There are a few nurses here who went through the online
LPN to RN program at Excelcior (spelling??) who could give you an honest opinon about how easy or hard they thought it was -- I can only go by what I've heard and I've heard good things but I also know that school isn't acceptable to the California State Board of Nursing and I don't believe it is in Texas either.
Otherwise I think it's accepted in all other states for RN licensure. There are also online
LPN to BSN degree programs such as the one offered by Indiana State University that are totally online and that IS definitely accepted by all state boards as far as I know.
Actually it's a smart way to become an RN these days. A lot of campus based nursing programs are all but impossible to get into without waiting several years for a seat -- in fact nursing schools turned away 110,000 applicants in 2005 due to a shortage of nursing instructors....
Also most employers offer tuition reimbursement or other tuition assistance plans that could help pay for continuing your education-- in addition to making use of
nursing scholarships and other forms of financial aid..
Taken into consideration the fact that online nursing students can keep their job and income while getting their online degree- and the ability to start right away versus waiting a year or two on a waiting list LPN's can easilt get to be RN's faster this way than any other way--
While traditional applicants are stuck on the campus waiting list an online student could be graduating before the traditional student even gets to start classes.