RN-BSN
Description
MSUM’s RN-to-BSN completion program is a pathway for career advancement of RNs who have already completed an associate degree in nursing. The program has two tracks: 1) the coursework is delivered exclusively online with applied and experiential learning opportunities arranged in the student's geographical area (for out-of-MN students, enrollment may depend on the State Board of Education approvals). The program plan and online option offer students the opportunity to study at their own unique, flexible pace; and 2) the coursework is delivered in a hybrid model, with on-campus meeting dates. The hybrid model offers F1 international students an option to complete their BSN. The RN-BSN curriculum is informed by professional standards and with input from employers, industry, and nursing experts. The program has decades of strong history and is taught by faculty who know the students and appreciate the RN base from where students begin.
Admission Requirements
A student who graduates from one of MSUM's partner schools with an AD-RN may be eligible to complete the BSN through the Dual Acceptance Program, which is outlined on the RN-BSN Dual Acceptance Program Webpage.
Applicants to the RN-BSN program must be licensed RNs or eligible for licensure by RN-BSN program start.
A majority of qualified applicants have an overall GPA greater than 2.75; however, applications will be evaluated holistically on a number of criteria. Please see program webpage listed above for further details on the program admission criteria as well as application requirements, procedures, and deadlines.
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the MSUM RN-BSN program will be able to:
- Integrate interdisciplinary knowledge founded in the liberal arts and natural and social sciences as the basis for clinical judgment and innovation in professional nursing practice.
- Support holistic person-centered care focusing on the individual within multiple contexts, including families, communities, societal groups, and populations regardless of specialty or functional area.
- Examine population health in relation to wellness/disease prevention, chronic disease management, regenerative/restorative care, and hospice/palliative care for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes.
- Integrate evidence-based nursing knowledge to improve nursing practice and transform healthcare.
- Analyze principles of quality and safety to improve health outcomes through system effectiveness and individual performance.
- Collaborate with other healthcare professionals and key stakeholders for the improvement of equitable health outcomes.
- Identify resources within complex healthcare systems that contribute to safe, quality, and equitable care of diverse populations.
- Utilize information/communication technologies and informatics processes to manage and improve the delivery of healthcare services.
- Formulate a sustainable professional nursing identity that encompasses nursing’s characteristics and values.
- Participate in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, well-being, lifelong learning, and support the acquisition of nursing expertise and assertion of leadership.
Program Delivery Mode
Online Plus: offered entirely online with face-to-face options available for some/all sections
Core Requirements
( 31 credits )
NURS 301 Transitions (4)
NURS 303 Holistic Family Health Nursing (4)
NURS 342 Interdisciplinary Care of Diverse Populations (3)
NURS 348 Public Health Nursing (4)
NURS 370 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice (4)
NURS 420 Gerontological Nursing to Promote Successful Aging (3)
NURS 472 Leadership and Professional Development (3)
NURS 473 Professional Pathways (3)
Choose one course out of the following four courses:
NURS 452 End of Life Care (3)
NURS 454 Foundations of Integrative and Holistic Care (3)
NURS 462 Patho, Pharm, Physical Assessment for Health Professionals (3)
SUST 485 Global Health Perspectives (3)
Designated Writing Intensive Course for Major
NURS 473 - Professional Pathways
Program Requirements
Graduates of the RN-BSN program will have a minimum of 120 total credits, including key transfer credits. There are 31 core required MSUM nursing credits in the RN-BSN program (listed above), which also apply toward the required 40 upper division credits (300-400 level courses) for a baccalaureate degree from MSUM. Further, MSUM requires completion of general education credits in the Liberal Arts and Sciences Curriculum (LASC) for all baccalaureate degree graduates.
There are generous transfer credit considerations for those with Associate of Arts degrees (e.g., for those coming from the MN Transfer system, or from programs with articulation agreements with MSUM). Transcripts are evaluated individually to determine the extent of transfer credit awarded. Once admitted, students are partnered with an academic advisor to discuss their individual and most efficient path to their BSN.
Accreditation
The RN-BSN, 4-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) programs at Minnesota State University Moorhead are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).