Bachelor of Science in Nursing - RN to BSN Degree Completion Program

As the largest group in the US healthcare workforce, nurses are challenged to make a significant difference in the health outcomes of individuals and populations. The RN to BSN degree completion program at Colorado Technical University is designed to prepare nurses with the knowledge and skills needed to expand their practice options for a variety of clinical and administrative leadership activities and to manage change in an increasingly complex and diverse environment.

Building on a foundation of general education and core coursework, Colorado Technical University’s RN to BSN program major courses range from a review of the challenges and trends in nursing care to a nursing capstone seminar that will synthesize and apply prior learning.

CTU is dedicated to helping students create a career devoted to quality patient care by offering advanced education that can contribute to further development of critical thinking, clinical reasoning and analytical skills to prepare you for a broader scope of practice. Armed with sound business and organizational planning, students can learn how to lead and serve reflectively while utilizing organizational, business and clinical expertise. Students have an opportunity to practice visionary thinking while integrating care demands, industry-relevant practices and technologies into quality patient care.

  • Identify patient preferences, values and needs while recognizing the patient or their designee as the source of control in providing compassionate and coordinated nursing care
  • Demonstrate leadership and communication skills to improve the safety, quality, and cost of healthcare through active involvement of patients
  • Assess the role of the nurse and the need for open communication, mutual respect and shared decision-making with other healthcare providers in the team’s efforts to achieve quality outcomes for patient-centered care
  • Evaluate evidence-based practices within clinical expertise, patient preferences, and values for the integration of those practices in the delivery of quality health care
  • Design strategies using continuous quality improvement processes to improve the quality and safety of health care systems
  • Analyze strategies to optimize system effectiveness and individual performance that will minimize the risk of harm to patients and providers
  • Evaluate information and technology resources to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error and support decision-making in the delivery of health care
  • Apply knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, regulation, accreditation and trends in healthcare to active participation in the profession of nursing while serving as a patient advocate.

General Education

  • Macroeconomics
  • Professional Communications
  • Introduction to Healthcare Delivery Systems
  • Technological Applications in Healthcare Organizations
  • Statistics: Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Principles of Business
  • American Government
  • Ethics: The Hallmark of Leaders at All Levels
  • Sociology and Understanding Human Behavior: Groups
  • American Diversity: On Being Different

Core

  • Managing Human Resources
  • Organizational Behavior Principles
  • Challenges and Trends in Contemporary Nursing
  • Nursing Informatics
  • Population-Based Nursing
  • Alternative and Complementary Interventions
  • Safety and Quality Improvement in Nursing Practice
  • Health and Wellness Assessment
  • Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research
  • Leadership and Nursing Systems Management
  • Innovation in Nursing
  • Nursing Capstone Seminar
  • Abnormal Psychology

Degree/Cert Transfer

  • ADN/RN Associate Degree or Diploma in Nursing

Degrees and courses subject to change.

Notice to Registered Nurses: Every State’s Nurse Practice Act has regulations pertaining to Online Nursing Degrees. Therefore, RN students need to be aware of the regulations in their own state. The Nurse Practice Act for each state is found on the website for that particular State’s Board of Nursing.
Contact information for each State’s Board of Nursing is available on the website for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) www.ncsbn.org.

Admission to this program requires an unencumbered license to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the United States. Students must have graduated from a two year Associate Degree in Nursing or a three year Diploma Registered Nurse (RN) Program. International students must demonstrate proficiency
in the English Language, as measured by a TOEFL score of 550 or above; 213 or higher on the computer based exam.

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