RN to BSN online completion option

Northwestern's online RN to BSN completion option utilizes state-of-the-art technology and ensures excellent student support for our adult learners. We respect what you already know as a practicing nurse, so our BSN completion option doesn't repeat what you've already mastered. Taking just one course at a time, the online RN to BSN can be completed in 2.5 years. (Most courses are 8 weeks long.)

Nursing courses (240 hours of clinical experience; 21 credits)

NUR 310 Shalom and Nursing Science (bridge course)
NUR 280 Lifespan Health Assessment
NUR 350 Promoting Shalom with Cross Cultural Populations
NUR 420 Nursing Science and Informatics
NUR 440 Promoting Shalom with Diverse Populations
NUR 460 Nursing Leadership and Clinical Scholarship
NUR 490 Living Shalom

Required cognates (20 credits)

SOC 101 Principles of Sociology
MAT 208 Biostatistics
BIO 360 Pathophysiology
CHE 102 College Chemistry
PHI 214 Contemporary Moral Issues (Ethics)

Liberal arts/electives (16-22 credits)

Biblical and theological studies (4)
History, literature or philosophy (6-8)
Language or cross cultural (3-6)
Fine arts (3-4)
Elective(s) (3-9)