Rue Education VS Indiana state University

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I am interested in attaining my BSN. Upto this point I was going to go through Indiana State University. However recently I was contacted by Rue Education here in florida. Is anyone familiar with them? Is there an advantage to either progam. I am an LPN and I have a Bachelors degree. I was already to start at ISU until I heard from Rue. It seems that I might be able to complete a BSN sooner going the LPN-ASN-BSN route. Please someone enlighten me if you can. thanks

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Rue Education is not a nursing program, so beware. They are a publishing company for programs such as Indiana State and Excelsior. You do not need a publishing company, because you can obtain the books and testing materials more cheaply directly from ISU or EC. Stay away from publishing companies, because they'll cast you into dangerous debt, and entail contracts that are virtually impossible to escape.

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Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

rue is a expensive publishing company that provides the learning materials (if thats what you want to call it) to people who are willing to pay between 300-400 hundred a book... they do not grant degrees ..you would still have to attend indiana state university.

i am interested in attaining my bsn. upto this point i was going to go through indiana state university. however recently i was contacted by rue education here in florida. is anyone familiar with them? is there an advantage to either progam. i am an lpn and i have a bachelors degree. i was already to start at isu until i heard from rue. it seems that i might be able to complete a bsn sooner going the lpn-asn-bsn route. please someone enlighten me if you can. thanks
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There are numerous older threads on this site regarding Rue -- lots of information and opinions, pro and con, about other folks' experiences with Rue. It would be well worth you time to search and review them before you make a decision.

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I am currently with RUE and if I have to chose again I say not expensive and hard to follow I have a lots of error in th book. please research carefuly before chosing. best of luck

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So what I am hearing is that I don't have to do my pre-reqs with Rue Education or TCN I can go directly to ISU, correct?

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
So what I am hearing is that I don't have to do my pre-reqs with Rue Education or TCN I can go directly to ISU, correct?
Yes, that's correct. You can complete your distance education through ISU directly, without ever having to use Rue or The College Network. ISU has the learning materials, as does http://www.ebay.com and other outlets.
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Yes, deal directly with ISU and save a lot of money. If you look into Excelsior and decide to go with them, same advice. If you really want these study guides you can buy them used on ebay and still save a lot of money.

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