Nursing School Students: Is An Online Degree The Right Choice For You?
Prospective nursing school students, are you considering an online nursing degree as one of your options? Well, we’ve got good news and bad news for you.
You can already imagine the many advantages of online courses: setting up a schedule that’s convenient for you, no commute, no parking hassles, saving on gas money or public transportation costs, and being able to work and go to school at the same time.
However, it is not possible to get every type of degree online – and there is no such thing as a Licensed Practical Nursing Degree or Associate’s Degree in nursing that can be obtained entirely online. This is for good reason: one of the most vital components of a nursing student’s education is to gain practical real world experience in a hospital or other medical setting, under the observation and direction of a registered nurse.
To our knowledge, there is only one nursing school program in the country which allows its students to complete even the majority of their course study online to get an R.N. degree – the Online Accelerated Nursing...