Online lpn to rn, bsn

[ipraz4him]

Who has done LPN to RN and/or BSN online schooling? With what school? Are these degrees received well? How expensive, financing etc? Thanks to anyone who can help with legitimate facts (not hearsay please). In other words, people who have actually done it. ;-)

[HealthKibitz]

No clinicals does NOT mean "not legit." Excelsior's program is accredited and legitimate. Some states will accept you to sit for the NCLEX after completion and others will require that you go through a specific number of hours (due to no clinicals)....this is an LPN to RN program so all of us know what it is like to go through "clinicals" already - in fact my LPN program was right in line with any RN clinical program. So if you consider them, just realize that depending on the state you reside in or where you want to obtain your license you may or may NOT have to complete 200 to 400 hours of practicum type work - which is not that much really - and if you are working already in acute care, some states will accept those hours if you have been working them long enough.