BSN to MSN Administration & Leadership
Make a difference in healthcare – and your career.
Our one-year program will equip you with advanced leadership skills, strategic decision-making abilities, and the expertise to drive healthcare innovation and improve patient outcomes. Plus, earning an MSN significantly boosts your earning potential and is associated with greater job satisfaction. Are you ready to take the next step?
- Time to Completion
- 1 year
- Format
- Hybrid
- Degree(s)
- Master of Science in Nursing
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Admission Requirements
- Current unrestricted RN license in the Commonwealth of Virginia or state participating in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA)
- Earned BSN from an accredited CCNE and ACEN School of Nursing with a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale
- Current resume or curriculum vitae
- Official Transcripts
- Undergraduate or graduate statistics course with a “C” or better grade
- Undergraduate research course with a “C” or better grade
- Undergraduate nursing leadership course with a “C” or better grade.
Why Study Nursing at Mary Baldwin?
The BSN to MSN in Administration and Leadership allows you to earn your MSN degree in just one year. You will graduate with the skills and experience needed to be a successful director or chief of nursing at a hospital, assisted living facility, or community organization.
- Combines online asynchronous, and synchronous courses with in-person learning intensives
- Engage with dedicated faculty in small classes
- Includes just 50 hours of supervised clinical experience until Jan 1, 2025
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Having compassion for each patient that goes beyond their physical needs is a lifelong goal of mine as a nurse.
Sarah Kauffman ’20RN to BSN graduate
Virtual Information Sessions
Discover the future of healthcare education from the comfort of your own home! We invite you to join our upcoming Virtual Information Sessions hosted via Zoom the first of each month at 7 p.m. EST.
Our Faculty
The faculty of the BSN to MSN program bring a variety of clinical and academic experiences to the program. Many of the faculty teach across all programs within the Mary Baldwin School of Nursing.
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Courses and Curriculum
Sample Core MSN Courses
- NUR 501 Organization/Systems Leadership
- NUR 503 Managing Outcomes – Informatics
- NUR 504 Policy, Ethics, Legal Perspectives
- NUR 505 Population Health & Collaboration
Sample MSN Leadership & Administration Courses
- NUR 600 Practicum/Role of the Nurse Administrator
- NUR 606 Epidemiology & Vulnerable Populations
- NUR 610 Quality Improvement & Patient Safety
Total Program Credits: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 50
Note: Total program credits and clinical hours to increase after January 1, 2025 per new accreditation standards.
Our Mission
The mission of the School of Nursing is to provide high quality, rigorous undergraduate and graduate educational programs while preparing healthcare providers to be transformational and innovative nurse leaders who provide culturally competent care and exhibit professionalism, respect of others, integrity, and legal/ethical standards. This will be accomplished by fostering evidence-based practice, promoting critical decision-making, engendering effective interprofessional cooperation, practice, and collaborating with community partners to meet the health needs of our local, regional, national, and global communities.
Accreditation Information
This program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education ().
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Cost & Financial Aid
A great education is worth it. Here’s how Mary Baldwin helps you pay for it: generous financial aid packages, a broad range of scholarships, and we accept the maximum number of transfer credits for previous coursework or relevant work and life experiences.
RN to BSN is $650 per credit hour
The Goals of the School of Nursing Are:
- Integrate nursing science and theory, knowledge from other healthcare disciplines, and nursing research to develop innovative practice approaches that improve health and reduce health disparities for individuals and populations.
- Utilize leadership skills and interprofessional collaborations/partnerships to influence health policy, advocate for social justice, and promote ethical, equitable, safe, and quality health care for individuals and diverse populations.
- Implement ethical, cost effective, and evidence-based changes within complex care systems that produce improved health outcomes and advance the discipline of nursing.
- Engage in the scholarship of nursing, utilize communication and technological systems, and practice ongoing professional development to improve health outcomes and build strong, informed nurse leaders.
- Provide leadership at the highest level to design, direct, and evaluate innovative, evidence-based approaches to care delivery that achieve safe, quality, culturally competent person-centered care.