Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN)

Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree (RN to BSN) of offered as an online distance learning program and promotes the advancement of nursing knowledge and practice through an innovative, patient-focused program. The RN to BSN program is designed as an accelerated program providing synchronous online learning for the Associate Degree in Nursing RN.

Bachelor’s prepared RN’s are highly valued for their skills in critical thinking, leadership, case management and health promotion, and for their abilities to practice across a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings. Your Bachelor’s degree will open up your career to professional advancement.

The BSN manages patients and health care systems with increasing levels of complexity, strategically solve clinical problems, and establish best practices and direct evidence based practice. Additionally, they resolve legal and ethical dilemmas in various clinical settings. The BSN will advance his/her knowledge and skill in critical thinking, effective communication, quality improvement, technology and decision making in a rapidly changing health care industry. In addition, the BSN will exercise critical thinking methods in the clinical and cost management of health care services for a diverse patient population across the life span.

Why you should earn your BSN at ICHS?

• We offer a RN to BSN program
• Affordable tuition payment plans

This program prepares the student for advanced roles in the nursing profession. The main objectives of the Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree it to provide excellent educational background so that its graduates are able to:

• Evaluate holistic and patient-centered nursing care based on nursing theory, research and evidence-based practice.
• Provide effective client and family communication and education.
• Utilize nursing theories and evidence-based practice standards to advance and support critical thinking.
• Actively seek opportunities for continued professional and personal growth.
• Demonstrate and understanding of the research process.

How will being a BSN RN help me for the future?

The BSN program is designed to prepare the student for advanced roles in the nursing profession. The well-rounded and balanced education will introduce the student to a broad range of subjects such as communication, natural and social sciences. The program includes a challenging curriculum, encompassing nursing theory, nursing research, nursing leadership and management skills, informatics, physiology and evidence-based nursing. The curriculum is designed to provide the RN with the knowledge and skills for career growth and advancement.

Program Objectives

Upon completion of this program, the graduate will be able to:

• Integrates the knowledge and methods from a variety of disciplines to inform decision making;
• Apply basic organizational and systems leadership for quality care and client safety;
• Integrate scholarship for evidence-based practice into the care of the client;
• Use information management and application of client care technology;
• Examine policy, finance, and regulatory environments in healthcare;
• Incorporate interprofessional communication and collaboration to improve client health outcomes;
• Use clinical prevention and population health principles to improve the care of the client;
• Demonstrate professionalism and professional values in the care of the client;
• Integrate knowledge and skills across the lifespan and in the continuum of healthcare environments in the care of the client.

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing

The RN to BSN is a 16 month hybrid program designed to develop the Registered Nurse’s ability to analyze and apply research and evidence-based practice models into various healthcare environments. Through the application of theory, research, and translation of outcomes, the student will analyze clients, community, public health, technology, aging, and vulnerable populations with a focus on healthcare quality, safety, and improved outcomes. This program prepares the successful and previously licensed registered nurse graduate to continue in their current employment, seek additional employment opportunities or assume additional responsibilities within the field of nursing or healthcare. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is not programmatically accredited. This nursing education program is a candidate for accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).

Program Outline