Curriculum  |  Course Descriptions

As healthcare organizations continue to streamline and expect more of their RNs, demand for nurses with credentials beyond an associate’s degree or diploma is expected to grow. If you have career aspirations toward management or teaching or have always wanted to earn a BSN to fulfill a personal goal, the online RN to BSN program from Jacksonville University is your perfect solution. This degree exposes you to a broad range of nursing subjects from community health, critical care, research and assessment to general education subjects such as nutrition, statistics and anatomy and physiology. Every course you need is available online via the University Alliance.

Learn How to

• Successfully manage patients with increasing levels of complexity.
• Solve problems, resolve conflicts and delegate.
• Weigh legal and ethical dilemmas in critical care.
• Effectively communicate and make decisions in a rapidly changing environment.
• Exercise critical thinking methods to identify and solve problems.

How You’ll Benefit

• Exercise critical thinking methods to identify and solve problems.
• Become familiar with areas of nursing such as research, critical care and community health that most associate’s and diploma programs don’t cover.
• Implement valuable skills you learned in management and leadership while precepting a new grad or directing a department.
• Communicate with peers and your professors giving you broad exposure to the nursing community.
• Gain skills you can apply immediately in the workplace.

Who Should Enroll

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is designed for busy working RNs, like yourself, who need an online program allowing the flexibility to manage your own weekly schedule and to also set your own pace to graduation. Quality academics taught by expert faculty will help you earn a BSN in which you can take pride.

Career Paths

As a BSN holder, you’ll be a stronger candidate for jobs and promotions — and you’ll find a wide variety of career paths. A bachelor’s degree is valued by many employers because it represents a well-rounded education. It’s highly sought after for a number of positions including:

• Nurse Educator
• RN Telemetry Unit
• Charge Nurse
• ICU Staff RN
• Manager of Ambulatory Surgery
• Clinical Nurse Manager
• Risk Manager
• Director of Case Management
• Chief Nursing Officer

Many graduates choose to extend their education with a master’s degree. If you aspire to be a college professor, nurse practitioner, nurse midwife or certified registered nurse anesthetist, JU’s online RN to BSN program will give you the foundation you can take with you to the next level.