Registered Nurse Bachelor Completion (RN-BSN) Program

The RN-to-BSN Nursing Program is designed for registered nurses who embrace the opportunity to broaden and enhance current knowledge and skills, acquire knowledge in evidence-based nursing, further their career opportunities and provide the credentials necessary for graduate education.   

Delivered through both didactic and clinical components, the curriculum includes advanced courses leading to competencies in the areas of nursing theory, research, health assessment, critical thinking, clinical theory and practice, health care of populations, leadership, management, teaching and learning. 

Nursing course work is offered one or two days during the week depending on completion options. This allows the student to continue practicing as a registered nurse and encourages individuals to apply concepts presented in the classroom to actual clinical practice. The RN-to-BSN curriculum exposes students to different ways of knowing through interprofessional opportunities, exploration of social sciences, natural sciences and the humanities.

Upon completion of the program, the student is awarded the Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degree.  Graduates of the program are prepared to participate in the health care delivery system in the role of direct care provider to populations, researcher, manager and leader, health teacher to aggregates, change agent and interprofessional collaborator or coordinator.

This program may be completed in one, one and one-half or two years of full-time study, or four years of part-time study. For more information see:

• Undergraduate Catalog Degree Requirements

Applying to the Program

All applications to UNE's Registered Nurse Bachelor Completion program must be completed through the Centralized Application Service for Nursing Programs (NursingCAS).