Online Education

Hi. I am doing a paper on online education for nurses. I am interested in post-RN BSN and Advanced Graduate degree information. Also if anyone knows of other certified courses offered online ie. specialties. Soo..anyone who has done a degree or diploma or anything through online distance learning please refer me to an informational site or give me the lowdown. IE. prices, evaluation, difficulties-pros and cons. ANY LEADS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

[Q.]

As a prerequisite for my graduate admissions I am electing to take an on-line probability and statistics course over the summer. I am taking it through Lakeland College at http://www.lakeland.edu.

My advisor actually referred me to the course as a convienent way to work full time, go to school, and get the stats course out of the way before Fall 2002.

I hope this helps.

[rninformatics, DNP, RN]

Originally posted by micki

Hi. I am doing a paper on online education for nurses. I am interested in post-RN BSN and Advanced Graduate degree information. Also if anyone knows of other certified courses offered online ie. specialties. Soo..anyone who has done a degree or diploma or anything through online distance learning please refer me to an informational site or give me the lowdown. IE. prices, evaluation, difficulties-pros and cons. ANY LEADS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

Hello Micki,

I received my Associates and BSN via traditional on-site educational institutions. I am currently pursuing my MSN with a major in Clinical Information Systems Management via on-line distance education at Excelsior College

http://www.excelsior.edu/msn_desc.htm

Excelsier also offers an on-line BSN degree and Healthcare Informatics Certificate

The University of Colorado Health Sciences

offers a distance education (MSN)

http://nursing.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://freenet.uchsc.edu/son/acad/msn/index.htm

Distance Education Pros: Independece; flexible schedule as I can study and access the classroom site anytime via the Internet.

Support is only a phone call, bulletin board posting or e-mail away.

Distance Education Cons: You have to be really disciplined and organized to meet paper and assignment submission deadlines.

Double the amount of reading/research required than in traditional classroom settings. You would be amazed at all the amount of content instructors can fit in with the use of hyperlinks upon hyperlinks!

Make sure the school and its programs are accredited!

If you have other questions please feel free to contact me.

[email protected]

[nightingale, RN]

The University of Wyoming has online education; there is a complete online program through them for the MSN in Nurse Educator. Here is the starter website;

http://www.uwyo.edu/

Good luck to you....

B.:)