{"id":11521,"date":"2024-07-16T08:15:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T08:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=11521"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:59:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:59:25","slug":"augsburg-rolls-out-fully-online-rn-bsn-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/16\/augsburg-rolls-out-fully-online-rn-bsn-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Augsburg Rolls Out Fully Online RN-BSN Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Augsburg University will offer a fully online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion Program<\/span><\/a> starting in Fall 2024. The program provides flexible scheduling, multiple starts per year, and asynchronous courses to support registered nurses in broadening their career opportunities. Students can start in any semester and proceed at their own pace, completing the program in as little as one year. In addition, free upper-division credits are available for qualifying students who pass the NCLEX-RN exam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Augsburg University: Bachelors of Science in Nursing\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kum4bKeYXF8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">While courses will be offered asynchronously online for maximum flexibility, Augsburg RN-BSN students have access to unique, hands-on learning opportunities as part of their studies. Students can complete required community health practicum hours at Augsburg\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/healthcommons\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Health Commons<\/span><\/a> drop-in centers throughout the Twin Cities and participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/nursing\/immersion\/\"><span class=\"s3\">global immersion courses<\/span><\/a> in Namibia, Guatemala, and Mexico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Health systems, hospitals, and public health employers increasingly prefer or require nurses to hold a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing. The BSN is also a foundational requirement for nurses who wish to pursue graduate nursing education to become a midwife or nurse practitioner. Augsburg\u2019s BSN completion program offers two pathways for students to obtain a master of arts in nursing: an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/pathway-options\/accelerated-rn-bsn-to-man\/\"><span class=\"s3\">accelerated RN-BSN to MAN<\/span><\/a> and a <span class=\"s3\">bridge AD-RN to MAN<\/span> for nurses with non-nursing bachelor&#8217;s degrees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/completion\/\">Learn more about Augsburg\u2019s BSN Completion Program and apply today.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg University will offer a fully online Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion Program starting in Fall 2024. The program provides flexible scheduling, multiple starts per year, and asynchronous courses to support registered nurses in broadening their career opportunities. 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