value of international degrees?

To previous writer - Gary Rients; (or to any with info, for that matter)

I Know of the Big Three of course. And Kaplan U. But do you know US schools that would require 1) no on campus work, 2)clinicals in my home state or no clinicals?

Excelsior and Kaplan are the only two that I have seen so far.

But I would really be excited if there were a program that focused more on psycho-social issues and patient education, rhather than management and or research statistics. That is the real draw for me of Deakin. Although, after talking with my VP of HR at the medical center where I work, I'll probably end up going with a US school to avoid the hassle of extra approval for tuition reimbursement associated with an International School. So, I guess it is either Excelsior or Kaplan. Unless someone else knows other options. (I'm scared of or don't trust Pheonix)

 

Re: Re: name recognition

Being a public/community forum, there is a good chance that other members are going to read and even comment on what you write. Especially, such blanket statements as "won't the name recognition of a US school improve your chances," when the original poster is deciding between a US or AU school and has not indicated a location preference, have a high probability of bringing on comments. But, then, there is always the option of sending a private message.

That's an assumption on all counts. Possibly an interesting 'off-the-topic' discussion. But I don't see the relevancy here.

Exactly, and nowhere (neither in user info nor in orig. post) has the poster stated in which country is he/she currently resides. After all, DISTANCE LEARNING is what this forum is all about and so location is largely irrelevant.

And precisely THAT was my point.

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Here's a link that may be of interest:

Top 500 World Universities
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/top500list.htm

 

Re: Re: Re: name recognition

Sorry, this is not relevant to DL. It may be fun to have a similar world ranking of universities with DL courses. Does anyone know of one?

 

Sorry, I missed this when you first posted it. I'll look through what I have bookmarked and get back to you. Where are you located? Many programs are only available in specific states, and most state schools are much more affordable if you're a state resident. My focus was finding an accelerated or online second-degree program for non-nurses, but I came across many RN-BSN and RN-MSN programs in course of my search. Since you know that you want an MSN, maybe an RN-MSN program would actually be preferable for you.

If you haven't found these yet, here are a couple of sites with good information:

http://www.allnursingschools.com/

http://www.allnurses.com/

The first one has school/program listings, though it's not comprehensive by any means. The second one has active message boards and would be a good place to solicit more information.

Get back to me with your location and I'll see what I can find.

 

Without knowing your location, here are a couple of sample online RN-BSN programs:

http://ecampus.uwyo.edu/index.real?action=Degrees&subaction=RNBSN

http://www.telecampus.utsystem.edu/index.cfm/4,1051,82,56,html

There are many others out there - just spend some time with Google. I just wanted you to realize that you have more options that those that you listed.

 

I'm in NYS.

 

overseas degrees

It strikes me that if you ar a US national or resident then US RA degrees make more sense purely from the perspective of not having to pay overseas student course fees.
It is why as a British national I did my first degrre in the UK and as a Canadian national and resident I did my second B.A and B.Ed in Canada. Of course I went distance ed with the UK for my MA (Sheffield Hallam University) but the fees were less than $5000

Roy Maybery

 

Re: overseas degrees

Roy,
Do you know if we can apply for bursaries or OSAP for getting a degree at Sheffield Hallam University? I'd appreciate your insight in this matter. Were you obtain any financial assistance from local programs?

Much appreciated.

 

bursaries

It did not occur to me to apply. However, one could try as the worst they could say is no. Though I have been under the impression that bursaris and loans are more easily obtained by those those engaged in full time studies.

Roy Maybery

 

I'm in NY.

Any distance programs that will fill my bill?

 

Yes, there are bunches - like I said, you just need to search for them. The Wyoming program I posted is national and the cost is reasonable. If you look on allnursingschools.com (I posted a link in a previous message in this thread) you'll find a few more listed on this page:

http://www.allnursingschools.com/featured/online-rn-to-bsn.php

Michigan State, among others, is on their list. I think those are sponsored listings though, so it's just a fraction of what's out there. If you do a simple Google search you'll find loads of online RN-BSN programs. Try this:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=rn%2Dbsn+online

Just look through the programs in the search results - many (possibly most) of them can be completed from just about anywhere. For those that require clinicals, most seem to allow you to either do them at your place of work or arrange a local preceptor. Some do require campus visits, so you just need to look at the details of each program. Out of the first four hits on the above Google search, three (North Carolina, Wright State, Thomas Jefferson) appear to be completely online and/or with clinicals that you do remotely at your location. You have a lot of options - you just need to get motivated and spend some time searching!

This is something that affects you more than anyone else, so be proactive rather than waiting for people to tell you about programs. If it were me, I'd put in as much effort as it takes to find the best combination of convenient program and reasonable cost. I spent probably hundreds of hours evaluating MBA programs before finally enrolling in an AACSB accredited 100% online program that should cost me less than $5k, including books! You don't necessarily need to invest that much time, but even spending 10-20 hours on it should provide you with many good options that would work well for you.

If you prefer to have someone else match you up with the perfect program, I think there are professional services that specialize in that sort of thing. I don't know about the cost, but I imagine you could get a referral from this board. If you go that route though, I'd make sure that they don't have extra incentive to refer you to certain schools, and will find the program that is truly the best fit for you.

Good luck!