Online RN-to-BSN prohibitive for NMC registration?

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Hi, and please forgive if this has been covered elsewhere. I have looked and couldn't come up with anything.

I spoke with a UK recruiter from Continental Travel Nurse today who advised that I had little luck of ever securing registration with the NMC because I will have an online Bachelor's degree and I wanted to run that by you all.

I have a BA in Literature/Anthropology, an ADN (that was not online at all) and will begin my RN to BSN in January.

The school I am enrolled in for my BSN is an actual brick and morter university, but they offer all the "didactic" or lecture portion of the program online to accommodate for working RNs. The clinical portion would of course be in person as well.

So I am not getting my degree from an "online university" rather an actual university who offers the classes online.

I will have met the minimum three years of training requirement, but I am wondering if the online factor will disqualify me?

Thanks for the advice!

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I think your going to have to ask the NMC that question, only they will be able to transfer your hours and education into what they require.

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Thank you for your reply! I will ask them direct.

And hopefully if anyone has ever done it, they will be able to let me know on this thread.

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I'm really interested in the answer to this as well, can you please post if you find out about anything?

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Hi, Rainingwoman, I don't have a definitive answer from the NMC but from talking with others, I believe when they refer to "online" programs they are referring to the university's that are strictly online, such as Phoenix and others like it. If you earn your degree from an actual brick-and-morter university that happens to offer the classes online, you won't be disqualified. The latter option is what I am doing -- taking my BSN classes from a "real" school that offers all the classes (minus the clinicals) online. Hope this helps!

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Thanks for responding! Yeah, I would think so as well. That's what I was going to do for my BSN as well, through Indiana State University. Good luck, let me know if you hear anything else!

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I certainly will! When I emailed the NMC they simply said, "apply anyway" and they would make the decision at that time :( However, since we're both attending "real" schools, and our transcripts will reflect that, I don't think it will be a problem. Good luck to you!!!

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Hi,

I can share your concern with you here. I'm a RN who's seeking an agency work in the UK. I contacted NMC awhile ago and I've been informed that my education background isn't qualified for UK nursing.

I've been a RN for 3 years and currently hold a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing. I obtained my ADN first then came back to school for my Bachelors which I did ONLINE. Since I did my BSN online, I've been informed that I'm not eligible to work as a nurse in the UK :( If I obtained my BSN in a classroom setting, I would be eligible from what I've been told

Did you end up applying for NMC anyway? What else have they told you regarding your BSN online? Did they say they'd accept it or not?

Let me know.

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really would like to know if you ever got registered

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