Your opinion about online ADN/BSN program please

[Carissa]

Hi Everyone,

I'm considering doing the BSN option from Del Mar eline (course work is all online, clinicals are set up at area hospitals, BSN degree is from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi), and am hoping to get some feedback from nurses already in the field.

I am an EMT and CNA (equiv. to a PCA I think) so I have experience in the health care field, and want to specialize in ICU. My concern with getting a BSN from this online program is primarily employability. I am concerned employers are not going to be receptive to this "newer" type of program, and I will have problems finding a job, especially since my goal is to get into a new grad program as an ICU nurse at one of the Houston area hospitals. (I hear St. Lukes is great, but would love your opinions on others).

Already being in the field, do you think this will be a problem? Would you feel comfortable working with a nurse who was educated in this way? Do you think other's (including nurse recruiters/floor managers would be receptive to this kind of a program)? I'm currently living/working in the Seattle area, and critical care nurses are very scarce and sought out; is this the case in Houston, and do you think my non-traditional degree going to put me at a disadvantage?

Thanks so much for all of your thoughts and opinions!! :)