RN to BSN

In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report titled “The Future of Nursing,” which called for practicing nurses with a baccalaureate degree to equal 80 percent of the nursing workforce by 2020. Many medical facilities continue to employ RNs below that number today. Registered nurses with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (BSN) will have better job prospects than those without.A more recent report from the IOM calls on nurses to take a greater role in America’s increasingly complex health care system. The American Nurses Association (ANA) highly commends the IOM for its newly released report on the nursing profession and acknowledges the need for nurses to take a leadership role in all settings to meet the demands of our changing healthcare system. The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that employment of registered nurses is projected to grow 15 percent from 2016 to 2026 — much faster than the average for all other occupations. Growth will occur for a number of reasons and generally, registered nurses with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (BSN) will have better job prospects than those without. Southeastern’s RN to BSN program offers registered nurses, who are currently practicing in healthcare, the opportunity to advance their nursing career to the next level and earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree online and at their own pace. With your BSN from Southeastern, you will be able to:

• Use Christian values to enhance nursing practice and education
• Integrate clinical prevention, patient safety and the principles of continuous quality improvement into nursing care
• Utilize information management and patient care technology more effectively
• Integrate research and leadership skills to better develop and implement effective nursing care

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Southeastern University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).

Program Details

50 hours of foundational core courses* 12 hours of religion core 30 hours for unencumbered nursing license 30 hours of major core Total  — 122 credits *A student entering with an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) may have already fulfilled most of these requirements. 

Sample Core Courses

• Transition to the BSN Role (NURS 3203)
• Health Assessment (NURS 3214)
• Nursing Leadership and Management for the RN (NURS 4405)
• Community Nursing & Population Health (NURS 4415)