Earn your RN to BSN degree entirely online from a nationally ranked, accredited program. While pursuing your bachelor’s degree, you will also complete three graduate-level courses that will uniquely prepare you with the option to advance into an MSN program.
An RN BSN program, offers registered nurses an accelerated pathway to elevate their RN nursing credentials with a sought-after bachelor's degree in nursing. You'll build on strengths and develop your leadership skills to deliver high-quality care and prepare for expanding nursing roles.
RN to BSN coursework is offered entirely online and provides an accelerated track for registered nurses (RNs) to earn a BSN degree in as little as three semesters. Widener's RN to BSN curriculum uniquely includes three graduate-level courses preparing RN BSN students with the option to seamlessly advance into an MSN program.
Designed with flexibility and agility in mind, you can:
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The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Widener University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.”
With a curriculum based on American Association of Colleges of Nurses (AACN) standards, you'll advance your nursing knowledge in a framework that prepares you to tackle modern health care challenges.
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Widener offers two tracks to an MSN for registered nurses—helping you take your nursing education further faster. As an RN, you have the option to pursue a BSN with graduate-level courses that'll put you on the pathway to an MSN or bypass the BSN and go straight from an RN to an MSN.
For students who want to pursue a master's degree and are required to have a BSN for work.
For students who want to earn only a master's degree, bypassing their BSN.
Select a nursing master's program to learn more about accelerated RN to MSN options.
If you are a current student wishing to apply for a graduate degree pathway program, complete your application online or contact your academic advisor. Please note, as a current student you do not need to pay an additional application fee when applying for a master's program.
After completing your BSN, continue your nursing education through one of our doctoral pathway programs:
If you are a current student wishing to apply for a graduate degree pathway program, complete your application online or contact your academic advisor.
Many area health care systems offer their employees discounted tuition rates for Widener's graduate and continuing studies nursing programs.
International applicants, immigrants to the U.S., and U.S. permanent residents are required to submit the results of an English proficiency test taken with 2 years, unless they are from a TOEFL-exempt country.
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International applicants who will be seeking licensure in the U.S. should work with Commission of Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) to utilize their credentials evaluation service.
With a degree from Widener, you'll leverage online coursework to help you rise in your career.
BSN courses are taught in an asynchronous online format (no set meeting time) which means you can study whatever time best suits you—helping you meet the demands of your job and provide flexibility for family life.
Online BSN classes provide learning environments that will allow you to engage with peers and faculty. Even though you will not meet as a class at a set time, you will still having access to our expert faculty and a great community of students.
Nursing majors have the opportunity to join various clubs and organizations across campus and beyond to expand their network, including the Widener University Student Nurses' Association (WUSNA), American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Sigma-International Honors Society, and more.
Widener's unique full-time traditional nursing program offers an opportunity that's hard to find within many other nursing programs—study abroad. Through a partnership with the Universidad San Pablo CEU, Montepríncipe Campus, you can experience your fall semester of sophomore year in Madrid, Spain.
The program includes:
Live and learn with your classmates in the N.E.T (Nurses Educated Together) LLC, while exploring the real-life experiences of nurses and spending time with nursing faculty who are dedicated to your success.
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You’ll benefit from close faculty mentorship from full-time professors who aren’t just teaching the courses but are creating the science of nursing.
I consider myself to be compassionate and caring, and strive to engage my students in respectful dialogue. Teaching is a collaborative process between students and faculty, and there is a reciprocal relationship as we all learn from each other. As an advanced holistic nurse, I incorporate self-care, self-responsibility, spirituality, and reflection in my teaching and seek to be a role model for my students.
Fast track your nursing career with this flexible, 100% online degree.
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