Upgrade Your RN to an Online Bachelor’s in Nursing

Help Yourself to Career Advancement

As an RN, you’re dedicated to helping patients. With an online RN to BSN program from Benedictine University, you can help yourself by qualifying for career advancement. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) reports that the BSN degree is essential for nurses seeking to move up the career ladder and provide a higher level of quality care.1 A BSN is also a crucial step toward pursuing graduate nursing education to advance your career even further.

Accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), offering 100% online coursework the program can be completed in as little as 14 months. During that time, you’ll be supported by a small cohort size and individualized faculty attention, courses that build upon each other, and a diverse student body learning with you.

CCNE Accredited

34 Credit Hours

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A Curriculum That Builds Leaders

Earning your BSN degree from Benedictine University takes commitment, foresight, ambition and a willingness to learn. It’s no coincidence that these are also the qualities of leadership. As a BenU student, you are just not taught to lead–you’re expected to. Our BSN curriculum is designed and taught by expert nurse educators. We provide a transformative and integrative educational experience that thoroughly prepares you for your career while helping you shape a life of meaning and purpose as an engaged citizen and effective health care professional.

NRHL 3328 Professionalism in Nursing

Creates a professional nursing identity that incorporates core nursing values. Students will identify the need for ethical comportment, and accountability to laws, policies, and regulations.

NRHL 4500 Informatics for Professional Nursing Practice

Applies best practices to utilize information and communication technologies to support care to patients, communities, and populations. Students will evaluate optimal communication and technologies to address needs and identify gaps.

NRHL 4300 Professional Collaboration for Safe and Quality Care

Collaborates with interprofessional disciplines to examine safe and quality care within the organization. Students will evaluate and recommend changes to policy to improve quality and safety outcomes.

NRHL 3324 Professional Practice in Person-Centered Care

Promotes advocacy for nursing’s professional responsibility to provide equitable care to all persons. Students will develop their role in advancing social justice issues and supporting inclusion of diverse persons in practice.

Your Future, Your Pace

At Benedictine, you’ll never trade support for convenience. Our online learning is built to meet you where you are, giving you more say in how earning your degree fits into your lifestyle. Through proactive check-ins, career coaching, and peer mentorship, we give you all the guidance you’d find on campus. Devoted professors and student services coordinators are with you every step of the way.

Answer the Demand for Nurses

Today, more nurses than ever are obtaining a bachelor’s degree. A bachelor’s degree equips nurses with skills crucial to keeping up with fast-moving innovations in the field. A BSN helps qualify you to work in magnet hospitals, which are recognized for nursing excellence and superior patient outcomes.

With your BSN, you will have access to employment opportunities including positions as a nurse case manager, nursing manager, clinical nurse manager and registered nurse supervisor, as well as other leadership roles. Your BSN is also a prerequisite for acceptance into an MSN or Nurse Practitioner program, two paths to upper tier nursing careers.

2024 Salaries for BSN Careers2

  1. Research Nurse: $81,531
  2. Hospice Nurse: $80,406
  3. Nurse Navigator: $72,594
  4. Neonatal Nurse: $71,358
  5. Emergency Room Nurse: $66,940

A Place to Belong

Benedictine University is a top-tier private university with a reputation for excellence. With a commitment to hospitality, stewardship, and real-world outcomes, we’re not just handing out credentials; we strive to accompany you through one of the most important transformations of your life. For students in Illinois and nationwide, your online classroom experience is just the beginning. You’ll be a valued member of our community long after graduation.

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Sources

  1. “Baccalaureate Education.” American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Retrieved November 27, 2024, from https://www.aacnnursing.org/.
  2. “16 High Paying BSN Jobs (Plus Salaries and Duties),” Indeed.com. April 18, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024, from https://www.indeed.com/.