RN to BSN

RN to BSN: Bachelor of Science in Nursing

The RN to BSN degree prepares students to become nurse generalists. The Nursing curriculum focuses on the development of management and leadership skills, culture-sensitive health care, individual and family assessment skills, and research in the nursing practice. Graduates of the Accelerated RN to BSN program will be prepared to progress to advanced practice programs at the graduate level.

Program Overview

Holy Family University and its School of Nursing & Health Sciences recognize the diverse education and clinical backgrounds of registered nurses.

The nursing curriculum focuses on the development of management and leadership skills, culture-sensitive health care, individual and family assessment skills, and research in the nursing practice. 

Program Details

As a graduate of our RN to BSN program you will be prepared to progress to advanced practice programs at the graduate level, e.g. MSN, BSN-DNP programs. 

Required nursing courses are held once a week in an online format, with students taking one class in each 8-week semester.

On-site cohort opportunities are available at your work location with discounted tuition. A cohort is a tight-knit learning community of students, enrolled together throughout their entire academic program.

RN to BSN Course Requirements

  • NUR 352 Family Assessment 
  • NUR 354 Research in Nursing Practice (pre-requisite: Statistics) 
  • NUR 358 Global Health 
  • NUR 450 Contemporary Issues in Nursing 
  • NUR 452 Leadership/Nursing Practice 
  • NUR 404 Nursing Quality and Patient Safety 
  • NUR 442 Aggregate Based Nursing Care 
  • NUR 444 Clinical Competence Practicum 
  • GNED 400 Interdisciplinary Course Capstone

Career Paths

Students who earn a BSN degree may explore the following careers:

Careers for graduates who earn a BSN degree include:

  • Acute care: hospitals
  • Adult daycare, assisted living facilities, and retirement homes
  • Public health  
  • Home healthcare, hospice, palliative care
  • Long-term care: skilled facilities
  • Outpatient facilities

Eligible for Leadership and Management Positions in long-term care, hospitals, and community settings

Specialty Areas: ICU, ER, CCU, NICU, pediatrics, medical-surgical, rehabilitation, occupational health, perioperative practice, OB & women's health, as well as mental health, school nurse, clinical research, health policy, health coach, physicians' offices & clinics, travel nursing, educational units, and staff development


Internships & Employment

Where Students and Alumni Intern and Work:

  • Abington Reproductive Medicine
  • Abington-Jefferson Hospital
  • Birches at Newtown
  • Brightstar Care of North Bucks
  • Capital Health RN
  • Cooper University Health
  • Einstein Medical Center
  • Genesis Hopkins Center
  • Horsham Clinic RN
  • Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
  • Jefferson Health-RN
  • Lankenau Medical Center
  • Magee Rehabilitation
  • Manor Care Huntington Valley
  • Nazareth Hospital
  • Thomas Jefferson University
  • UPMC Hamot Hospital
  • UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg Hospital
  • Virtua Marlton Hospital-RN
  • Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes
  • Virtua Willingboro Hospital

 

Program Information

Degree Awarded
  • Bachelor of Science
Program Type
  • Major
Program Location
  • Newtown

Generous Transfer Policy

Up to a maximum of 90 credits (including 51 from your RN licensure) can transfer into the BSN program.

 

Admission Requirements

  • Application
  • Official transcripts from all previous colleges and nursing schools attended
  • Copy of current RN license – Maintaining a current RN license in good standing is a program requirement
  • International applicants and applicants whose first language is other than English must submit scores of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL))
  • Please submit all application materials to gradstudy@holyfamily.edu or postal mail at:

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