What do you think of online college degrees?

I am thinking about continuing education online. I want to get my bachelor's degree in nursing. Of course, they sound fairly easy to deal with. Does anyone who has done this have advice??

I am an LVN now and want to continue.

There aren't a lot of online choices for a bachelor's degree in nursing from start to finish. The challenge is that you have to do a lot of hours in a nursing program in clinical settings and there's just no easy way to do that online.

That said, there are some very good online programs for people who are already RN (or even LPN) from diploma and associates programs who want to progress to the bachelor's level. There are also some very good master's level programs.

These require that you already have some level of certification and that you have a place to practice your skills (ie: you work in a patient care setting).

If you pick a regionally accredited school (and in nursing you'll also need professional accreditation) then you'll find that online coursework is actually harder than the in-the-class counterpart. The online class only changes the venue and not the material covered - nursing is one of those things that is best learned (most often) in the practical lab environment.

Make sure the school you're looking at is accredited (regionally and professional) and that your state will accept a degree from that school as eligibility to take the nursing exams before you spend any time or money.

nothing works as great as a practical coaching... however if d university is a good one d online course may have some value.... But as far as my opinion is concerned u must always prefer a proper practical degree especially if its in nursing coz u will learn to do things better only by doing it urself........bye

Anything like nursing, which necessarily requires real hands-on work, should not be done online.