2024-2025 Catalog
RN-to-BSN Program, B.S.
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The RN-to-BSN program was granted initial accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) in February 2016, valid through December 31, 2021. The ABSN program, which was offered for the first time in Fall 2019 per CCNE is included under this initial BSN accreditation. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for spring of 2021. For additional information, please contact CCNE at 655 K Street, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001 or call 202-887-6791.
Baccalaureate Nursing Education
Baccalaureate nursing education prepares the nurse to practice in a variety of settings by providing them with knowledge and skills, generalizable and transferable to multiple settings. A liberal education grounds the student, ensuring nurses practice with a skilled, broad base of knowledge. The faculty believe that baccalaureate nursing education is built upon a foundation in the arts and sciences, providing an appreciation for diverse perspectives and experiences. Baccalaureate education facilitates scholarship, and service to promote safe, quality care through evidence-based practice. Students are introduced to content including organizational and systems theories for management, information technology, policy, and leadership qualities which, may have direct influence on healthcare outcomes.
Baccalaureate nursing education facilitates the development of professional values and value-based behaviors; principles which guide nurse’s interactions with patients, families, peers, and society. This education emphasizes social justice, and concepts for the provision of ethical, holistic, culturally sensitive and compassionate care. The baccalaureate nurse demonstrates a concern for the human dignity, a respect for culture, their profession, and the welfare of all populations. Only students with a current unencumbered RN license may register for NUR 300-400 level courses.
Admission Requirements
Applicants are required to:
- Hold a current unencumbered Registered Nurse license in the state where they practice nursing*;
- Complete the application for admission into Goodwin University (applicants to the nursing program must first meet the requirements for admission and be accepted into Goodwin University);
- Complete the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program application; and
- Attend an academic advising session with the Nursing Department Academic Advisor.
*Secondary to the delay in ADN gradates being able to take the NCLEX related to COVID 19, graduates from the Associate Degree Program at Goodwin University only, may be admitted to the RN-BSN track and take NUR 300 and NUR 310 without an RN license. This interim policy became effective for the April 2020 graduates and will remain in place until NCLEX testing centers resume their regular scheduling processes.
Accepted Students
All University-required immunizations and requirements must be completed before the start of the program.
Students are required to maintain current certification in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (Health Provider or Professional Rescuer by the American Heart Association or the Red Cross).
Students are required to maintain unencumbered RN license during tenure in the program.
BSN Program Outcomes
Graduates of the BSN program will demonstrate mastery of the AACN (2021) competencies and level-1 sub-competencies within the Ten Domains for Nursing across the Four Spheres of Care, leading to the achievement of the following BSN end-of-program outcomes:
- Establish a basis for clinical judgment and innovation based on nursing knowledge, ways of knowing, and knowledge from other disciplines. Domain 1
- Provide person-centered and evidence-based nursing care emphasizing diversity, equity and inclusion. Domain 2, 4, 9
- Manage population health across settings in collaboration with diverse partners that leads to the improvement of equitable health outcomes. Domains 3, 6, 9, 10
- Demonstrate the application, translation, and implementation of best evidence into clinical practice, policy, and leadership. Domains 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of established and emerging safety science principles in care delivery. Domains 1, 5, 7
- Demonstrate professional partnerships built on core professional nursing values in providing team-based, person-centered care. Domains 2, 6, 7, 9
- Apply knowledge of systems and evidence-based practice to provide safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations. Domains 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Utilize informatics processes and technologies to provide safe and high-quality healthcare services in accordance with best practices. Domains 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Cultivate a sustainable professional nursing identity that includes self-reflective practice, health care policy advocacy, accountability, collaborative disposition, and comportment that reflects nursing’s characteristics and values. Domains 6, 9, 10
- Demonstrate a capacity for leadership that includes a commitment to activities that foster personal health, resilience, lifelong learning, and active membership in the profession. Domains 9, 10
Nursing Department Policies
Policies specific to the RN-BSN track may be found in the RN-BSN Nursing Student Handbook.
Graduation Requirements
The following requirements must be met in order to graduate from the nursing program:
- Completion of the course requirements. General education courses and open electives must be completed with a “C” or better
- Completion of each RN-BSN nursing core course with a a grade of C+ as well as an academic average of 2.3 within the maximum time frame (no greater than nine (9) semesters or three years)
- Fulfillment of all financial obligations to the University.
- A minimum of thirty (30) credit hours at the 3XX or 4XX levels, including all upper division nursing courses.
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