BSN: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
The RN to BSN degree prepares students to become nurse generalists. The Nursing curriculum focuses on the development of management and leadership skills, culture-sensitive health care, individual and family assessment skills, and research in the nursing practice. Graduates of the Accelerated RN-BSN program will be prepared to progress to advanced practice programs at the graduate level.
Prospective students who have already completed a bachelor’s degree may be interested in our second-degree distance hybrid BSN program.
What Can I Do with this Degree?
- Accelerated Program
Students who earn a BSN degree may explore the following careers:
Careers for graduates who earn a BSN degree include:
- Acute care: hospitals
- Adult daycare, assisted living facilities, and retirement homes
- Public health
- Home healthcare, hospice, palliative care
- Long-term care: skilled facilities
- Outpatient facilities
Eligible for Leadership and Management Positions in long-term care, hospitals, and community settings
Specialty Areas: ICU, ER, CCU, NICU, pediatrics, medical-surgical, rehabilitation, occupational health, perioperative practice, OB & women's health, as well as mental health, school nurse, clinical research, health policy, health coach, physicians' offices & clinics, travel nursing, educational units, and staff development
Nursing Profile: Yana Berman Vinogradov '86
Of the more than 6,000 graduates of the School of Nursing, Yana Berman Vinogradov's '86 BSN journey to Holy Family University may have been the farthest on record and most definitely ranks among the most fascinating.
Program Information
- Degree Awarded
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- Bachelor of Science
- Program Type
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- Major
- Program Location
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- Online
Program Overview
The accredited Bachelor of Science in Nursing program offers a course of study that prepares entry-level nurses for state licensing exams. Graduates of the BSN program are eligible for licensure in all states. Satisfactory performance in the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) results in the graduate being known as a registered nurse or RN.
Where Students and Alumni Intern and Work
- Abington Reproductive Medicine
- Abington-Jefferson Hospital
- Birches at Newtown
- Brightstar Care of North Bucks
- Capital Health RN
- Cooper University Health
- Einstein Medical Center
- Genesis Hopkins Center
- Holy Redeemer Hospital
- Horsham Clinic RN
- Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
- Jefferson Health-RN
- Lankenau Medical Center
- Magee Rehabilitation
- Manor Care Huntington Valley
- Nazareth Hospital
- Thomas Jefferson University
- UPMC Hamot Hospital
- UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg Hospital
- Virtua Marlton Hospital-RN
- Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes
- Virtua Willingboro Hospital
