| Program description | This degree option is designed for licensed registered nurses (RNs) who have completed an associate degree from an accredited college or nursing program. Learning focuses on community and population health, leadership, team coordination and collaboration, quality assurance and improvement, care coordination and case management, and application of research and evidence-based practice. The curriculum is designed to include clinical reasoning skills, problem solving, and critical thinking at the level of a bachelor-prepared RN. Graduates from the RN to BSN program are prepared to apply for advanced degree programs. |
| Entrance requirements | To be placed into the admissions pool, applicants must complete and submit the following: BSN application packet. Transcript demonstrating earned associate degree from a nationally accredited nursing program within an institutionally accredited college or university. Transcript(s) demonstrating a grade of C or higher in all required pre-nursing and nursing courses and a cumulative college GPA of 2.5 or higher. Transcript demonstrating completion of MATH& 146 or equivalent statistics course with a grade of C or above. Unencumbered Washington State RN licensure. Students in the final year of a Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission (NCQAC) approved associate degree nursing program may be admitted, but must take and pass the NCLEX-RN prior to beginning the RN to BSN curriculum (passing the NCLEX-RN provides 30 credits toward the BSN). |