The online world is very beneficial for the RN student.
As adult students they come with many life challenges
that are somewhat beyond my control.
They often have small children or
growing families, they may have aging parents.
They have full-time jobs. They
have life events. And we, as nurses,
understand that, we're compassionate
about that and we work with them to be
as flexible as possible so that they
feel supported through those events.
I wanted a program that was online because, 
you know, it allows me to balance work
and life and family, so I looked into
University of Louisville and they had a
100% online program and that allowed me
to do everything I needed to do from home.
We think the University of Louisville's online program 
is the best option for RN to BSN students.
It is a focused program, we have personal contact
with all of our students, we are engaged
with our students and yet we sit in the
midst of this large metro university that 
has many, many resources for our students.
Thinking about a bachelor's
degree is the right way to think and
looking at an online degree such as that
we have at the University of Louisville
where we can engage you, where we can
work with you, where we can offer you
some unique features that will help you
move through the program at a lower cost
and at a reasonable rate of speed,
a rate of time, will help you get your
bachelor's degree in the time that's right for you.
Some places are not even accepting 
nurses with an associate's degree.
The bachelor's is going to be the minimum.
I plan on moving to Louisville
in the next few years so I want to be
able to market myself as a bachelor's degree nurse.
We are able to accommodate nurses who work
in a variety of settings and work 
with so many different populations.
And we want them to use
their nursing experiences and their life
experiences as part of their program.
One of the unique features of our program is 
a nursing portfolio that our students put together.
The portfolio is an assembly of professional 
documents, including a professional resume,
continuing education hours that a nurse
has attended, academic transcripts,
professional goals and a few other documents.
It's a great component to our program
And the fact that they save about 
fifteen thousand dollars in tuition
by having a tuition-free, 30 credit hour 
portfolio is a really fantastic opportunity.
Our program is constantly evolving to
 meet the needs of our students.
Students change and we change right along with them.
I've learned a great deal. It's made 
me very confident as a nurse.
I'm so excited to be graduating 
and be able to say that I'm a Card.
