Online vs Traditional RN-BSN

Published

Hi guys!

I'm wondering whether employer's prefer traditional over online RN-BSN programs? At this point, I might be late (or have to wait until Fall to apply) to CSU programs. I just want to get started on school and look for a job. I've heard great things from online BSN programs, but I just really want to make sure if they're taken seriously? or if it matters that it's online. I just recently became an RN and just want to get started!

Thank you!!

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Education takes you to the door, but people open it for you. In nursing, as in life, it is not just what you know, it is who you know. You make connections with professors and classmates in the classroom in a way that is impossible online. These all may be stakeholders in your career growth. Think of the bigger picture; not of a job, but a career.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

I will disagree with the previous poster. Most employers do not care WHERE you got your BSN, just that you have it (as long as it's from a nationally and regionally accredited institution). I've made more professional contacts that have aided my career through my jobs than I ever have through school.

A happy medium is to look for a local university that has an online RN-BSN program. It doesn't say on the diploma, and it won't say on your resume, that the program was online, so there is no way employers would know if you sat in a classroom or in your living room to take the classes.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Completely agree with Klone.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

You are talking about a bridge program, yes?

I HOPE online is good, 'cause that's what I'm doing.

I'm getting mine through Empire/SUNY. I chose a SUNY school because I know it's the real deal. I even have to do clinical hours and I've been a nurse for 23 years.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion