MzSerena’s Garden

When I was going to school and first started chatting online, I made friends with someone who went to Gonzaga University. They were great friends, getting a fantastic education and they raved about how wonderful the school is. Thanks to their ravings, I have always remembered Gonzga. I’d love to get my Masters degree online from Gonzaga.

I’d likely get my Masters in Communication and Leadership. It would fit with what I’ve always wanted to do. In fact, it’s part of what I’m doing now. I just wish I hadn’t screwed up so badly and could go on and get my degree proper. Now, now that I know what I want to do. Now that I have a sense of what I want.

I’ve been wanting to go back to college, possible even continue on from where I left off. I’d love to be able to further my education, but I can’t, so I’ve been trying to talk my husband into furthering his education. He’s only a high school graduate, which isn’t that great any more.

I’ve been looking at different schools, but have recently come across the University of Scranton. They offer an AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accredited MBA online degree. If I was the one going back to school, this would be what I’d choose to do. Why?

1) 100% Online – No classrooms, no commute, no dealing with other people or feeling silly because I’m 33 and trying to go back to school.
2) 2 year Program – Most MBA’s take 3-4 years to complete. With this program you can complete in 2 years.
3) Convenience – Can’t make it to class at the time its offered in a traditional setting? No problem, being 100% online, you can complete the classes when it’s convenient to you.

The only real drawback I can see is having to be completely self directed. Sure, you have others that are in your classes to communicate with, along with your professors, but without the classroom setting, it’s harder to force yourself to do the work and get it done.

15 years ago, I was graduating from high school. It’s hard to believe that it’s been that long, but it has. My nephew graduates from high school tomorrow. I’m proud of him for sticking it out and graduating when so many teenagers are dropping out. Friend of the family’s daughter also graduated this weekend. I’m glad she finished school, I wasn’t sure she would, honestly.

Today was busy, but not really. It’s kind of odd, but I slept til 1pm, so it was a short day, which makes it seem busy. I couldn’t sleep worth a crap last night, so hopefully tonight is better. Too bad the only thing on television at 4am are infomercials or advertisements for Mesothelioma lawyers. I don’t understand that one, though. Is Mesothelioma really that big now? I know someone who died from it, but that’s the only case I’d ever heard of.

If you read crime thrillers – check out Lisa Gardner’s The Neighbor. It’s absolutely fantastic. I like Grisham for crime/law thrillers, but typically I don’t get into other authors. I got this one for review and absolutely LOVED it. I’ll share my review once it’s published.

Your online nursing degree can take you places you never imagined.

You might be surprised to learn that an online nursing degree qualifies you for more than just nursing jobs. Are you interested in the latest drugs to hit the market? Are you a natural at getting people to do what you say? Then a pharmaceutical sales job could be for you. Your nursing degree will come in handy when you have to explain the details of a specific drug to doctors and pharmacists. You’ll travel a lot, but you’ll have a lot of flexibility in your job and may even get to work from home.

Maybe you have a passion for writing. Then take your online nursing degree and turn it into a career as a medical writer. You’ll be writing about anything medically related and will have to know the specifics of different diseases and their treatments. You may end up writing for a hospital or perhaps starting your own blog. Just make sure you like writing and don’t mind doing a lot of it.

If you love being a nurse, but want to work at more than one hospital, consider being a travel nurse. Travel nurses work anywhere from teaching hospitals to cruise ships on temporary assignments for a few months at a time. This job pays very well and your housing is usually paid for by your employer.

There are a number of interesting careers that an online nursing degree qualifies you for – learn more now.

My husband and I were talking about education the other day. He was looking at going to college, but the problem is, he would still have to work full-time at the same time. I was thinking that if he truly wanted to explore further education, he should get into an online degree program.

It would be easier to work on schooling stuff on days off and at night after work, plus it would give him an advantage of not having to sit in a classroom all the time. I found that to be the most annoying part of college. The classroom setting, especially when there were several hours in between my classes and nothing of any real interest to do on campus in between.

I’ve even been thinking about going back to school and getting involved in an online MBA program. It certainly has to be cheaper, since you can “go” to any school that offers online programs and not be stuck with the schools that are in your local area.

Regis University is definitely a great choice to look at, for sure. I just wish that this had been an option for me when I was first going to school. Perhaps I would have been a better student.