- Built Around Your Experience
Our curriculum enhances the knowledge you already use every day as a practicing RN. You’ll build advanced skills in leadership, critical thinking, evidence-based practice, community health, and informatics. - Flexible and Fully Online
Learn at your own pace through asynchronous online courses. This program is ideal for nurses managing full-time jobs, family life, or both. - Accelerated Timeline
Complete your degree in as little as 10 months while continuing to work. This structure provides career momentum without putting your life on hold. - Tuition Assistance for HSHS Colleagues
Full tuition coverage is available for eligible full-time HSHS RN colleagues. - Clinical & Leadership Ready
Coursework prepares you for community-based care, evidence-based initiatives, and leadership roles that go beyond the bedside. - Your Voice Matters
Earning a BSN opens the door to greater recognition, professional impact, and the ability to influence the delivery of care.
RN to BSN
Take your nursing career to the next level with the RN to BSN program.
Advance Your Nursing Career
At St. John’s College of Nursing, the RN to BSN program is designed specifically for working registered nurses who are ready to take the next step. Entirely online and structured for flexibility, our program enables you to earn your BSN in just two semesters while balancing professional and personal commitments.
What Sets Us Apart
Who is This Program For?
The Career Climber
You’ve led countless shifts, trained others, and handled everything the floor throws your way. Now it’s time to be heard in leadership and advance into roles like educator, charge nurse, or clinical specialist.
Why now? Because your experience deserves recognition, and your next role may require a BSN.
The Early Career Improver
You made it through nursing school and the NCLEX—now you’re ready to grow. This program builds on your momentum, giving you early access to the best jobs, stronger skills, and more options.
Why now? Because a BSN opens doors that only widen as your career evolves.
The Life Balancer
You're holding it all together—at work, at home, and everywhere in between. We see you. This program is an investment in your future flexibility and security.
Why now? Because this is more than a degree—it’s a win for you and your family.
- Estimated Tuition: $10,000 for the program
- Additional costs may include books, clinical fees, uniforms, and technology
- Financial aid and scholarship opportunities are available
- Typically completed in 10 months (2 semesters)
- 100% Online
- Start Dates: Fall Admission
To be considered for programs at St. John's College, applicants must meet certain admission requirements.
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- NSG 321 Health Assessment Across the Lifespan
- NSG 325 Pathophysiology & Pharmacology Across the Lifespan
- NSG 327 Professional Nursing Practice
- NSG 427 Evidence-Based Nursing Research and Practice
- NSG 437 Community and Population Health Nursing
- NSG 439 Contemporary Nursing Leadership Practice
Open Doors. Lead Change. Expand Your Role.
A BSN is more than a credential; it’s a strategic move that expands your clinical scope, enhances your leadership potential, and prepares you for the next level of professional achievement.
Graduates of the RN to BSN program are prepared for:
Many of our graduates go on to serve in advanced roles within the Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) and other leading healthcare organizations across the Midwest and beyond.
A BSN is more than a credential; it’s a strategic move that expands your clinical scope, enhances your leadership potential, and prepares you for the next level of professional achievement.
Graduates of the RN to BSN program are prepared for:
- Leadership Roles: Charge nurse, nurse manager, clinical coordinator
- Specialty Certifications: Public health, informatics, education, case management
- Graduate Education: MSN, PhD, DNP, or Nurse Practitioner programs
- Higher Earning Potential: Many healthcare systems offer pay differentials for BSN-prepared nurses
- Broader Opportunities: Access to Magnet hospitals, academic health centers, and federal agencies
Many of our graduates go on to serve in advanced roles within the Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) and other leading healthcare organizations across the Midwest and beyond.
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely. Whether you've been practicing for decades or are newly licensed, the RN to BSN program builds on your foundation.
Yes. The program is designed for working RNs. All courses are delivered asynchronously online, allowing you to complete assignments around your work and personal schedule.
Yes. While there are no traditional clinical rotations, the program includes applied practicum hours through a community health project and a leadership practicum embedded in coursework.
Yes. Academic accommodations are coordinated through the Dean of Students and must be renewed each semester.
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Yes. The program requires a minimum of 80 transfer credits, including general education and nursing coursework. Our team will evaluate your transcripts and guide you through the process.
Yes. Payment plans, scholarships, and federal financial aid are available. Eligible full-time HSHS RN colleagues may qualify for full tuition coverage.
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Admission is offered for the fall semester only.
Yes. The BSN degree expands your professional scope and prepares you for leadership roles, specialty certifications, and graduate programs such as MSN, DNP, or NP.
