| All around the Internet there are websites that | | | | situations then you would if you actually attended a |
| advertise online nursing schools, but for the student | | | | physical university. Thus, if you can get a position as |
| who has sat down to find a nursing school online the | | | | a STNA or even as a volunteer and get early |
| options may not seem as wide as the ads will have | | | | exposure you can start with a leg up on other |
| you to believe. This leaves many people to question | | | | students who are studying to be nurses. |
| whether online nursing courses are effective in | | | | Every bit of experience helps and everything you can |
| providing an education. | | | | do from within your current job will aid you. For |
| The answer is yes there are nursing courses online | | | | example, as a volunteer or STNA you may be |
| and schools that are effective in training you to be | | | | offered disease control training, or infectious protocol, |
| both an LPN or an RN but you have to know where | | | | or other small classes you may consider worthless. |
| to look and focus on schools you recognize. | | | | However, any certification you can add to the |
| For example, Kaplan and Phoenix online schools both | | | | degree earned from online nursing schools will benefit |
| offer online nursing courses to those who are | | | | you even if you fail to see the connection so if |
| interested in upgrading their nursing status from LPN | | | | offered the opportunity to participate in training |
| to RN and for those who are just starting out as a | | | | always take it. It is possible to get an education |
| LPN. | | | | through online nursing schools but the key is |
| The trick is to start early building your resume | | | | experience on top of experience to make yourself |
| because the one disadvantage that online nursing | | | | stand out! |
| schools have is that you spend less time in clinical | | | | |