RN to Bachelor of Science 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 Completion1 year
- FormatOnline
- Degree(s)Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Next steps
Why study nursing at Mary Baldwin?
Finishing a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing 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 2020 National Nursing Workforce Survey, 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.
Next steps
Having compassion for each patient that goes beyond their physical needs is a lifelong goal of mine as a nurse.
Sarah Kauffman BSN ’20
Courses & 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.
Expedite Your MSN
Interested in accelerating towards an MSN at MBU? Check out our RN to BSN to MSN track to reduce the cost and course load of MSN Administration & Leadership, Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Educator, and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degrees.
Jumpstart Your BSN
Are you currently pursuing an Associate Degree in Nursing? MBU’s Summer Sequential Program allows you to to start BSN coursework up to 12 credits while enrolled in a community college nursing program.
You’ll earn course credit at your own pace during summer semesters in this non-degree seeking program. Then, once you complete your ADN, RN licensure, and all other BSN admissions criteria, MBU will guarantee you acceptance into their BSN program!
Contact Program Director Pamela Dressler to learn more at pdressler@marybaldwin.edu.
Accreditation
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Mary Baldwin University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).
Our Faculty
Our faculty is made up of healthcare experts with industry-leading expertise and profound empathy. Their commitment to nurturing future healthcare leaders is key to the success of our school.
Cost & Financial Aid
See the cost of a BSN at MBU, and some of the ways we work with you to make an excellent education affordable for you and your family.
Expected Program Student Learning Outcomes
The expected student learning outcomes of the RN to BSN program are to prepare confident, competent, and responsible professional nurses who can:
- Integrate leadership principles and processes to ensure safe, quality outcomes of patient care across the healthcare continuum.
- Portray professional values when providing competent, compassionate, culturally sensitive, and individualized care across the healthcare continuum.
- Manage patient care technologies and information management systems when delivering care across the healthcare continuum.
- Integrate personal goals for lifelong learning and for involvement in professional and community service.
- Display accountability for legal, moral, and ethical considerations within current standards of professional practice.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the influence of social, economic, legislative, and demographic factors in the delivery of healthcare in the United States.
- Participate in health promotion and disease prevention at the individual and population level with attention to effectiveness, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and equity.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals, families, populations, communities, and the interdisciplinary team across the healthcare continuum to improve the delivery and effectiveness of health care and patient outcomes.
- Demonstrate evidence-based practice by integrating evidence, critical clinical judgment, interprofessional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care; and
- Demonstrate knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments relevant to the provision of health care.