Online RN to BSN Completion Degree

An Academic Program Made for Professional Nurses

If you are an ambitious working nurse looking to climb the nursing ladder, step into leadership roles, or improve your practice with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, the University of Michigan-Flint’s Online RN to BSN degree completion program is designed to help you achieve your goals.

Preparing you to succeed in today’s complex healthcare landscape, UM-Flint’s RN to BSN program focuses on improving your knowledge of evidence-based practice, leadership, and healthcare policy. In addition, with a 100% online learning format, the program enables you to learn at your own pace and complete the BSN degree conveniently on a flexible schedule.

Why choose UM-Flint’s Online RN to BSN program?

As nurses take on more responsibilities in health care operation, research, and health education, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing supports the baccalaureate degree as the minimal preparation for professional nursing practice. Many hospitals have changed their employment requirements for RNs, hiring BSNs first—or hiring only BSNs.

UM-Flint’s nationally recognized online RN to BSN program is built to help you adapt to the current healthcare environment as a highly educated, responsible nurse leader.

Accelerated Pathway to BSN

UM-Flint’s Online RN to BSN program offers an accelerated pathway for registered nurses to earn a BSN degree. The program not only allows students to transfer up to as many credits as they want into the RN to BSN program but also awards 15 credits for their unencumbered RN license.

Ample Transfer Opportunities

You’ve worked hard for the credits you’ve earned. Now make sure they count towards your Michigan degree. Use our convenient online transfer equivalency database to see how the credits you’ve taken will transfer with you to UM-Flint.

Following any of these transfer guides will assist you in getting a jump start toward completing your Michigan degree. While these transfer guides have been created to assist you with your potential course options from community colleges around the state, you should continue to meet with your advisor during the transfer process.

Accreditation

Providing renowned faculty and rigorous coursework, UM-Flint’s RN to BSN Online Completion program is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Getting a BSN degree from an accredited nursing program can help you stand out from the crowd in the application for graduate school and the competitive job market.

Online RN to BSN Completion Degree

The curriculum aims to strengthen working nurses’ overall competencies on the job and covers many crucial subjects in nursing and health care, including community health, health promotion, nursing research, leadership, and disease prevention.

The nursing core courses incorporate an experiential learning experience which includes approximately 16 hours of community-based volunteer work in our community course and approximately 24 hours of job shadowing in our leadership course. Students may complete their experiential learning requirements in hospitals, community clinics, health departments, schools, or other suitable organizations.

The flexible curriculum also empowers students who aspire to grow into leadership roles to earn additional certificates in Leadership and Management or Case Management with one to two add-on elective courses. The successful completion of these certificates not only refines your skills in leadership and case management but also prepares you for national exams and to be nationally certified.

Review the complete RN to BSN curriculum.

RN to BSN Slideshow

Admission Requirements

Prospective BSN completion students must have earned at least a 2.75 GPA, on a 4.0 scale, in their associate nursing program as well as a minimum overall 2.0 GPA to be considered for admission to the university. Students seeking admission to the RN to BSN Online Completion program must apply as a BSN completion. Official copies of all college transcripts must be sent to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Prospective students can apply and be admitted before graduating with their associate degree in nursing and before passing their RN licensure. Proof of RN licensure in the U.S. must be validated to progress into select 400-level nursing courses and complete all degree requirements. Fifteen credits are awarded upon validation of an unencumbered RN license within the U.S.

Transfer Guides & Transfer Information

Want to see how your classes will transfer in from your Michigan Community College? Visit our transfer pathways website to find the transfer guide specific to your community college. Scroll down to find your community college, then select the Nursing: RN to BSN guide.
If you want to see how a specific course will transfer in, use our online transfer equivalency database to look up your transfer courses. All academic coursework completed at a regionally accredited institution with a grade of “C”/2.0 or higher will transfer to UM-Flint. Completed coursework that’s not listed in the online credit transfer evaluator can still transfer into UM-Flint. Send official transcripts to be reviewed.
For more information about transferring, please click here.

Speak to an Advisor

Are you ready to elevate your nursing career through the UM-Flint’s Online RN to BSN completion degree? Schedule an appointment with our Academic Advisors, Tiffany Bishop or Brooke Michael, to discuss your plan to achieve your BSN degree.
Students can book a pre-admission appointment to discuss the program, even if it is their first semester in their associate degree program!
You can also email or text message an advisor with quick questions:

Tiffany Bishop
Academic Advisor, BSN Completion Program
810-777-7304 (text only)
[email protected]

Brooke Michael
Academic Advisor, BSN Completion Program
810-777-6247 (text only)
[email protected]

Apply

Students can apply and be admitted directly into the BSN completion program even before finishing their associate degree in nursing or passing their nursing licensure exam. Students can take all 100-300 level nursing courses, along with any general education courses before passing their nursing licensure exam.
Apply today to see what transferred in and what you still need to take. You will then work closely with an advisor to create a personalized course plan for you. We can even help you create a concurrent enrollment plan while you are finishing your associate degree in nursing!
When applying, make sure to choose BSN completion as your major (NOT pre-nursing), even if you are still in your associate degree in the nursing program.

Early Assurance Admission into DNP with MSN

Admitted students in the RN to BSN are eligible for early review by the School of Nursing Graduate Admissions Committee and potential Early Assurance Admission to the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program with a Master of Science in Nursing.

Students interested in consideration for this early review must fill out this form as soon as they have successfully completed (B+/3.5 or better) NSC 180, NUR 300, NUR 307, and NUR 316. You may not fill out the form if you have not completed these courses yet.

There are three deadlines to apply each year: Oct. 1, Feb. 1, and April 1. You will hear back from the department of the graduate program about your early assurance application about 2-3 weeks after the next application date. Make sure to fill out the Early Assurance application as soon as you are eligible. If it is past the deadline for graduate programs application, you will no longer qualify for Early Assurance. Students also need to complete the Graduate Application for Admission by the appropriate semester deadline you plan to start the BSN to DNP with MSN program.

If you have additional questions, we suggest watching this pre-recorded webinar. To view the slides, click here.

Program options for potential Early Assursurance to UM-Flint’s graduate nursing program:

Learn More about UM-Flint’s RN to BSN Online Completion Program

Are you ready to elevate your nursing career through the UM-Flint’s Online RN to BSN completion degree? Apply today or schedule an appointment with our Academic Advisors, Tiffany Bishop or Brooke Michael, to discuss your plan to achieve your BSN degree.