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Overview
Advance your nursing career with a flexible ASN-to-BSN program designed for licensed registered nurses who want to build leadership skills, strengthen clinical judgment, and expand their impact across patients, communities and healthcare systems.
Guided by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) essentials, Brenau’s ASN-to-BSN curriculum builds on the knowledge and experience you already bring as a practicing RN. Rather than repeating foundational nursing content, the program focuses on baccalaureate-level practice in evidence-based care, population health, leadership, informatics, ethics, and systems thinking.
| Program Detail | Description |
|---|---|
| Duration (Semesters) | 3 semesters full-time or 4 semesters part-time |
| Credit Hours Required | 45-48 total credit hours, depending on prerequisites satisfied |
| Modality | Online |
| Degree Type | Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) |
| Tuition | $375/credit hour |
Why choose Brenau’s ASN-to-BSN program?
- Designed specifically for working registered nurses
- Fully online coursework with flexible full-time and part-time pathways, so you can continue to work while you advance your career
- Builds on prior nursing education and clinical experience
- Emphasizes leadership, evidence-based practice, population health, informatics, and quality improvement
- Includes community-based clinical and capstone experiences that connect coursework to real practice settings
- Supports preparation for expanded professional responsibility in today’s rapidly changing healthcare environment
What you’ll learn
The curriculum is organized around core content areas that support advancement to baccalaureate nursing practice:
- Enhanced nursing science for clinical judgment
- Evidence-based practice and scholarship
- Leadership, management and professionalism
- Population health and community/public health nursing
- Systems, finance, and healthcare delivery models
- Informatics and technology
- Quality and safety science
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Liberal education and professional identity
Student opportunities
- Strengthen clinical judgment for complex patient and population needs
- Apply evidence to practice and quality improvement efforts
- Expand your understanding of community and population health
- Develop leadership and policy awareness for professional nursing roles
- Build informatics and healthcare technology competencies
- Complete a leadership-focused capstone experience that synthesizes BSN-level learning
To be able to practice professionally after completion of this program, you must pass a professional certification exam.
Upon completion of the BSN and Direct Entry MSN program requirements, you will be eligible to take the NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination) required for practice as a professional registered nurse.