What are the benefits to pursing my nursing education online?
Online education is, in fact, a blend of online and in-person activities. Distance learning programs that are based primarily in online instruction use the web to deliver lectures, manage question and answer forums, administer tests, and complete homework and self-study activities. But in the field of nursing, there is also a large amount of learning that happens through hands-on activities in lab classes and practical experiences, or practicums. While a distance-learning program will provide the bulk of its instruction through online delivery, most programs have a coordinator that helps students identify local learning institutions and medical centers to arrange those parts of the training and education that cannot be given through a computer screen. While information on pharmacology, anatomy, nursing practices, assessment, normal organ function, and introduction to diseases are all things that can be learned through a lecture watched online, learning how things feel, or look, or how
