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My Friend Got a Nursing Associate Degree Online
When my friend said she enrolled for a nursing associate degree online, I had so many questions! After all, this
type of degree needs practice; so, how can you do a nursing associate degree online?
When I asked her how the nursing associate degree online works, she told me that once you start the nursing
associate degree program, you generally complete the non-clinical portion of your course work through the online
classes. However, the clinicals are usually arranged at a hospital near your home; as I well knew, there are no
schools that will allow one to fulfill clinical requirements online!
Of course, my curiosity did not stop there. I wanted to know more about her novel nursing associate degree online
program. So I asked her how the classes work in the nursing associate degree online program.
She explained that the this varies from school to school, but now a days there are so many facilities that conduct
online classes and have entire programs (like the one my friend got into) online. Usually, the nursing associate
degree online program has its own site where the instructor posts the lecture materials and assignments for the
students to retrieve.
There is also a forum or bulletin board where discussions are held regularly and where anyone can post/leave a
comment if they wish to do so. Sometimes there will be an assigned time to log in the forum for all students in
order to discuss certain aspects of the degree.
Many online classes following this sort of program, have replaced the traditional exam with that of written course
work, so more emphasis is placed on assignments rather then exams. Don’t get me wrong, some exams may still be
offered online or they may be proctored; often universities provide students with a designated place near them
where they can go and physically take the exam for their degree.
Now I wanted to know from my friend if this nursing associate degree online program was letting her study at her
own pace, since it was online. She explained that while some online programs do that, her particular program wanted
her to keep up with the same quarter and semester schedule as on-campus students.
Her nursing associate degree online program was structured around fixed assignments and exams much like a
traditional on campus course. A nursing associate degree online program takes the traditional time of six to eight
weeks, this is one degree you cannot or they will not let you accelerate.
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