Bachelor of Science in Nursing
If you are an RN looking for a convenient way to update your skills and knowledge while you advance your nursing career and earning potential, Jacksonville University's School of Nursing offers one of the top online RN to BSN programs in the nation.
You can actually earn your BSN degree faster through our accelerated online program. (See benefits at right).
The Online RN to BSN Degree Program is structured so that one course builds upon the mastery of other courses and emphasizes the integration of course material to ensure a cohesive coordinated learning experience.
Key Course Spotlight
RNs can enroll in the JU Online RN to BSN Degree Program at any time and may begin their studies at six convenient times during the year. Each class is eight weeks in length. Upon successful completion of all nursing and non-nursing required courses, online students will receive the same Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree as the one earned by on-campus students.
Dimensions of Professional Nursing Practice
Examine the role of the professional nurse and the evolution of nursing as a profession. Focuses on nursing theory and process and issues related to current professional nursing practice.
Nursing Assessment for the Experienced Nurse
Concepts related to assessment of individual clients are presented. Emphasis is placed on review of body systems, physical examination techniques, and communication skills necessary to perform a nursing assessment of clients across the life span.
Nursing Research
Examine the role of the professional nurse in the generation and utilization of research. Explores research as it relates to healthcare and clinical nursing practice.
Health Promotion & Rehabilitation Nursing Therapy
Theories and concepts related to health promotion and rehabilitation nursing are presented and discussed within the framework of the nursing process. This course provides experienced nurses the opportunity to enhance critical thinking and communication skills in examining issues related to wellness, health promotion, and adaptation of clients with altered functional ability and lifestyle.
Physiological Adaptation to Illness
Theories and concepts related to pathophysiological responses and adaptation of the body to an insult are presented.
Critical Care Nursing Theory for the Experienced Nurse
Theories and concepts related to acute, complex physiological health alterations are presented within the framework of the nursing process. Effective decision-making and communication are emphasized in the adaptation of clients to life-threatening and acute health alterations within a rapidly changing health care environment.
Community Health Nursing Theory for the Experienced Nurse
Theories and concepts from nursing, liberal arts and sciences, and public health are presented within the framework of the nursing process. Focuses on the professional nursing role in health promotion and disease prevention for select populations.
Community Health Nursing Practice for the Experienced Nurse
Provides opportunities for experienced nurses to apply concepts presented in Community Health Nursing Theory. Nursing process is used to provide care for individuals, families, and groups across the life span in home and community settings.
Leadership & Management in Professional Practice
Theories and concepts related to leadership and management skills are applied to the role of the professional nurse in a continuously changing health care environment.
Professional Nursing Synthesis for the Experienced Nurse
Provides the opportunity for experienced nurses to demonstrate fulfillment of program outcomes. Emphasis is placed on self-directed learning and evaluation in selected clinical areas under the supervision of nursing faculty and clinical nurse preceptors.
Elective: Omega Strategies
Theories and strategies related to concepts of care at the end of life. The emphasis is on the nurse as a member of an interdisciplinary team and the need for attention to the cultural factors influencing care at the end of life.
Elective: Music in Nursing
Nursing elective course introduces the theory and practice of music as a nursing intervention. Emphasis is placed on the concept of energy and its influence on the autonomic nervous system continuum as it relates to learning, health, and human growth. The course includes exploration of theory and experiential learning opportunities.
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