Expand Your Nursing Options and Help Advance Your Career
RN to BSN degree online
Our RN to BSN program is available only to current registered nurses (RNs) with an Associate’s degree or Diploma in nursing.* If you are interested in becoming an RN, check out our Professional Nursing Associate’s degree.
As a registered nurse, earning a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing can open doors for you to expand and advance your knowledge and skills within the healthcare industry. Our RN to BSN is designed to develop current RNs into the next generation of nursing leaders.
Our fully-online, top-tier curriculum is designed to give you the flexibility your busy life needs in completing your degree, while guiding you through real-life management and clinical scenarios, strategies, and tactics that are applicable to your daily nursing practice. With course electives in areas such as nursing informatics, Quality and Safety in Nursing, and Introduction to Alternative and Complementary Therapies, our program provides a learning experience that goes beyond theory and is vitally relevant to today’s nursing profession.
*Students in Wisconsin are not eligible for enrollment in the RN to BSN program at this time.
Convenient and supportive
Our BSN degree is focused on developing current RNs into effective leadership professionals who are successful in the ever-evolving world of healthcare. We offer advanced curriculum with real-world case studies, projects, and critical-thinking discussions; dedicated faculty members with industry experience; and a flexible degree completion option that is available completely online and does not include a clinical rotation component.
With our highly-focused BSN degree curriculum, you must meet specific enrollment requirements, including having a Diploma or Associate’s degree in nursing and an active RN license. Once you become a student in our BSN degree, we will work with you to create a degree completion timeline that meets your academic and career goals, and at a pace that fits your life. We will evaluate your previous college credit and apply our seamless transfer policies to your specific situation to maximize your transfer credits and minimize your time to complete your degree.
As a Rasmussen College BSN graduate, you will gain the knowledge and skills you need to be successful in your nursing career by completing the program within a time frame that fits your goals and lifestyle.
Transfer Policy
We have developed a unique and seamless transfer policy that allows you to maximize the academic credits you previously earned from a regionally or nationally accredited college or university. Whether you attended one school or multiple schools, have semester or quarter credits, our transfer policies are designed to minimize your BSN degree completion time.
To learn more details about our RN to BSN online degree program or our seamless transfer policies, please complete the contact request form on the right or call one of our dedicated program managers at (888) 549-6755.
BSN Courses
The RN to BSN degree courses help prepare students for a career in nursing management or admission into an advanced degree program. The courses focus on further development of critical thinking, communication, and practical problem-solving skills.
Key courses include:
Quality and Safety in Nursing
This course focuses on the critical review of current quality and safety issues in healthcare, guidelines and systems impacting healthcare agencies, and associated best practices for healthcare initiatives in healthcare settings.
Introduction to Alternative and Complementary Therapies
This course explores the use of alternative and complementary therapies in healthcare. Topics include examining safety issues, evidence based health care, and the various types of complementary and alternative therapies used in healthcare.
Nursing Informatics
This course provides a basic understanding of nursing informatics to include the review and analysis of various information system applications within the health care system. Emphasis is placed on managing health care data within the social, legal, and ethical context of modern nursing.
Nursing Career Outlook
The demand for nurses with bachelor’s degrees is expected to increase for many years. Earning your Bachelor of Science in Nursing now will help you start the path toward an advanced career in nursing tomorrow.
Registered Nurses
Salary & growth statistics provided by the BLS‡
25th Percentile: $52,520
50th Percentile: $63,750
75th Percentile: $77,970
Projected Growth: 22%
‡“Occupational Employment Statistics Home Page.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor, 27 July 2010. Web. 27 Sept. 2010.
*Minnesota Board of Nursing, 2829 University Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414-3253
*Florida Board of Nursing, 4042 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399
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.
1-888-549-6755
