RN-MSN Program

Program Description

The RN-MSN program is designed to offer registered nurses an opportunity to complete their baccalaureate and masters education in an accelerated track. The classes are offered online and in the evenings, and are convenient for adult students. Students holding an RN license will complete 34 hours of credit in nursing classes from JU for their BSN. Of those credits, 19 are undergraduate and 15 are graduate credits. Students can either finish with their BSN or continue and obtain their MSN in the cognate of choice for only 21 additional graduate credit hours.

The RN-MSN program combines the online and campus based format giving students both the flexibility of the online program and the one-on-one interaction of traditional classes. BSN courses are taught online and MSN courses are taught on campus.

Upon acceptance in the RN-MSN program the student will receive 30 hours of credit for their RN licensure. These credits will be posted on their JU transcript along with a completion of an AA degree from a Florida Community College, or transfer credit for all non-nursing required courses listed under JU’s Core educational requirements. The BSN core requirements consist of Nutrition, Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II, Microbiology, Chemistry (with lab), Human Growth and Development, and Statistics. It is encouraged that all students enter the RN-MSN program with all of the prerequisite courses completed, however one on one academic advising is tailored to meet the individual students needs in each program.

For more information on this program please contact Laura Winn at lwinn@ju.edu