Nursing – RN to BSN (Online)

• NUBS 302 – Health Assessment for Nurses 3 Credits **
• NUBS 304 – Human Pathophysiology 3 Credits **
• NUBS 305 – Introduction to Research 3 Credits **
• NUBS 401 – Capstone: Issues and Trends in Health Care Delivery 3 Credits (satisfies core requirement) **
• NUBS 403 – Community Health Nursing 3 Credits (satisfies core requirement) **
• NUBS 430 – Nursing Informatics 3 Credits **
• NUBS 440 – Organizational Behavior 3 Credits **
• NUBS 440P – Leadership Practicum 2-3 Credits **

The demand for registered nurses is expected to rise 16% from 2014 to 2024, an increase of 439,300 jobs.*

The average median wage for a registered nurse with their Bachelor’s Degree in the state of Pennsylvania is $73,388. The median salary for a BSN is nearly $8,000 per year higher than a nurse who holds an Associate Degree.*

*Nurse Journal

The following end of program student learning outcomes will be achieved by Mount Aloysius College RN-BSN program graduates:

• Patient-Family Centered Care: Value the patient and family as a full partner in providing and coordinating compassionate, age-appropriate and culturally-appropriate care.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Foster interprofessional communication, mutual respect, and shared decision making to provide coordinated quality care.
• Evidence-Based Practice: Evaluate research and other current evidence for the applicability of findings for the improvement of health care processes and outcomes.
• Informatics: Employ information systems to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Quality Improvement: Evaluate outcomes and change practices and processes to improve the quality and safety of health care.
• Safety: Anticipate and minimize risk of harm to patients and other healthcare providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance to provide safe and effective delivery of care.