good option for people who cannot complete the whole course. After that, you probably can find more online options (I've heards of some schools like Exselcior (sp?) offering online LPN to RN bridges).