Rue Education
Rue Education Will Help You Become an RN! For over 20 years, Rue Education has helped nearly 100,000 motivated adult learners earn credit toward their nursing degree from Excelsior College. Whether you are going from LPN to RN, LVN to RN, Paramedic to RN, or RT to RN, with Rue Education’s help you can accomplish all of this without ever attending classes in the traditional college setting. You decide when and how to study; The Rue nursing and general education learning systems give you the tools, motivation, and access to experts that will propel you to success!
National Education Alliance Member Benefit
National Education Alliance member grants up to $1,000* per new student available for Rue Education learning materials. In order to receive grant information, follow the learn more button below and include "Rue Grant" in the message field.
What's New with Rue?
Rue’s competitive advantage comes from excellent product technology, and providing the best academic support. These are important factors to student success, but we believe the difference between Rue Education and other companies is more fundamental. Rue Education was built on different a principle - which is helping the nurse be successful - no matter what it takes! As long as we remain true to that principle and build on it, they will continue to grow and remain different from the rest!
Earn Your Associate's Degree in Nursing
Perhaps you’ve always dreamed of earning your associate nursing degree, but never thought you had the time to do it. Maybe you’ve taken college courses but had to set your studies aside for awhile. Or, maybe now you’re finally ready to take the next step on the career ladder and become an RN.
Registered Nurses constitute the largest healthcare occupation with 2.7 million jobs. RNs are expects to generate about 711,900 new jobs over the 2010 - 2020 period -- one of the largest among all occupations.** Learn more about Rue Education's RN learning systems and get on the fast track to becoming an RN.
For over 20 years, Rue Education has been helping motivated adult learners earn credit toward their Associate of Science in Nursing Degree, which is awarded by Excelsior College, a regionally accredited, nationally recognized institution of higher education.
Using Rue Total Learning Systems™, you'll be able to complete your nursing studies without having to attend classes in the traditional classroom setting. And while you'll be studying independently you certainly won’t be studying alone. You’ll have a team of Academic Advisors, online tutors, in-house nurse educators, peers, and subject matter experts to help you turn your dream into a reality!
Rue Education's Online Learning
Rue Education gives you the control and flexibility to fit your studies into your busy schedule with online nursing education. And, even though you’re studying independently, you have a team of tutors, Academic Advisors, nurse educators, and fellow nursing students at your disposal to help you succeed in the learning process.
Features available exclusively to those taking Rue's online learning systems include
- The ability to study when you want, 24/7, throughout the duration of the online session, wherever you have an internet connection, according to your own schedule.
- A homepage that contains an overview, announcements, and a recap of your grades.
- Detailed session syllabus with descriptions, objectives, and schedules for each subject matter.
- Weekly folders that keep you on track and provide the assignments and activities for that week including interactive discussion forums, crossword puzzles, practice tests, and more.
- Electronic practice exams with immediate feedback and rationale for answers to gauge your mastery of the subject and to help you focus on the areas in which you need more study/review.
- Tracking of your daily and weekly progress.
- Online tutors, subject matter experts in their field, who work with you to answer questions and provide motivation and encouragement.
Benefits available to all Rue clients:
- A Rue Academic Advisor who helps you with your studies, time management, goal setting, and answers your questions. Academic Advisors provide support and motivation to help you reach your goal.
- Rue’s in-house nurse educators are available via phone or email to answer any nursing content questions you may have.
- Interactive feedback with Rue Mentor Connection™, a nursing student based, Excelsior graduate monitored online message board. Mentor Connection offers meaningful insights, fosters a sense of community, and reinforces the fact that while you may be studying independently, there are others going through the process with you.
- The customized Rue Total Learning Systems™. Each client receives Rue’s customized workbook/study guide which highlights the most pertinent material, provides questions and exact page references so you can look up answers, end-of-chapter practice exams, as well as a practice final exam, complete with answers.
- Rue's promise of quality through the interactive and independent learning guarantees.
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*Grants are available for new clients only. They are not available for existing clients.
**Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Handbook, 2012-2013 edition
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