Penn offers two deadlines for the program, the priority deadline is October 15, notification is in Late-January and the regular deadline is December 1, notification is in Early-March Prerequisite courses required to begin in August ; You must complete all prerequisite courses by June 15, We officially approve transfer credit after acceptance into the program.
We strongly recommend that you complete your prerequisite courses within the last ten years, except for Human Anatomy and Physiology which we prefer to be completed within the last 5 years.
All courses must be completed at an accredited institution and have a grade of C or higher. Prerequisite courses may be completed online. The exact length will be determined by the specialty you choose, if RN work experience is required and whether you decide to go full or part-time. The schedule changes semester to semester. You may have evening classes or clinicals; clinicals may also be held on the weekends.
The accelerated BSN cannot be completed part-time and it cannot be completed online. Yes, you must meet with the new program director to apply for a change in specialty. Please note it is not guaranteed and you may need to submit additional documents. Transfer credit is not reviewed until after acceptance. We strongly encourage enrolling in the introductory courses in the subjects listed above. We accept credits from any accredited college or university, including community colleges and accredited online institutions.
We accept virtual labs. You can receive credit for Statistics and Biology if you received a score of 5 on the AP test. International applicants are required to submit an educational evaluation of all international degrees received or coursework completed. All courses prior to degree conferral count towards your GPA. Any prerequisite courses taken after your undergraduate degree was granted will not count in the cumulative GPA. Please note we will evaluate all courses completed.
Applicants that apply by the priority deadline of October 15th, notification is in early January; applicants that apply for the regular deadline of December 1st, notification is in early-March. Tuition and Fees for the accelerated BSN portion can be found here.
Please note tuition and fees for entry in have not been finalized and will be posted to the website late Fall. Information on applying for financial aid and scholarships can be found here.
Claire M. Telephone: Admissions: About Admissions Why Penn Nursing? Penn Nursing. Overview: BSN Second Degree The option is for those who would like to work in the profession as an RN before specializing or pursuing an advanced practice degree. Accelerated BSN graduate; current PhD student Karen Celestine Curriculum Our curriculum merges the scientific basis for healthcare with clinical experience , offering a side-by-side incorporation of theoretical and applied knowledge, a rarity in nursing education The program begins with the BSN in late August , the BSN is 15 months with completion in December NURS Physical Assessment This is a laboratory course designed to help beginning nursing students to develop competence in the process of physical assessment.
NURS Integrated Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics Pathophysiologic concepts and processes are introduced with major emphasis on commonly occurring acute and chronic illnesses and their therapeutic interventions.
Spring Year 1 NURS Psychological and Social Diversity in Health and Wellness This course explores and integrates the intersection of psychological, cognitive, and social development with the lived experiences of individuals, families, and communities across the lifespan in order to conduct socially contextualized health assessments and health teaching.
NURS Nursing of Young and Middle Aged Adults This course considers how nursing influences the health and healing capacities of young and middle aged adults who experience functional status impairments as a result of serious illness or injury. NURS Theoretical Foundations of Health Care Ethics The theoretical foundations of health care ethics including definitions of ethics, history of bioethics and nursing ethics, and the influence of religion,psychology of moral development and philosophy in the development of ethical theory.
NURS Current Issues In Health and Social Policy Analysis of key contemporary issues in health and social policy that will provide students with a deeper understanding of the design and structure of the U. Summer Year 1 NURS Nursing of Women and Infants This course emphasizes the child-bearing cycle, and the related issues of maternal and infant mortality and morbidity.
NURS Pediatric Nursing This course considers how nursing influences the health and healing capacities of infants, children, adolescents and their families. NURS Psychiatric Nursing This course examines how nursing influences the health and healing capacities of individuals and families experiencing severe psychiatric distress. Fall Year 2 NURS Nursing in the Community This course considers how nursing influences the health and healing capacities of both communities as a whole populations and of groups, families, and individuals living within particular communities locally and globally.
Admissions Why Penn Nursing? There are two deadlines for the program, the Priority deadline is October 15, and Regular deadline is December 1, A complete application package consists of the following: Completed online application : please know that you may only apply to one program option, BSN Second Degree , BSN-MSN , or the Hillman BSN-PhD Personal statement: you will be given the question once you start the application process Hillman BSN - PHD: requires two essays Two letters of recommendation: one of which must be academic; we urge you to choose recommenders who know you well enough to speak confidently as to your abilities and chances of success in this rigorous program; these must be submitted online, without exception, through the online application Hillman BSN- PHD: requires 3 recommendations Transcripts: Unofficial copies of all your post-secondary transcripts, including transcripts for any classes you might have taken at a community college or while studying abroad must be uploaded for review purposes.
These include:. Master's educated nurses are important to the nursing profession because they demonstrate strong leadership roles for nurses. Master's educated nurses choose a specialty that determines their role in nursing.
These specialties are:. However, the first year of this program for many schools is considered the "non-licensed" year and after completion, the student is eligible to take the NCLEX-RN exam and technically can begin working as an RN.
But, working during any accelerated program is not recommended and many schools strictly do not allow it. The Accelerated MSN program may take up to 3 years to complete and clinical hours or a preceptorship are required. Usually, these programs are structured as an accelerated BSN followed immediately by two years of graduate school.
These core curricula are:. These programs are ideal for the nurse who completed an ADN program, obtained a bachelor's degree in a field other than nursing, but would like to complete an MSN degree. Students should always assure that the intended school offering a direct ADN to MSN program is accredited by at least one of the national nursing school accreditation bodies.
Attending institutions that have been accredited allows students to apply for federal student loans and state entitlement programs. The accreditation process for schools is also a guarantee of professional and academic standards.
Graduates from accredited programs are most likely to qualify to attend other accredited schools for advancing degrees. Most employers prefer, if not require, nurses to have received their degree from accredited programs.
Examinations vary because different specializations exist for the MSN degree. But for all Advanced Practice degrees, each state's board of nursing will issue and maintain licensure. The state usually requires the applicant to have an RN license.
All state boards of nursing require the Advanced Practice RN to register and receive a state license to practice. However, only the Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist specialties require an examination.
Once the graduate passes the examination he or she is eligible to be working as an advanced practice RN. According to the U. Employment for MSN-educated nurses depends on which specialty the degree is in.
Employers may be:. The following table lists accelerated BSN programs by state. But the program prepares nurses for practice immediately after graduation. Students with any undergraduate major may be accepted to the program, but the university cautions that students who pay close attention to what they are told in their information session are more likely to be offered admission. The University of Houston has an outstandingly diverse student body and a good reputation for the quality of its coursework.
The accelerated nursing program at Texas Christian University is 16 months long. You need to maintain a 3. If you are interested in learning nursing in an academically rigorous Christian environment, the program at Texas Christian may be for you.
It is five semesters long. There is time to make up prerequisites and plenty of time for scheduling clinical rotations to build your nursing skills. This academically rigorous program is famous for producing nurses who are well-grounded in all the basics.
Students can also pursue an MSN in their second fall and spring semesters. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has an accelerated nursing program with the necessary science courses, such as microbiology, anatomy, and physiology, built into the curriculum.
Because accelerated nursing students in the program take their sciences after they are admitted rather than before, a few more students fall by the wayside because of academics than at many other top programs. The university advertises that the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing fully approves the program and it has also received accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing. No matter what field you studied for your first undergraduate degree, you can find a sequence of courses in the BSN Express.
Located next to the VA Hospital on First Avenue in Manhattan, CUNY Hunter College offers rotations at some of the busiest hospitals in the nation with some of the most diverse patient care experiences possible for student nurses.
Many students find the CUNY program too demanding and drop out, but a substantial number go on to earn MSN degrees and doctorates in nursing. Classroom instruction is entirely online, and sessions start three times a year.
This Catholic university finds opportunities for its students to earn money while they are still in school, and offers generous discounts on tuition. If you want to be absolutely sure you get into an accelerated nursing program, apply at Santa Barbara Business College in Santa Maria, California. They have a percent acceptance rate. This small program only admits 10 to 20 students per year, and faculty invest considerable time in making sure each student succeeds.
Just be very sure you understand which nursing degree you are working on. Montana Tech has a rigorous accelerated nursing program. Less than half of students graduate. Old Dominion University. Marymount University-Accelerated. Eastern Mennonite University. Mason Univ. Acc 2nd Deg. University of Utah. Texas Christian University. The University of Texas at Arlington. The University of Texas at El Paso. The University of Texas at Tyler. University of the Incarnate Word.
Concordia University-Texas. Baylor University. Angelo State University. Union University. Tennessee Technological University. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
University of Memphis. Cumberland University. East Tennessee State University. Belmont University. South Dakota State University. University of Sioux Falls. Medical University of South Carolina. Clemson University. Salve Regina University. Anderson University. Wilkes University. Villanova University. Waynesburg University. West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
University of Pittsburgh. Robert Morris University. PA State University. Misericordia University. Holy Family University. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Gwynedd Mercy College. Drexel University. Eastern University. DeSales University. Wright State University-Main Campus. Ursuline College. Ohio University-Main Campus Athens. Mount Carmel College of Nursing. Kent State University.
Cleveland State University. University of Cincinnati-Main Campus. Capital University. Case Western Reserve University. Baldwin Wallace University. University of North Dakota. University of Akron Main Campus. Winston-Salem State University. Western Carolina University. Queens University of Charlotte. North Carolina Central University. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Duke University. Wagner College. University at Buffalo. University of Rochester School of Nursing.
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