RN to BSN

The faculty, administration and staff welcome your interest in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. A baccalaureate nursing degree will allow you to expand your knowledge, increase your nursing and leadership skills, and gain credentials. Nurses are taking on greater responsibility and must continue to pursue lifelong learning. Personal satisfaction and professional growth will increase your career opportunities in management positions, research and community health as demonstrated by many of our graduates who are employed in hospitals, clinics and agencies across the nation. Nurses with BSN degrees are often paid a higher salary and are promoted to management positions. In addition, some jobs require a BSN degree including many jobs with the federal government.

Education Requirements:

You must complete 20 nursing credits at UNMC including one clinical course which is usually Community Health Nursing. As an option, you may challenge 4 hours of the 24 hours required. You may challenge all courses except NRSG 420 and 385. NLN mobility exams are no longer required to validate prior nursing education.

All the above courses are available online. Although the courses are offered yearly, not all courses are offered every semester and some courses are prerequisite to others. An orientation is required. While students may talk with any student services advisor about the RN-BSN program, all students will register through the Omaha campus.  Classes are available on-line and clinical and lab components of the course are completed in or near the student's home community.  Upon admission, you will be assigned a faculty advisor who will facilitate your scheduling/degree completion.

NRSG 385 requires a project. Upon successful completion of NRSG 385 and the clinical project, 16 nursing credits will be awarded. A one-time transfer cost is charged after the completion of NRSG 385 for the additional 11 credits necessary for graduation. The cost for the 11 credits is calculated at ½ the current resident tuition rate. This is in lieu of taking NLN mobility tests or additional nursing courses.

This plan can build on your professional and clinical experiences. If you have the prerequisite and corequisite course work completed, you can complete the BSN within one year on any of our campuses. A total of 31 hours of nursing credits from your ADN or diploma nursing program will be awarded when you are near the end of the BSN program.