Elevate your credentials, boost your salary, and increase your job security with WGU's B.S. in Nursing. This rigorous yet flexible program is based on National League of Nursing (NLN) competency standards and can prepare you to become a more qualified and influential nurse practitioner in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. WGU's B.S. in Nursing program incorporates advanced skills and knowledge that go beyond the clinical aspects of nursing. Our industry-driven curriculum integrates patient education, health promotion, nursing roles and values, and technology, as well as healthcare systems and policies. WGU's B.S. in Nursing gives you the foundational knowledge and skills to confidently perform in a variety of nursing disciplines. This program is specifically designed for registered nurses (RNs) who hold an associate's degree or nursing diploma, have current healthcare industry experience, and can devote 15 to 20 hours per week to their studies. When you earn a B.S. in Nursing from WGU, you'll gain a concise understanding of nursing best practices and enjoy the credibility, opportunity, and respect that comes with it. All WGU nursing programs are CCNE accredited.

Prepare yourself to become an accomplished nurse educator. WGU's M.S. in Nursing?Education degree with RN to MSN option prepares you with bachelor's- and graduate-level coursework to earn your master's degree. The curriculum of this program incorporates mastery of the competencies established by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for nurse administrator certification, and focuses on 11 domains of study including: policy, organization, and financing, nursing education and science, nursing theory and practice, quantitative literacy, research fundamentals, and language and communication.

Completion of a capstone project and a 40-hour practicum in nursing management are also required. Total program: 151 Competency Units (credit equivalents) less any competency units waived through transfer of prior college credits.

Largely self-paced and flexible, this program is for RNs who have an associate's degree or nursing diploma, a current, unencumbered RN license, and wish to earn a master's degree to move into nursing education. WGU nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Make a significant contribution to the successful operation of your healthcare organization. WGU's Master's in Nursing Management prepares you to become a staff developer or health administrator in schools, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. The curriculum of this program incorporates mastery of the competencies established by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for nurse administrator certification, and focuses on 11 domains of study including policy, organization, and financing, role development, research, advanced nursing practices, and nurse education. Additionally, you must complete a capstone project and a 40-hour practicum requirement in nursing management. Total program: 37 Competency Units (credit equivalents).

Largely self-paced and flexible, this is the ideal program for RNs who have a bachelor's of science in nursing (BSN), a current, unencumbered RN license, and wish to move into nursing administration. Earning your Master's in Nursing Management degree from Western Governor's University can expand your career options within the nursing and education fields, and lead to added job security and better pay. WGU nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

WGU's Master's in Nursing Management with (RN to MSN) prepares you to become an effective operator of healthcare facilities. Through this program, you will complete your bachelor's degree coursework, earn your master's degree, and complete the exam necessary to earn the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Nurse Executive Certificate. The curriculum of this program focuses on 11 domains of study including: leadership and management, policy, organization, and financing, nursing education and science, nursing theory and practice, quantitative literacy, research fundamentals, and language and communication.

Completion of a capstone project and a 40-hour practicum in nursing management are also required. Total program: 151 Competency Units (credit equivalents) less any competency units waived through transfer of prior college credits.

Largely self-paced and flexible, this program is for RNs who have an associate's degree or nursing diploma, a current, unencumbered RN license, and wish to earn a master's degree to move into nursing administration. WGU nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

If you see yourself as the type of nurse who enjoys inspiring, mentoring, and motivating your peers, WGU's Master's in Nursing Education is meant for you. The M.S. in Nursing, Education specialization, prepares you to become a nurse educator in schools, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. This advanced program equips you with high-level knowledge and skills while incorporating best practices in policy, organization, and financing; role development; research; advanced nursing practices; and nurse education. To qualify and succeed in this specialized graduate degree program you must be an actively working registered nurse (RN) who holds a nursing bachelor's degree (BSN), already possesses healthcare experience, and can devote 15 to 20 hours per week to your studies. This is the ideal program for RNs with BSNs who desire to become effective nurse educators. Earning your Master's in Nursing Education degree from Western Governor's University will expand your career options within the nursing and education fields, and can mean added job security and better pay All WGU programs are CCNE accredited.

The online RN-BS Nursing program from Utica College accepts currently licensed Registered Nurses who want to advance their careers by earning a Bachelor's degree in Nursing. Geared towards the working nurse professional, Utica's Online RN to BS Nursing program grants academic credit for work experience and/or national certification, allowing nurse professionals to complete their BS Nursing degree without interrupting their career.

The online RN to BSN program at Utica College is approved by the New York State Education Department and is a member of the League's Council of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs. Our RN-BSN program has enjoyed full accreditation from the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc. throughout its 25-year existence.

The Post-Bachelor's Certificate in Contemporary Nursing Faculty program offers a thorough overview of nursing education topics enabling nurses to assume educator roles. Courses are chosen from the MSN in Contemporary Nursing Faculty curriculum. This is a graduate-level certification program. Upon completion of this certificate program, the student will have 12 graduate credits from an NLN/CCNE approved Master's in Nursing Program. These credits can be used towards an MSN at Drexel or any other university. The Post-Bachelor's Certificate in Innovation and Intra/Entrepreneurship in Advanced Nursing Practice program provides a four-course grouping of classes focusing on re-inventing and promoting innovative nursing practice in a variety of roles, as clinician, educator, administrator, clinical scientist or in the business environment of healthcare. Courses are chosen from the MSN in Innovation and Intra/Entrepreneurship in Advanced Nursing Practice. It is designed to emphasize entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial approaches to advanced nursing practice.

Registered nurses with an associate's degree or nursing diploma may complete the Chamberlain Fast-Track RN to BSN Online Degree Completion Program (Bachelor of Science in Nursing), which allows them to complete their education in an environment designed for adult learners. This flexible online program allows registered nurses to advance their nursing careers by earning a BSN degree in as few as 3 semesters. The program combines the flexibility and ease of online learning with no on-site clinical requirements. Advantages include the convenience of scheduling, focus on core concepts applicable to professional settings, respect for previous work experience and interaction with peers who share similar professional experiences and values. Online RN to BSN students will participate in experiential learning projects within their course work. Generous transfer credit opportunities available. RN's with an unrestricted license can receive over 80 transfer hours towards their BSN degree.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN). The RN to BSN program is designed for registered nurses with an associate's degree or diploma in nursing. The format and courses of the regionally accredited program are tailored to meet the needs of the adult learner RN, and to maximize strengths that the working RN possesses. A bridge course facilitates the transition of the working RN into the baccalaureate program. Courses are taught by experts in their respective fields who share knowledge and experience in areas of clinical patient care, health care management, and professional nursing practice and leadership.

Opportunities are provided to apply concepts, theories, and research in the RN's clinical practice. Both the science and art of nursing are integral components of the program and are woven throughout. The curriculum covers nurse competencies, management and leadership, health assessment, statistics, research, trends and issues, ethical decision-making, family-centered health, public health, and spirituality in health care. In addition, the student's learning will culminate in project proposal to resolve and issue or problem in the nursing practice. Graduates of the program are prepared to become effective leaders in the nursing profession.

Prepare yourself to meet the growing demand for bachelor's-prepared nurses. This RN-to-BSN Degree Completion specialization incorporates the Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice established by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and is designed to provide licensed registered nurses with the additional knowledge, skills, and decision-making proficiencies needed in today's more complex health care environment. This rich, collaborative learning experience includes interactive multimedia materials and other course work that will help you expand your knowledge of health promotion and disease prevention; multicultural wellness strategies; pharmacology and patient safety; patient care technology; collaborative nursing group processes; leadership and management; and policy, law, ethics, and regulations in professional nursing practice.

An enrollment counselor can help you determine whether previous course work may transfer into our degree programs. Non-classroom learning may also be eligible for credit through our Prior Learning Assessment Process.

Review of this specialization is pending in AL, AZ, FL, GA, KY, MN, ND, SC, VA, WA, and WI.

The University of Illinois at Chicago's top-ranked College of Nursing now offers an online Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degree Completion Program - RN to BSN. This degree provides you with an excellent foundation for leadership in a career in one of the fastest growing professions in the United States.

Upon successful completion of all coursework, you will earn a fully accredited Bachelor of Science in Nursing the University of Illinois at Chicago. Course highlights include Concepts/Processes for Contemporary Nursing, Exploring Complementary/Alternative Practices, and Nursing Leadership and Management in Healthcare.

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The increasing complexity of the health care industry is driving a need for well-rounded and liberal-arts-trained nurses who can handle changes in treatment, technology, and processes. Anna Maria College has been educating nurses to tackle these challenges since 1983 and now offers its RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program online.

The online RN to BSN curriculum reflects the needs of today's generation of nurses, with courses on caring for diverse populations in a variety of health care settings, community health care, and leadership training. Coursework emphasizes the importance of caring for individuals' spiritual and emotional needs as well as the physical ones For busy nursing professionals looking for career advancement, Loyola University offers a Master of Science in Nursing with a specialization in Health Care Systems Management. The HCSM program focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a variety of nursing leadership positions in health care organizations. The HCSM program includes content in nursing administration, management, leadership, finance, quality improvement health promotion, disease prevention/management, integrated delivery systems, managed care strategies, and workforce management. Today's health care industry wants strong leaders with management skills, and you can enhance your career through Loyola University's interactive curriculum. Gain the traits, skills and ways of thinking that define management in a number of career fields from Loyola University. Some of the positions graduates fulfill are case manager, nurse executive, care coordinator, nurse manager, and managed care consultant. The HCSM program requires 36 credit hours of graduate coursework, 12 of which are devoted to core courses and 24 of which are devoted to HCSM major courses. If you are a Registered Nurse (RN) who is in possession of a non-nursing bachelor's degree, you may still be admitted to Loyola's Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program without first obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. To be admitted to the MSN program, you must complete Loyola's MSN B.L.E.N.D. (Bridge to Leadership Education for Nurses at a Distance) program, which is now offered fully online. The online blend program incorporates higher level, undergraduate Nursing courses that serve as prerequisites to 700-level (graduate) nursing courses. This 6-credit bridge program covers important themes including Leadership, Health Promotion, Community, and Professional Development. The MSN Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program prepares students for professional practice in the management of medical, surgical, and critical care patient populations. The program provides the knowledge and skills needed to improve and sustain the health of acutely ill patients. Emphasis is placed upon diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision making. Acute care nurse practitioners are needed in a variety of healthcare settings, including: emergency departments, intensive care units, clinics, labs and more. This program is a high quality program that demands a major commitment of time by the advanced practice nursing student. Because students are being educated to diagnose and treat patients, the master's program was designed to combine the convenience of online learning with the necessary rigor to become a competent and confident advanced practice nurse upon graduation. Admission to this program is restricted to students who will seek nurse practitioner clinical placements in the following states: Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington DC, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Students who are residents of New York may apply, but they may not do their clinical in the state of New York. The MSN in Clinical Trials Research program prepares nurses for careers in clinical trials with a variety of organizations: community and private practices, pharmaceutical and other scientific companies that produce, test and market new products. Graduates of this program assume roles such as: research coordinator, clinical scientist, clinical trials manager, coordinator or developer. Many potential employers exist outside the hospital environment ? in the community or private practices. The MSN in Contemporary Nursing Faculty program prepares nurses to work as nursing educators in a variety of clinical and non-clinical settings such as hospitals, community centers, corporate and philanthropic organizations. The program integrates theories specific to adult learning, curriculum design and evaluation of courses and programs, critical thinking, both clinical and classroom techniques, and the preparation for the role of the nursing professor. This unique program even instructs students on how to teach online and use technology to teach nursing in innovative ways. The two culminating practica provide students with opportunities to put what has been learned into practice. The MSN in Innovation and Intra/Entrepreneurship in Advanced Nursing Practice program is designed for the graduate nursing student who seeks to innovate in a variety of roles, as clinician, educator, administrator, clinical scientist or in the business environment of healthcare. This degree offers curriculum flexibility with a goal of graduating forward-thinking nurses who may make unique contributions to nursing and healthcare. This MSN track is for the highly disciplined, independently thinking graduate nursing student whose career objectives may not be met by a more traditional graduate nursing curriculum. The ultimate aim of this ground-breaking degree is to graduate forward thinking nurses who may make unique contributions to nursing and healthcare. The MSN in Nursing Leadership in Health Systems Management prepares nurses for supervisory and management responsibilities, building the necessary skills for leadership career tracks. Students have the opportunity to develop the skills needed to become nursing managers and leaders. This program has been recently redesigned with a new focus on information systems management and evidence-based decision making for the nurse administrator- two skills critical for today's high performance oriented nurse executive. The program teaches nurses how to solve problems, make decisions, resolve conflict and operationalize the mission and goals of the healthcare delivery system. This program focuses on the development of leadership skills and knowledge in areas such as fiscal management, legal/ethical issues, strategic planning, organization structures and marketing.

Take a Leading Role in Patient Care

If you want to be a patient care leader and help identify, design, implement, and evaluate administrative and clinical processes to ensure the best care possible, the online MSN program from Saint Xavier University can help you achieve your professional goals.

What sets us apart from the rest is that the online Master of Science in Nursing program has a Clinical Nurse Leader focus. The Clinical Nurse Leader position is an advanced role for nurses who want to hone their clinical expertise and take on the challenge of identifying and instituting more effective methods of patient care. This role was developed by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) as a way to provide clinicians with the expertise and skills to improve patient care quality and safety in today's increasingly complex and advanced health care environment.

Clinical Nurse Leaders work directly with patients, but they also take on the responsibilities and challenges of collecting and assessing data on patient treatment and outcomes. They coordinate and communicate with doctors, pharmacists, social workers, and other nurses to develop new practices and systems, and take leadership roles in implementing change.

Our students are typically experienced nurses with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited university. This degree is for nurses who want to interact with patients and want the challenge of working to improve patient care and outcomes. The skills you will learn in this online nursing master's degree program are flexible and can be applied to most clinical settings, including hospitals, doctors' offices, rehabilitation centers, and hospices.

Please note: This is not a Nurse Practitioner degree program

Inspire the next generation of nurses. Take your next influential step and earn a Master of Science in Nursing online degree from Chamberlain College of Nursing while you work ? online, on your time. With our MSN Executive Track, you can become a leader in the nursing community. Or choose our MSN Educator Track and teach the next generation of nurses. Either way, advance your career with a MSN degree from Chamberlain College of Nursing.

The Executive track builds the foundational skills essential to nurse leaders. Courses in the MSN Executive track include the foundations of organizational leadership, including managerial communication, organizational change, and decision-making. Students also complete a leadership practicum, allowing them to develop leadership skills.

The Educator track includes courses designed to prepare students to teach in an academic or clinical-practice setting. Courses in the MSN Educator track include educational foundations, instructional methods, program assessment and evaluation, and curriculum development.

Are you a nurse interested in having a direct impact on your work environment and becoming an agent of change? If so, the Saint Xavier University online MSN in Executive Leadership can help you reach your goals.

Through the Executive Leadership track of our online MSN degree, you'll acquire the high-level perspective and advanced administrative skills to manage a nursing unit or department in today's dynamic health care environment. Developed and revised in response to changes in the Nurse Executive, Advanced certification exam, the program covers vital aspects of the nurse executive role, such as effective communication with colleagues and patients, the assessment and implementation of information technology, and strategic planning.

Coursework and curriculum in our nursing master's degree program is steeped in Saint Xavier's organizational values of focusing on underserved populations and health care disparities. It is designed to reflect the needs of nurse administrators working in a variety of health care settings and managing a diverse workforce.

At Saint Xavier, you'll be earning your master's degree in nursing online at a school of nursing that was named a Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing (NLN) in 2007?one of only 15 schools in the country to be so distinguished. Saint Xavier's School of Nursing is also accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Nursing Leadership in Health Care Systems (Dual-Degree). In today's complex health care environments, more and more management-level nursing positions require a graduate or advanced degree. This current and comprehensive degree program equips students for management and leadership in today's challenging health care settings. The program provides students with an opportunity to develop cross-functional business management skills, preparing business practitioners for advanced management and executive positions combined with specialized study in leadership theory and application. The curriculum combines core business courses in areas such as accounting, finance, marketing, management and leadership with a special focus on nursing roles and practice, health care research, ethics, policy and finance in the health care system.

In addition, a capstone course provides an opportunity for students to develop an evidence-based project proposal addressing a problem or issue in professional practice. Graduates of this program are equipped to excel as effective managers and leaders in a health care setting, including roles such as assistant director, director, vice president, or chief of nursing.

The Bridge to Master of Science in Nursing program is designed for registered nurses with a bachelor's degree in health sciences or other related fields. The program is intended to meet the needs of adult learners who already posses a bachelor's degree and an RN license who desire to pursue a graduate degree in nursing. Courses in the bridge program are a blending of RN to BSN core courses that are considered essential requisites to graduate study. Upon completion of bridge courses from the BSN core, students enter one of five emphases offered for the Master of Science in Nursing or the Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Nursing: Nursing Leadership in Health Care Systems (Dual-Degree).

Health care informatics is a rapidly emerging discipline that offers new frontiers requiring innovative leadership. As health care reform begins to impact all areas of the health care system, greater attention is being focused on the value of health informatics in reducing health care costs, increasing access to health care, and improving the quality of health care services. Health care informatics is quickly becoming vital to the growth and security of the United States' health care system. The integration of information technology into health care and the continuous changes in patient-care systems require professionals and leaders with training in clinical operations, data management systems, health care system operations, project management, decision making, and quality assessment.

Graduates of the Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Health Care Informatics program may perform a variety of functions for the organization, such as automating clinical care, building new operational data systems, training health care workers in the use of computer systems, collecting and analyzing data to improve patient care, etc. Depending on their areas of strength and focus, graduates may serve as project managers, project designers, researchers, systems analysts, or administrators and executives at all levels of the organization.

Graduates may work in a variety of settings, including hospitals, primary care facilities, doctor's offices, insurance companies, pharmacies, technology suppliers, consulting firms, and more. Potential employers for graduates of this program include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, clinical data exchange insurance sites, the government's Military Health System (hospitals), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, state health care organizations, and informational technology vendors.