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Some nursing schools will not accept online courses that have a laboratory component. There are two primary reasons. One is that laboratory exercises done at home aren't perceived to provide adequate rigor. The other is that the exams may not be proctored.

The University of Maryland - Baltimore is ranked 11th in the United States. Standards for direct entry MSN programs are high in general, even more so for a top ranked program. Some schools are aware of which courses are online courses. If you take the courses from a school in a different state than you live in, it is a hint that you took an online, possibily unproctored course. There isn't any shortage of qualified applicants to nursing schools. Don't be surprised if online courses with laboratory exercises are not accepted.

There are people who take online lab courses who get accepted somewhere, graduate, and get hired as a nurse. That's not the point. The point is that some schools are less lenient than others about what they consider acceptable. Even if the transcript doesn't indicate that the course is online doesn't mean everything will be okay. For something this important, you should check with the school and get a definitive answer. It's too important to base your career moves on speculation, whether mine or someone else's.