Online Bachelors Degree

[alexisbord2]

I currently attend a community college that does not offer any degree above an associates degree. After receiving my associates degree and a year of working at a hospital and finishing the RN program, i plan on going into the Travel Nurse program. So my question is, is getting your bachelors degree online a good idea? I don't want to have to waste extra time going to school, when i can start working and then possibly get a better degree online. If receiving a bachelors degree online is a good option, what schools have the best online degree for nursing?

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Moved to the online distant learning forum

[NotMyProblem MSN, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN]

It depends on what you're looking for. My first choice was WGU because of the cost and the ability to complete it in 6 months for the heavily motivated. But I would have had to take a lab portion of my sciences since mine didn't include that.

My my second choice was with Chamberlain, but my wonderful grade in statistics was brought to the bare minimum with the first discussion post. Seeing the handwriting on the wall for that course, I returned to the college in which I had previously bridged from LPN to RN, also online: Excelsior College.

Search around and review the costs, accreditation, and curriculum. There are plenty out there.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I completed my BSN degree online in 10 months while working full-time 12-hour nights. I did not have the time or inclination to attend in-person classes. In addition, it is not as if your degree or transcripts will be stamped with a notation indicating you completed your education via online coursework.

[Buyer beware, BSN]

It depends on what you're looking for. My first choice was WGU because of the cost and the ability to complete it in 6 months for the heavily motivated. But I would have had to take a lab portion of my sciences since mine didn't include that.

My my second choice was with Chamberlain, but my wonderful grade in statistics was brought to the bare minimum with the first discussion post. Seeing the handwriting on the wall for that course, I returned to the college in which I had previously bridged from LPN to RN, also online: Excelsior College.

Search around and review the costs, accreditation, and curriculum. There are plenty out there.

I do not usually recommend for-profit schools but Chamberlain may be the exception. I know of several nurses who have actually graduated from there and since you are a nurse already that's good. Anything run by Education Management Corporation and University

of Phoenix should be excluded. They are a mess in terms of grad rates and retention and very expensive. In addition to financially melting down, they have a history of deceptive recruitment practices. They make a lot of money off nurse wantabees but leave most stranded with no degrees and in an incredible amount of debt. So not all for-profits are terrible, just most. By the way Chamberlain is a DeVry school and thery're no box of chocolates but their nursing school in Palm Beach Co.Fl at least seems OK.

So be careful and completely check all schools out. You can start by going to collegescorecard.edu.gov and text in the name of the school.

Remember you should look at a school from a variety of perspectives to throughly evaluate them. And good recommendations from graduates is just one way and not the gold standard.

So the bottom line is there is no single source to evaluate online or ground schools you must put it together yourself. If any site tells you they are the one stop shopping site for schools they are a for-profit feeder company paid for by the for-profits to ensare the gullible.