Salve Regina University

Nursing Programs Offered

RN to BSN Program Details

The degree completion track for the B.S. in nursing is designed for licensed registered nurses who graduated from an accredited program awarding an associate degree or a diploma in nursing and have an active license as a registered nurse.

To earn the B.S. in nursing, students must complete 124 credits. Students are automatically granted 32 credits for their prior educational preparation as a registered nurse. Other coursework taken during the licensing process or more recently may also be eligible for transfer to Salve Regina. Students must take a minimum of 36 credits at Salve Regina to earn the bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 60 credits at Salve Regina to be eligible for an honors designation at graduation.

In addition to fulfilling the University requirement of Core Curriculum courses, the courses required specifically for this track of the nursing major are:

-Transitioning into Professional Nursing
-Human Pathophysiology
-Pharmacotherapy
-Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition
-Ethical Challenges in Nursing
-Holistic Health Assessment and Health Promotion
-Genetics and Genomics
-Research and Evidence-Based Practice
-Families in Transition: Aging and End-of-Life Care (has a concurrent experiential learning course)
-Public Health and Disaster Response Planning
-Leadership and Management
-Service Learning
-Capstone in Nursing
-Senior Thesis (available as an option in preparation for graduate school)
-Three credits in information systems management
-Three credits in statistics

Registered nurses who hold a B.S. in a non-nursing major are admitted to the degree completion track as second degree students and only need to fulfill two religion courses and the nursing courses.