RN to BSN in Nursing
Take the next step in your nursing journey.
Are you a registered nurse looking to advance your career? Our RN to BSN program offers a post-licensure pathway to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). A BSN equips you with the essential skills needed to confidently provide patient care in various healthcare settings while preparing you to address future challenges in the industry. With our online BSN program, you can improve your skill set and gain a solid foundation to advance in the medical field.
- Time to Completion
- 1 year
- Format
- Online
- Degree(s)
- Bachelors of Science in Nursing
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Admission Requirements
- ADN from a regionally accredited school.
- All transferring coursework must reflect a “C” or better.
- Current unrestricted RN license.
- Employment as an RN for a minimum of 6 months, OR plans to practice concurrently with coursework.
- Ability to meet the Nursing Department鈥檚 Technical Standards for nursing practice.
Why Study Nursing at Mary Baldwin?
Finishing a nursing bachelor鈥檚 degree is essential for career advancement. Our graduates emerge as highly competent practitioners and medical leaders. At Mary Baldwin, you’ll gain knowledge and skills in nursing leadership and management, community health practices, nursing across the lifespan, and systems change. Plus, our flexible online format makes it easier to manage work, life, and study.
- Complete in three to five semesters, depending on your pace
- Enjoy the convenience of online learning
- Affordable tuition: $333.33 per credit hour or 30 credits for $10K
- Engage with dedicated faculty in small classes
Reasons to pursue a BSN in nursing
- Higher salaries: According to the , nurses with bachelor’s degrees routinely made more per year than those with associates degrees.
- Higher employment rates: Employers prefer nurses with a BSN, and many hospitals and healthcare facilities now require a BSN.
- Graduate school preparation: Do you want to go even further with your career? Graduate programs in nursing enable you to specialize and extend your healthcare knowledge and skills.
- Higher levels of professional autonomy: With a BSN, you can take on a broader range of responsibilities, including managing new health technologies, home healthcare decision-making, discernment for post-op and preventive care, and coordinating a comprehensive plan of care for the length of a patient’s admission.
- Improved outcomes for patients: Hospitals that employ a higher percentage of BSNs show better outcomes for their patients. Our BSN program will level up your skills so you can provide expert care with confidence.
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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 Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. EST.
Our Faculty
The faculty of the RN to BSN program brings 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
- NUR 302 Professional Nursing Leadership and Management
- NUR 303 Nursing Informatics
- NUR 304 Contemporary Issues in Professional Nursing Practice
- NUR 305 Research in Nursing
- NUR 403 Community Health Practicum
- NUR 404 Nursing Across the Lifespan
- NUR 405 Pathophysiology
- NUR 407 Cultural Nursing: Uniting Our World
- NUR 408 Using Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing
- NUR 413 Community Health Nursing and Emergency Preparedness
Total Program Credits: 120*
*We accept up to 90 transfer credits from associate degree programs.
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鈥檚 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.
This program has a special tuition rate: $333.33 per credit hour or 30 credits for $10K.
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.