Advance Your Nursing Skills

Seamless Transfer Policies and Advanced Curriculum

We understand you have a sense of urgency with your career goals, and you want to earn a degree that will give you the practical skills necessary to confidently advance your career.

At Rasmussen College, we designed our competitive transfer policies to maximize your credit transfer and minimize your time to graduation. As a Professional Nursing Associate’s Mobility degree student, you may be eligible to transfer all of your previous college credits. Plus, with four enrollment opportunities throughout the year, you can continue your path to becoming an RN at a time that is aligned with your career goals.

When you begin your degree courses, you will receive exceptional curriculum and support from our faculty. As seasoned healthcare practitioners, our faculty deliver course curriculum that includes the most updated and effective patient care procedures to help you become immediately productive and successful in your career. They also focus on preparing you for your NCLEX-RN exam from day one so you enter your NCLEX-RN confident you will pass and become eligible to practice as an RN.

Plus, as a Rasmussen College student, you can complete your clinical requirements at no additional cost, and we will cover the application cost of your first NCLEX-RN exam.*

*Rasmussen College will cover the application fee for each qualified student’s first NCLEX-RN exam attempt. Should a student need to take the NCLEX-RN exam more than once to receive a passing score, the student will be responsible for all subsequent exam application fees. Clinical costs such as transportation, parking, time away from work, etc. are not included.

Professional Nursing Mobility Courses

Your nursing courses will prepare you to perform advanced patient care in healthcare facilities. Below are a few of the courses that you may complete while earning your Professional Nursing Associate’s Mobility degree.*

Pediatric & Maternity Nursing
Explore concepts of care related to pediatric and maternity populations through theoretical and clinical components. Pediatric content includes growth and development, fundamentals of disease prevention, health maintenance and care during illness. Maternal content includes the profession through prenatal care, delivery and post partum care in health populations.

Mental Health Nursing
Study the principles of mental health nursing noting the application of psychiatric and social issues in a variety of settings through both lecture and clinical content. Content includes therapeutic communication, pathophysiology, pharmacology, current treatments using evidence based practice, and the nursing process as the framework.

Legal and Ethical Nursing Issues
Critically examine the study of ethics and ethical dilemmas in healthcare settings. Issues reviewed include consents, abuse in vulnerable populations, and patient rights as they apply to the professional nurse.

*Course availability and titles vary by state. Check your course catalog for specific degree courses.

Nursing Career Outlook

Registered nurses continue to be in demand around the country. With the advanced clinical and highly-focused patient interaction skills that you will develop in our Professional Nursing Associate’s Mobility degree, you will have the professional confidence necessary to advance your nursing career as an RN.

Here is a snapshot of the career outlook for registered nurses (RNs):

‡"Occupational Employment Statistics Home Page." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor, 27 July 2010. Web. 27 Sept. 2010.

"Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor, Dec. 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.

BLS salary data may not reflect expected entry-level earnings.

Seamless Credit Transfer Policies

Transferring your credits doesn’t need to be difficult. At Rasmussen College, our transfer policies are designed to maximize your credit transfer and minimize your time to graduation.

Check out some of our highlighted transfer policies below or visit our Transfer Policy for a full description of each policy.

• RN to BSN: If you have an unencumbered registered nurse (RN) license and successfully completed an Associate’s degree, you will receive a block transfer of credits¹
• Mobility Practical Nursing: If you have completed a practical nursing program and hold a current MN LPN license, you will receive a block transfer of credit toward your professional nursing degree and your registered nurse credential.²
• Earn college credit through prior work, learning, and military experiences

¹ Refer to the RN to Bachelor of Science Nursing Policy for complete details and restrictions.
² Refer to the Mobility Professional Nursing Block Policy for complete details and restrictions.

Contact a program manager today at 888-549-6755 or complete the form on the right and one of our program managers will contact you to discuss transferring your college credit to Rasmussen College.