Description
SUNY Brockport offers a specially designed online program to assist the working RN to complete a baccalaureate degree in nursing. This is a 100% online program. Registered nurses must apply to the University for admission. Admission is on a space - available basis. RN students should note that a maximum of 75 credits may be transferred from the associate’s degree level. If a student has previous course work at a 4-year institution, those credits will be evaluated. Students may begin this program in the spring, summer or fall semester. The number of credits transferred in will determine the time to degree completion.
Upon deposit, transfer admissions will evaluate previous course work and will establish the degree audit. Nursing advisors will then interpret the degree audit to determine what course credits are still needed.
Students who wish to pursue a BSN but have not completed an Associate’s Degree in Nursing don’t qualify for this program and should consider the regular nursing major.
Students with a Bachelor’s degree should review the Nursing Accelerated (Second Degree) BS to BSN Program.
Admission to the Program
Admission criteria are subject to change based on NYSED requirements. Consult the Department website for the most current information and application due dates.
The admission requirements for the RN to BSN program include the following:
- Graduate of an accredited associate degree or diploma program.
- Unencumbered New York State license as a professional registered nurse and current registration.
- Currently employed as a registered nurse (if not employed by last semester of the program, a capstone course of 128 clinical hours is required).
- A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5.
- Successful completion of nursing prerequisites with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0) in each course (see below).
- Submission of an acceptable application.
Required Prerequisite Courses
- Anatomy and Physiology I, II
- Microbiology
- Sociology (may take in the program if requirements not satisfied)
- Psychology
Program Requirements
Students in the fast-track RN-to-BSN major pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree, and must complete its requirements.
Achievement of a grade of 75% or higher in all nursing courses is required for continued progress in the program. Each RN to BSN student must complete 30 credits in the major plus additional courses by advisement to meet the 120 required for graduation.
Major Department Requirements (30 credits)
Required Courses
- PRO 306 Introduction to BSN Practice
- NUR 322 Pharmacotherapeutics for the RN
- NUR 364 Health Assessment for the RN
- NUR 365 Health Assessment Clinical for the RN
- NUR 471 Community Based Epidemiology
- NUR 472 Community Based Epidemiology Clinical
- NUR 473 Evidence Based Practice for the RN I
- NUR 475 Evidence Based Practice for the RN II
- PRO 310 Research: Process and Critique
- PRO 358 Applied Statistics for Nurses (required of all RN to BSN students)
- PRO 452 Leadership and Management for the RN*
Total Credits (120 credits, including 60 Liberal Arts credits)
Additional Degree Requirements
- Achievement of a grade of 75 or better in all nursing courses is required for continued progress through the nursing program.
- Achievement of C or better for all prerequisite courses
- Completion of additional liberal arts credits if needed (determined by evaluation of transcript and may be viewed in student’s Degree Works document).
Student Learning Outcomes
Program Learning Outcome 1: (AACN Domain: Knowledge for Nursing Practice)
Integrate theories and concepts from nursing, liberal arts, and natural and social sciences to enhance ones understanding of professional nursing, and to develop clinical judgement across varying practice care settings.
Program Learning Outcome 2: (AACN Domain: Person-Centered Care)
Engage in a holistic view with individuals across the lifespan within the context of their values, preferences, and well-being, viewing patients and families as full partners in their care coordination.
Program Learning Outcome 3: (AACN Domain: Population Health)
Participate in the provision of health care through advocacy and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team and stakeholders, to promote a diverse society, to enhance health equity, and to address healthcare delivery needs.
Program Learning Outcome 4: (AACN Domain: Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline)
Evaluate how evidence-based care allows for enhancement of informing science, advancing clinical practice, and impacting best practices, for the delivery of optimal health care across diverse populations.
Program Learning Outcome 5: (AACN Domain: Quality and Safety)
Implement processes, skills and clinical judgement necessary to empower the professional nurse to promote awareness of quality and safety, risk mitigation and a just culture.
Program Learning Outcome 6: (AACN Domain: Interprofessional Partnership)
Collaborate with individuals, families, communities, populations, and interdisciplinary team members, fostering leadership, open communication, mutual learning, and shared decision making for enhanced healthcare outcomes.
Program Learning Outcome 7: (AACN Domain: Systems-Based Practice)
Examine cost-effective, innovative, and evidence-based care for the delivery of equitable services across health care systems.
Program Learning Outcome 8: (AACN Domain: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies)
Critique the benefits and challenges of using information and communication technologies to gather data, generate knowledge, deliver safe nursing care, and support documentation, in accordance with ethical, legal, professional, and workplace policies.
Program Learning Outcome 9: (AACN Domain: Professionalism)
Reflect attitudes and beliefs around one’s nurse identity that exemplifies professional nursing, assertiveness, moral courage, mentorship, and compassion, while acknowledging nursing history and the ANA Code of ethics.
Program Learning Outcome 10: (AACN Domain: Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development)
Formulate a professional philosophy that reflects leadership, advocacy, social justice, personal and professional resilience, accountability, responsibility, and ethical decision making, and a commitment to continuous self-reflection, improvement, and learning.