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As the baby boomer population ages and the U.S. health care system continues to evolve, nurses are in demand. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing indicates changing expectations in nursing have made the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) the educational standard for people entering this profession.
At Regis, we offer an Accelerated BSN program designed to help aspiring nurses and career changers alike learn what they need to begin making an impact in this rewarding career.
Overview
Our Accelerated BSN is designed to provide a pathway for all professional and educational backgrounds to develop the skills needed to become a nurse. The only educational experience you need is a bachelor’s degree in any non-nursing subject, and the Accelerated BSN will help you fill the knowledge gap and build the foundational skills and expertise to thrive as a nurse.
Then, you can prepare for practice as an RN or pursue further nursing education.
Overview
We believe education should lead directly to positive professional outcomes, so we designed our Accelerated BSN program to prepare you for licensure and professional practice upon graduation.
As soon as you complete the program, you can qualify to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX), which grants the privilege of pursuing practice as a registered nurse.
Overview
We know you’re busy, so we utilize a convenient hybrid learning format to be accommodating for your personal and professional obligations. You can earn your BSN with 100% online coursework that you can complete around your schedule, complemented by synchronous, in-person clinicals and labs in the Boston area where you can get hands-on experience.
Our curriculum also is broken down into 12-week semesters—meaning you get a longer break between each term to rest, refresh, and prepare for success.
Overview
If you’re looking to get your start in nursing but you don’t have the educational or professional background to fit your ambitions, the Accelerated BSN is designed for you. Whether you’re a recent graduate, a career changer, or an aspiring nurse, this program can help you build on your existing bachelor’s education to learn what you need to sit for the NCLEX and thrive as an RN.
You want to pursue meaningful work helping people and saving lives. We’re here to support your ambitions.
Program Details
Nursing is a complex field with many moving parts. Our curriculum is designed to help you learn everything you need to hit the ground running.
Through thoughtful structure and intuitive pacing, you can study topics like pharmacology, pathophysiology, health assessment, ethics, law, policy, and leadership, as well as specialized topics like psychiatric mental health and community health. And you’ll learn from professors who know how to succeed: 90% of our faculty are industry-active nurses.
Program Details
When you choose to earn your BSN through our 24-month accelerated program, you don’t have to start from scratch. Instead, you’ll get credit for the coursework you already completed while earning your previous bachelor’s degree. That means as long as the prerequisites are satisfied, you can get started on your core nursing coursework right away.
Check out the admission section below for the full list of prerequisite courses. Prerequisites can be completed at Regis if needed.
Program Details
The best way to prepare for your nursing career is by doing, so we provide plenty of experiential clinical opportunities.
Coursework for the Accelerated BSN takes place 100% online, but labs and clinical practice occur in-person alongside your colleagues, professors, and mentors. For your lab work, you’ll get to operate in our state-of-the-art facilities in our Weston, MA campus, and your clinical placements will take place in elite research and community hospitals in the Boston area.
Program Details
As a BSN-prepared nurse, you can qualify to pursue RN careers in a variety of settings across the health care industry and beyond. Here are just a few:
A streamlined curriculum to make an impact as a nurse
The Accelerated BSN gives a direct path toward nursing proficiency for aspiring nurses who don’t currently have an educational or professional background in the field. The curriculum comprises 12 courses (60 total credit hours) along with lab work and clinical placements. You can complete this program in just 24 months.
The coursework is designed to help you develop your knowledge and skills in the complex, evolving field of nursing. The curriculum covers vital topics like pharmacology, pathophysiology, health assessment, acute care, policy, ethical practice, and legal issues to help you thrive as a generalist. It also includes courses that cover specialized types of care, including psychiatric mental health, community health, maternal health, and the aging process.
Note that applicants must hold a non-nursing bachelor’s degree and have completed seven prerequisite courses before being admitted into the Accelerated BSN. The prerequisite courses are BI 105 Anatomy and Physiology I, BI 106 Anatomy and Physiology II, BI 108 Microbiology, CH 105 Chemistry IA, CH 105 Chemistry IIA, MA 210 Statistics, and PS 233 Human Development. See the admission section below for more information regarding the prerequisite requirements.
NU 320E Clinical Pharmacology (3 credit hours)
This course integrates pathophysiologic and pharmacologic concepts as they relate to human health issues and the application of the nursing process across the lifespan. The parthenogenesis and clinical manifestations of organ and system disease processes are considered alongside the pharmacologic approaches used to treat them. Emphasis is placed on understanding how drugs work in the context of specific disease states, why a particular drug regimen is selected, and how to assess and monitor the patient receiving the drug.
Note: This course is intended for the 24-month BSN program only.
BI 212 Pathophysiology (3 credit hours)
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of pathophysiology. Students will examine the phenomena that cause and produce alterations in human physiologic function and the resulting human response. Upon completion of the course, students will understand pathophysiological changes, including how pathological processes are manifested, progress in the body, and primary and secondary effects. The course is based on illness and disease within a systems framework across the lifespan.
Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C in BI 106 or permission of the instructor.
NU 304 Health Assessment with Lab (3 credit hours)
This course teaches the student to assess the health status of clients of any age in any setting. Students incorporate knowledge attained in the prerequisite courses, Introductory and Developmental Psychology, Sociology, Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry, and Microbiology. The student learns verbal and non-verbal communication techniques used in obtaining a health history and the written communication techniques used in documenting the health assessment. Students acquire the basic psychomotor skills of inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation necessary when performing a physical examination. The effects of age, gender, culture, religion, socioeconomic status, lifestyle, and adaptation are identified.
Note: Class plus lab three hours per week.
NU 324 Professional Nursing (8 credit hours)
This course provides the foundation upon which the learner will develop the knowledge, values, and skills for becoming a competent, caring professional generalist who assumes an integral role in the changing health care system. It focuses on acquisition of both art and science components of nursing and the development of critical thinking by including laboratory and clinical practice, as well as classroom content.
Note: Class four hours per week, clinical eight hours per week, lab three hours per week, and math class one hour per week.
NU 325 Acute Care Nursing (8 credit hours)
This course focuses on the secondary level of health care, specifically analyzing the cultural, spiritual, and biopsychosocial needs of clients with acute health problems and their families. Using a systems approach, the student examines the complex interrelationships between the client/family, the health care system, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on client/family adaptation and the professional nursing role in an acute care setting.
Note: Class four hours per week, and clinical 12 hours per week.
NU 605 Nursing Leadership (3 credit hours)
This course focuses on issues of leadership role development in professional nursing. Using role theory, students will explore concepts of role mastery, congruence and conflict as well as the role of nursing leadership in the broader organizational context. Emphasis in NU 605 is on the analysis of leadership and related theories as these apply to the individual practice of the nurse leader.
NU 333 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (6 credit hours)
This course focuses on the role of the professional nurse in the transcultural care of individuals with psychiatric/mental health problems and their families. The student examines major mental health problems across the lifespan, multiple treatment modalities, and specific intervention strategies. Selected clinical experiences in a variety of health care settings facilitate the development of knowledge and skill.
Note: Class three hours per week and clinicals 7.5 hours per week.
NU 340 Community Health Nursing (6 credit hours)
The role of the professional nurse in the primary level of health care is explored. Using client models, the nursing process, and adaptation models, students will help to plan therapeutic nursing interventions for individuals, families, and groups in a variety of community settings. In addition, the course will focus on community and family assessment, adaptation, communication, critical thinking and decision-making skills, epidemiology, research utilization, group process, and other strategies used in community health. Students will develop competence in a clinical practice setting.
Note: Class three hours per week and clinical 7.5 hours per week.
NU 347 Maternal Child Health (8 credit hours)
(class four hours/week plus clinical 12 hours/week)
This course focuses on the adaptation and health promotion of families including childbearing women, infants, children, and adolescents. It builds on previously acquired knowledge and skills and examines physiological, psychological, social, cultural, spiritual, ethical, legal, and professional issues of care. It helps the student develop a lifespan perspective while allowing an exploration of the special needs and problems of the childbearing women, infants, children, and adolescents. Selected clinical experiences in maternal-newborn settings, acute pediatric settings and community-based school help the learner begin to develop critical thinking skills and competence in family health nursing.
Note: Class four hours per week and clinical 12 hours per week.
NU 321 Aging (3 credit hours)
Misperceptions and lack of education about the aging process influence both the quality and outcomes of the nursing care being provided to our aging population. This course will examine the complexities and realities of caring for well and frail elders. Emphasis is focused on the multidimensional aspects of the aging process and the specialized nursing education required in caring for this population.
NU 345 Complex Care Nursing (6 credit hours)
In this synthesis course, students analyze the cultural, spiritual, and biopsychosocial needs of clients and their families who face complex multisystem health problems across the wellness-illness trajectory, with a focus on the transition from acute care to rehabilitation or long-term care in institutional settings. Using a case study approach, students examine the complex interrelationships between client/family, the health care system, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on adaptation, nursing process, and the professional role. Students apply critical thinking, decision-making, and communication skills in selected clinical settings that will enhance their ability to develop therapeutic nursing interventions.
Note: Class three hours per week, seminar class one hour per week, and clinical 150 hours per semester.
NU 403 Research (3 credit hours)
This course focuses on the translation of current evidence into nursing practice, including the identification of practice issues, appraisal and integration of evidence, and the evaluation of outcomes (AACN, 2008). Students develop the skills necessary for understanding, evaluating, and applying evidence in transforming nursing practice. Activities include in-depth study of the research process as it relates to the critique and evaluation of research, the synthesis of nursing research in the development of a review of the literature, and the dissemination of research findings.
This program is designed for students who currently hold a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing subject but want to pursue a nursing career. Here are the admission requirements.
The following courses must be completed before beginning the curriculum. All courses can be completed at Regis or at a previously attended university.
* Must have been completed within seven years of the intended start date.
** Must have been completed within 10 years of the intended starting date.
Admission Requirements
This program starts in September during the fall semester.
If you are interested in earning your Accelerated BSN but missed both application deadlines, we encourage you to apply anyway. We admit students on a space-available basis through a rolling admission model after March 1.
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For more than 95 years, Regis College has supported learners in their journey to realize their full potential, reach their personal and professional goals, and become forces of good in the world. It’s our mission to help empower women and men to challenge themselves as they prepare to serve and lead through education.
With our focus on student success and our commitment to social justice and service, we help students in the greater Boston area and around the globe achieve more and go further.
College Details
Regis College is a coed university 12 miles west of Boston in Weston, Mass. founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph Boston.
With more than 3,200 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students enrolled on campus and in fully online graduate programs, Regis provides an academically rigorous education within the schools of nursing, arts and sciences, business and communication, and health sciences.
College Details
The Young School of Nursing at Regis has consistently been recognized by the National League of Nursing as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education.
In line with Regis’ mission of providing innovative, industry-focused learning opportunities, the university offers academic partnerships with hospitals and local employers, a clinical dental center in Waltham, Mass., and bachelor’s completion and accelerated nursing programs at its campus in Lawrence, Mass.
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Our motto, Via Veritas Vita, translates to “the way and the truth and the light.” These words drive our mission of empowering learners through knowledge to live meaningful lives and contribute to our global society.
Today, Regis boasts an alumni network more than 20,000 strong. This supportive, tight-knit community has a history of professional success in the job market: 97% of our graduates find full-time work or pursue further education within six months of graduation.
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