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Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing Online

Grow in nursing and develop your skills in providing quality, evidence-based care to culturally diverse patients across the lifespan.

Apply by: 5/5/25
Start class: 5/12/25
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Program Overview

Gain insights into our online RN to BSN program

Total Tuition: $9,450
Program Duration: As few as 10 months
Credit Hours: 30

The online RN to BSN program at Southern Utah University prepares you for new opportunities in providing quality, evidence-based care to culturally diverse patients across the lifespan. Elevate your nursing practice with personalized learning experiences that develop your skills in analysis, communication, critical thinking, problem solving and ethical decision making.

Our dedicated faculty are committed to excellence in teaching, practice, and service as well as delivering meaningful instruction using state-of-the-art resources in order to help you grow as a technically proficient nurse. As a student at SUU, you will have access to our nursing librarian, online tutoring and writing center. Designed to help you obtain flexibility in your career, this program also gives you a solid foundation for continued study in graduate programs.

As a graduate of this program, you will be prepared to:

  • Provide quality professional nursing care based on a synthesis of theoretical and empirical knowledge from nursing, physical and social sciences, arts and humanities, and life experiences.
  • Use evidence as the basis for clinically competent contemporary nursing care.
  • Communicate effectively using various means in a variety of roles and settings.
  • Optimize healthcare to diverse individuals, families, groups and communities through collaboration with interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
  • Demonstrate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and motivation toward life-long learning.
  • Influence the quality of nursing and healthcare using leadership skills, management concepts, and a knowledge of the political system.
  • Be legally and ethically accountable for clinical nursing practice.
As a graduate of this program, you will be prepared to:+
  • Provide quality professional nursing care based on a synthesis of theoretical and empirical knowledge from nursing, physical and social sciences, arts and humanities, and life experiences.
  • Use evidence as the basis for clinically competent contemporary nursing care.
  • Communicate effectively using various means in a variety of roles and settings.
  • Optimize healthcare to diverse individuals, families, groups and communities through collaboration with interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
  • Demonstrate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and motivation toward life-long learning.
  • Influence the quality of nursing and healthcare using leadership skills, management concepts, and a knowledge of the political system.
  • Be legally and ethically accountable for clinical nursing practice.

This program prepares you for roles such as:

  • Travel Nurse
  • Nurse Manager
  • Flight Nurse
  • School Nurse
  • Correctional Nurse
  • Public Health Nurse
  • Quality Improvement Coordinator
  • Nursing Research Assistant
This program prepares you for roles such as:+
  • Travel Nurse
  • Nurse Manager
  • Flight Nurse
  • School Nurse
  • Correctional Nurse
  • Public Health Nurse
  • Quality Improvement Coordinator
  • Nursing Research Assistant

Accreditation

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The baccalaureate degree in nursing at Southern Utah University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington DC, 20001, 202-887-6791.

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Total Tuition: $9,450
Program Duration: As few as 10 months
Credit Hours: 30

Accreditation

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The baccalaureate degree in nursing at Southern Utah University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington DC, 20001, 202-887-6791.

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Tuition

Choosing our online program is cost – effective

Take advantage of our affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition, which includes all fees.

Tuition Breakdown

Per Credit Hour: $315
Total Tuition: $9,450*
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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
RN to BSN $315 $945 $9,450

Financial Aid

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Tuition Breakdown

Per Credit Hour: $315
Total Tuition: $9,450*

Calendar

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Designed for working professionals, SUU online programs conveniently feature 7-week courses and 6 start dates each year.

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Next Apply Date: 5/5/25
Next Class Start Date: 5/12/25

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TermStart DateApplication DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineLast Class Day
Summer I5/12/255/5/255/5/255/7/255/12/256/29/25
Summer II6/30/256/23/256/23/256/25/256/30/258/17/25
Fall I8/27/258/20/258/20/258/22/258/27/2510/14/25
Fall II10/15/2510/8/2510/8/2510/10/2510/15/2512/2/25

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Next Apply Date: 5/5/25
Next Class Start Date: 5/12/25

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Admissions

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Our streamlined admissions process enables you to start quickly and easily. Please review the requirements for the online RN to BSN, including what documents you need and where you should send them.

Admission Requirements

  • Online application
  • 2.5 GPA minimum
  • Official transcripts
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You must meet the following requirements for admission to the RN to BSN online program.

  • Complete an online application
  • Undergraduate cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or 2.5 in the last 60 hours)
  • Submit all official transcripts to SUU
  • A valid, unencumbered RN license

NOTE: Applicants will be required to do a drug-screen and background check through PreCheck and submit their current unencumbered RN license no later than the conclusion of the first course (NURS 3141). Students cannot progress any further until these have been completed.

SUU accepts regionally accredited institutions for transfer credit and may accept some national accreditations. National accreditations will be considered on a case-by-case basis after SUU conducts course-to-course evaluations. There are no guarantees that credits from a nationally accredited institution will be accepted.

Our streamlined admission process enables you to start quickly and easily. Please see the Program Map to determine the eligibility of this program in your state, then review the RN to BSN online requirements, including what documents you need and where you should send them.

Official transcripts, test scores and other documents should be sent to:

Email address
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Mail address
Graduate and Online Admissions Office
Southern Utah University
PO Box 8008
Cedar City, Utah 84720

Courses

Read about our RN to BSN online classes

For the RN to BSN online, you must complete 10 core nursing courses (30 credit hours). Students must have a minimum total of 120 credit hours in order to earn a bachelor’s degree, including general education requirements.

Students will be awarded 20 credit hours of Lower Division coursework for successful completion of the NCLEX exam and 10 credit hours of Upper Division coursework via Prior Learning Assessment. Awarding of this credit will be completed during NURS 3141: Foundations of Professional Nursing for the RN to BSN. In addition, 50 hours of the 60 required general education hours may be block transferred.

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Students must complete the following general education courses if they have not yet completed them.  Students can take MATH 1031 or MATH 1040.

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Source of democratic ideas and principles of the constitutional system. Cultural, group, party, and governmental influences on the process of public policymaking. The administration and impact of public policy.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The second of the GE writing courses emphasizes the development of an effective academic style in argumentative essays that makes use of traditional rhetorical patterns, culminating in a major research paper. Subtopics will vary.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 1
An introduction to the library research process and related information skills such as developing a research question, searching, finding, and evaluating sources, synthesizing information across sources, using information ethically, and reflecting on the research process. Corequisite to ENG 2010.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An exploration of basic statistical concepts with a focus on developing critical reasoning skills. Students will represent data, calculate probabilities, draw conclusions using statistical tools, and critique statistical studies and data collection methods. Topics include descriptive statistics, basic probability, statistical graphs, experimental design, and an introduction to statistical inference. Appropriate for many non-quantitative majors, the course is designed to develop statistical literacy and involves limited algebraic manipulation. ***Prerequisite(s): MATH 0970 or MATH 0990 or MATH 1010 or adequate test score within the last two (2) years - Prerequisite Min. Grade: B- (MATH 0970, MATH 0990), C (MATH 1010). Prerequisite Test (Min. Score): ACT Math Subscore (21) or ALEKS PPL (40)***
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An exploration of basic statistical concepts with a focus on developing critical reasoning skills. Students will represent data, calculate probabilities, draw conclusions using statistical tools, and critique statistical studies and data collection methods. Topics include descriptive statistics, basic probability, statistical graphs, experimental design, and an introduction to statistical inference. Appropriate for many non-quantitative majors, the course is designed to develop statistical literacy and involves limited algebraic manipulation. ***Prerequisite(s): MATH 1010 or adequate test score within the last two (2) years - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C. Prerequisite Test (Min. Score): ACT Math Subscore (23) or ALEKS PPL (50)***

Students must complete the following nursing core courses.

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
**FIXED FIRST COURSE** This course introduces the theoretical and practice concepts upon which nursing is based. Students will explore professional writing and skills, evidence-based practice, historical development of nursing, health teaching, and principles of health promotion. **Background check and drug screen must be completed by the end of this course.**
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course enhances health assessment across the lifespan through development of interviewing and physical assessment skills for the RN. Learning objectives focus on developing skills to conduct a comprehensive health assessment. This course is designed for the student enrolled in the RN to BSN program.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the exploration of health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on health risk factors, preparation for health teaching using teaching and learning principles, and assessment of learner needs and readiness to learn. This course is designed for the student enrolled in the RN to BSN program.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the needs of older adults addressing emotional, social, physiologic, and behavioral changes. This course focuses on ageism, gender issues, chronicity, death and dying, loss, and life review in support of wellness of the aging adult. Practice-based learning is embedded in this course. Students will work with an older adult client (65 years and older) by meeting with them weekly to discuss health improvement and their health barriers, and come up with plans with the client to improve their health. This is completed weekly throughout the 7 week course/term. Must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.0) or better. ***Prerequisite(s): NURS 3101 - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C***
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces theory, concepts, and practices of community health nursing with an emphasis on culturally sensitive care for individuals, families, and groups in a variety of community settings. This also includes identification of community resources for implementing change to provide community health. Practice-based learning is embedded in this course. Students have two options in this course - Option 1: Complete experience based learning hours by volunteering in a health department, senior center, local schools, etc. Option 2: Complete an educational project where the student will choose a group to educate and develop the education, hold the class, and provide a summary of the experience (example: teaching safe helmet use to a group of 6 teenagers). This course is designed for the student enrolled in the RN to BSN program. Must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.0) or better. ***Prerequisite(s): NURS 3101 - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C***
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides experience in understanding and applying basic principles, evaluation, and implementation of research in evidence-based practice. This course is designed for the student enrolled in the RN to BSN program. Prerequisite: MATH 1040 Statistics.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces theory, concepts, and practices related to influencing change in policies, systems, and environments with an emphasis on health care organizations. Course concepts include – organizational change theory, identification of resources and barriers to change at organizational and systems level, and adoption of evidence-based models of care at all levels of the ecological framework. This course is designed for the student enrolled in the RN to BSN program.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores the nursing role in the context of current legal, ethical, political, and economic issues. Students develop skills to influence decisions on issues that impact health for individuals and populations.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the management of patients with multiple complex health problems. The course is designed to prepare healthcare professionals to manage patients with multiple co-morbidities throughout the lifespan.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
**FIXED LAST COURSE FOR BSN COURSEWORK**This course introduces theory, concepts, and practices of community health nursing with an emphasis on culturally sensitive care for individuals, families, and groups in a variety of community settings. This also includes identification of community resources for implementing change to provide community health. Practice-based learning is embedded in this course. This course requires 15 hours towards a personal development project and 30 hours will be spent developing a quality improvement project within your work setting or, if you are not working, you will need to develop a new or improved process as if you were working in a specific setting. This course is designed for the student enrolled in the RN to BSN program. Must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.0) or better. ***Prerequisite(s): NURS 3101 and instructor permission - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C***

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