The field of nursing involves caring for individuals, families, communities, and populations. Nurses are knowledgeable care coordinators who facilitate access to resources needed to meet healthcare needs.

The IU Online Bachelor of Science in Nursing is a degree completion program designed for registered nurses (RN) wanting to receive a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). The program offers a flexible curriculum that prepares you to meet society's current and future health needs, and it also lays a foundation for leadership positions and graduate study. Flexible paths of study allow you to complete nursing courses in 12 months of full-time study or 18 to 24 months of part-time study along with up to nine months of general education coursework. Each semester is split into two, seven to eight-week sessions so that you may finish up to four courses every semester. Practicums or clinical experiences are embedded in didactic or lecture-based courses and can be tailored to your experience and career goals.  For program information, contact IUK Program Director Leigh Swartzendruber, MSN, RN, at 765.455.9241 or lehoback@iu.edu.

Degree Requirements

To graduate with the BSN, you must complete a total of 120 credit hours. You may be able to transfer an associate degree or up to 64 credit hours from a regionally accredited two-year college and up to 90 credit hours from a regionally accredited four-year college or university.

Requirements are broken down as follows:

• Nursing credits prior to admission to RN to BSN program (33-36 credit hours) 
• General education courses (30 credit hours) e.g., 3 credits from each of the following competencies: Written Communication; Speaking and Listening; Quantitative Reasoning; Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing; Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing; Scientific Ways of Knowing, and then 12 hours of additional general education coursework.
• Nursing required courses (33 credit hours - nine required courses and a choice of two electives) 
• Other courses of student's choosing (21-23 credit hours) Students can take nursing electives to fulfill this requirement.
• You must be a registered nurse, licensed in the state in which you plan to complete your clinicals. Note per the website that there are restrictions set by a few states

Admissions:

• An Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or nursing diploma. Check with your home campus for accreditation requirements
• A current, unencumbered RN license in the state in which you are practicing and/or plan to meet clinical requirements
• Cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale from your ASN or diploma program
• Completed a criminal background check for your home campus
• Met all other admissions requirements

NOTE: Students may enroll from most states.

Nine credit hours of general education courses may be taken with nursing coursework.

To apply to the RN to BSN Degree Completion Option

• Complete the application for admission
• Submit official transcripts
• International applicants may be asked for additional materials
• This degree completion option is offered by IU Bloomington, IU East, IU Fort Wayne, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest, IUPUC, IUPUI, IU South Bend, and IU Southeast. After applying, you will be assigned a home campus. You will submit application documents to the Office of Admissions of that campus

Core Courses:

• NURS-B 304 Health Policy (3 cr.)
• NURS-B 331 Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing Practice (3 cr.)
• NURS-B 404 Informatics (3 cr.)
• NURS-H 355 Data Analysis for Practice and Research (3 cr.)
• NURS-R 375 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice (3 cr.)
• NURS-R 470 Clinical Baccalaureate Nursing Capstone (3 cr.)
• NURS-S 474 Applied Healthcare Ethics (3 cr.)
• NURS-S 475 A Multisystem Approach to the Health of the Community: RN BSN (3 cr.)
• NURS-S 487 Nursing Management: RN BSN (3 cr.)

Electives

• NURS-B 344 Comprehensive Nursing Health Assessment (3 cr.)
• NURS-B 403 Aging with Dignity (3 cr.)
• NURS-K 301 Complementary Health Therapies (3 cr.)
• NURS-K 305 New Innovations in Health and Health Care (3 cr.)
• NURS-K 434 Current Trends in Global Health Nursing (3 cr.)
• NURS-K 499 Genes and Precision Health (3 cr.)
• NURS-P 345 Pharmacology for Professional Nursing Practice (3 cr.)
• NURS-S 410 Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response (3 cr.)
• NURS-S 420 Care Coordination in Transitions of Care (3 cr.)