Why study nursing at BGSU?
- Maximum flexibility. Our RN to BSN program has three start dates every year and is 100% online.
- Convenient. Keep working as you earn your degree. Classes are asynchronous – you can log in whenever it works best for you.
- Get your degree faster. Earn your BSN in as few as three semesters. Classes are just seven weeks long. Earn anywhere from 16 to 56 credits toward your BSN for passing the NCLEX-RN or NCLEX-PN. You need to have graduated from an accredited school of nursing to qualify.
- Expand opportunities. Gain new skills that will help advance your career.
- Learn from the best. All faculty members hold graduate or doctoral degrees. They enjoy engaging with students and providing meaningful learning.
- Smooth transition. BGSU offers a seamless transition for associate degree or diploma nurses to earn a BSN.
Career opportunities
As more and more nursing roles require a BSN degree, job candidates with a bachelor's degree in nursing will be more competitive and have more opportunities during their careers.
The RN to BSN program at BGSU prepares you to care for a diverse patient population across various healthcare settings.
Career paths
- Nursing informatics
- Nurse leader
- Charge nurse
- Nurse educator
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Curriculum
The curriculum is designed to add depth of understanding and context to your existing knowledge as an RN.
- Learn new frameworks for nurse leadership and management.
- Explore how national healthcare policy affects nursing practice.
- Stay up to date with evidence-based practice methods.
- Sharpen your clinical judgment, critical thinking and communication skills.
- Strengthen your management and teaching abilities.
- Prepare to educate future nurses.
Degree completion requirements
The RN to BSN program is 30 credit hours. It can be completed in as little as three semesters or at a slower pace to fit your lifestyle.
You will be awarded transfer credit for previous college courses that match the BG Perspective (General Education) and support course requirements.
A total of 122 credit hours are required to graduate from Bowling Green State University with a BSN. A student must remain in good academic standing with a GPA of at least 2.0 to graduate from the RN to BSN program.
A grade of “C” or greater must be earned in all RN to BSN core classes for graduation.
Practice experiences provide students the opportunity to understand, perform, and refine professional competencies in a variety of settings. The program provides students with practice activities in the form of direct-care experiences. The direct care practice experiences are included in the following nursing courses: NURS 3098, NURS 4208, NURS 3900 and NURS 4048. Each activity has a direct care component requiring students to educate participants based on data students acquired regarding various health care needs. Students will be responsible for finding their own practice experience locations or participants; however, faculty will assist students who are unable to find their own experience. Students must maintain an active and valid RN license for the practice experiences. Students are unable to use employed hours as practice hours.
Sample courses
- Advanced Assessment and Health Promotion
- Nursing Leadership and Quality Improvement
- Research and Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing
- Informatics in Healthcare
- Transcultural Health Care
- Policies in Healthcare
BGSU is the only university in Ohio and one of just nine in the nation to earn the Quality Matters Online Learner Support certificate for all of our seven-week online programs. The certificate recognizes that our programs provide the critical services needed for student success and that we use student feedback to continuously improve those services.
The nursing RN to BSN program is in the BGSU College of Health and Human Services.
Updated: 12/05/2024 02:15PM