RN-BSN Program
Program Overview The RN to BSN Program at Sumner College is 50 academic weeks in length and includes 72 quarter credits and 780 clock hours of instruction. 36 pre-requisite general education credits and 72 nursing core credits are awarded to graduates of a registered nursing degree program that hold a RN license in good standing. 180 total quarter credits are required to graduate from the RN to BSN Program. Students entering the RN-BSN program bring knowledge and experience with them to the program as a licensed professional nurse. The program increases critical thinking and nursing clinical decision making, builds on previous knowledge and incorporates best practices and national initiatives which are woven throughout the curriculum. The RN to BSN program is designed for working registered nurses, making it possible for employed nurses to advance their education without interrupting their employment. A few of the current opportunities for BSN graduates included resident care managers, travel nurses, charge nurses, direct care nurses in a wide variety of settings, and home health care. Online classroom size is limited to a ratio of 25 students per faculty member.
Program Outcomes* • PO1 Synthesize knowledge from nursing and liberal education to inform professional nursing decisions in caring for diverse populations (Domain 1) • PO2 Apply organizational and systems leadership concepts to enhance quality of care and safety outcomes for diverse populations and healthcare settings (Domain 5, 7, 10) • PO3 Engage in a systematic process of critical inquiry to inform evidence-based decisions (Domain 4, 5) • PO4 Demonstrate knowledge and skills of information management, communication devices, and patient care technologies in the delivery of safe, effective, and quality nursing care (Domain 8) • PO5 Apply knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments to provide safe, compassionate, ethical, and holistic care for diverse patient populations (Domain 5, 7) • PO6 Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills in the delivery of evidence-based, patient-centered care for diverse patient populations across healthcare settings (Domain 3, 6, 7) • PO7 Promote health and provide culturally competent and patient-centered care to individuals and diverse populations across the lifespan (Domain 2, 3) • PO8 Demonstrate nursing professionalism assuming responsibility and accountability for professional values, behaviors, and decisions in nursing practice (Domain 9, 10) • PO9 Deliver compassionate, holistic, evidence-based, patient and population-centered care that reflects baccalaureate generalist nursing practice across the health-illness continuum, lifespan, and healthcare settings (Domain 2, 3)
* See Addendum for updated Program Outcomes mapped to new AACN Domains
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