UMS offers affordable, transfer-friendly online nursing programs, allowing you to maximize your prior course work and reduce the cost of completing your degree. Our online bachelor's in nursing program provides the time and flexibility to master your coursework, while balancing your professional and personal life.

The RN to BSN online program follows a 10-course curriculum that delivers against the competencies recommended by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). This framework was developed to ensure nurses receive the training and education they need to not only advance the professions but their careers as well.

For professional nurses with defined education goals, our online Accelerated RN to MSN track offers a seamless academic pathway for advancing from an ASN to a BSN to an MSN. This affordable degree option allows eligible BSN students to complete two graduate-level courses within their BSN program. Successful completion of these courses will then waive two courses within the MSN program, which can save you both tuition and time. RN to BSN students who apply to and are accepted into the online Accelerated RN to MSN option can choose to pursue the MSN Clinical Nurse Leader, MSN Nurse Educator programs, or choose the MSN general track.

As a private, nonprofit university, UMS has one mission - to help you see yourself succeed. The benefits of earning your online bachelor's in nursing degree at UMS include:

• Accredited. The baccalaureate degree program in nursing and the master’s degree program in nursing at University of Michigan Science are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202.887.6791.
• Affordability. Take advantage of some of the most affordable tuition rates in the nation
• Convenience. Attend class when it's convenient for you - online education means 24/7 access
• Efficiency and flexibility. Complete your undergraduate degree at your own pace, over six 8-week terms per year
• Expert instruction. Learn from nursing professionals with relevant, real-world experience
• Simple application process. Just fill out an online undergraduate application, and we'll retrieve U.S. transcripts from your previous institutions and automatically complete an official credit evaluation. Plus, there's no application fee
• Student support. Count on the ongoing support of dedicated academic and career advisors specialized in your area of study
• Transfer-friendly. You receive 45 credits by having an uneUMSmbered registered nurse (RN) license. On top of that, we will evaluate your transcripts and maximize transfer credits

The demand for nurses with bachelor's-level education continues to increase at hospitals and other healthcare organizations. The Institute of Medicine is urging that the number of BSN-prepared nurses increase to 80% by 2020, an initiative meant to enhance patient care and safety.*

After completion of UMS's RN to BSN online program, you'll be able to:

• Apply skills in using patient-care technologies, information systems and clinical decision support tools to promote safe nursing practice and quality patient outcomes
• Utilize evidence-based practice in planning, implementing and evaluating outcomes of care
• Formulate strategies to promote health and prevent disease in individuals and populations across the lifespan
• Implement patient safety and quality initiatives within the complex clinical microsystem using leadership and communication skills
• Analyze trends in healthcare policy, finance and regulatory environments and their implications for healthcare access, equity and affordability
• Evaluate lifelong learning and nursing engagement to promote personal and professional transformation

Our bachelor's in nursing curriculum is built upon the Institute of Medicine's "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health" report competencies. The course work initially stresses enhancing nursing professionals' abilities to manage themselves, then focuses on managing in a complex environment.

Our nursing students also work on developing the awareness, knowledge and proficiency reflected in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's 11 nursing competencies. Additional BA/BS core courses also are required for a BSN. Registered nurses with a prior bachelor's degree may find the transfer-friendly design of the UMS RN to BSN online program especially appealing.

The BSN program is 120 credit hours. In addition to completing the 10 nursing courses outlined above, students must complete the following coursework:

UMS's bachelor's in nursing program includes:

• General education
• Degree-specific courses

General Education Program

Our programs are designed to equip you with the skills and insights you need to move forward. In recent years, employers have stressed the need for graduates with higher order skills - the skills that go beyond technical knowledge - such as:

• Writing
• Communication
• Analysis
• Problem solving

All bachelor's students are required to take general education classes. Through foundation, exploration and integration courses, students learn to think critically, creatively and collaboratively, giving you the edge employers are looking for.