Online Degree vs. University Degree

[commonsense]

Good evening everyone, I am an ADN student nurse down in the lone star state and I'm a virgin to allnurses so please be gentle. I'm scheduled to graduate at the end of 2011 and while I'm still concentrating on my current schooling I can't help but to think about the future. I'm looking to enter a 1 year BSN program within a year or so of graduating my current schooling. It would work out best for me if I was to get my BSN and eventually a MSN online. My question is when you are applying for jobs that require advanced training do the prospective employers look down on nurses who have done their training online?

[BluegrassRN]

BluegrassRN, do you know if your program is rare in that it does not differentiate online and onsite, or a that a somewhat common thing?

I think it's extremely common, *if* the institution is not completely online. For example, all the area community colleges offer online *and* brick and mortar classes. There is no difference between the two on the transcripts. It's just considered another section. Likewise, my BSN program is simply another degree program within this institution. If I lived closer the university, I *could* take some of those classes in a classroom. 200+ miles away, I chose the online program.

In exploring my career advancing options, I noted that MOST area colleges offered an online option for man of their classes and degree programs. These are simply different sections of classes, so they aren't going to show up differently on your transcripts or diploma.