Online RN-BSN...where to go?

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So I graduate in December and I am starting to look for places to obtain my BSN.

I only have one requirement...it has to be completely online. I have a scholarship at the local hospital and I am required to work in my area for at least 2 years.

I am looking to find out where the RN to BSN nurses obtained this degree. Also how did your credits transfer, around what price range was the tuition, and how were the classes as far as classwork?

Also off the wall question--Does getting your BSN make you as a "magnet" nurse?

Thanks for any information and advice. :)

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The # of nurses with a BSN is something that the committee looks at to determine whether or not a hospital gets magnet status. Although I've always wondered how big of a deal it really is. The hospital I used to work at as a PSA had magnet status that recently got renewed while I worked there. Every single nurse on my floor had their ADN but not BSN...

There is no such thing as a truly online RN-BSN program to my knowledge. What you'll need to find is one that allows you to arrange your clinicals on your home area.

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Chamberlain is 100% online and requires no clinicals. As far as credits, you typically will receive 80 units for your ADN and are then required to complete 32 to 48 more depending on whether or not you have other transferable credits such as statistics, upper division writing, etc. It is rather expensive, 575 per credit hour so roughly 20 to 30k. I can't tell you anything about classwork as I am still just doing research on RN-BSN programs myself. So if anyone has some good info about Chamberlain or other online programs I'm interested as well.

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Not sure about their online programs, but I have two friends in their campus based programs (one ADN and one BSN) and they absolutely hate it. I'd look for a more reputable university that costs MUCH less. All the hospitals in my area have contracts with local schools where they will pay for all or most of your RN-BSN and the programs will work around your work schedule.

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Fort Hays State University in Kansas offers an online RN-BSN program $168 per undergraduate credit hour if you are not a Kansas state resident:

Nursing (RN to BSN) - Fort Hays State University

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There are several Chamberlain threads here in the Distance Learning forum. I'm in my final class with Chamberlain, graduating June 21st (yay!!). It's been a great experience, and I'm really glad I chose Chamberlain after some pretty extensive research.

Yes, the classes are online, but there are a couple of "experiential learning" projects. Community Health Nursing had one such project -- I spent time with/interviewed four different public health nurses for that assignment. It was actually very interesting. I spoke with a SANE nurse, a parish nurse, a free clinic nurse, and a school nurse. The other experiential project was for Collaborative Healthcare, which is all about nursing management. I had to identify some issues I'd like to learn more about, identify a mentor, and come up with goals. For example, I learned about our facility's process for dealing with problem employees, and the performance improvement procedures we have in place, and I interviewed one of our management coordinators for this.

So really, there aren't any clinicals, but there are some projects you can complete in your community or facility.

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I have applied to University of Wyoming. There is a clinical component that I do in my home area and I have already found a site with a bsn rn to precept me next year. I'm getting excited and their tuition is very reasonable.

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Good luck with your program, MickyB.

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Good luck with your program, MickyB.

Thanks! The person I spoke to was very pleasant. I have just sent for my last transcript to be sent over (just finished stats with an A :) ). So far, it looks like they accepted 64 credits then I can add statistics to that. Total needed to graduate is 120 credits so over half done already. I figure that's a great way to look at it LOL

Getting excited.....

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So I graduate in December and I am starting to look for places to obtain my BSN.

I only have one requirement...it has to be completely online. I have a scholarship at the local hospital and I am required to work in my area for at least 2 years.

I am looking to find out where the RN to BSN nurses obtained this degree. Also how did your credits transfer, around what price range was the tuition, and how were the classes as far as classwork?

Also off the wall question--Does getting your BSN make you as a "magnet" nurse?

Thanks for any information and advice. :)

I would start looking locally at my state schools. I know here in FL most of the state schools offer the RN-BSN online.

I'm doing mine at FIU. and so far so good

:twocents::twocents:

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