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UPIKE’s RN-BSN program allows nurses who have their ADN to complete coursework online to earn their BSN. The program offers competitive pricing, is nationally accredited and is 100 percent distance learning.
Through the RN-BSN program’s fully-online format, working registered nurses are empowered to advance their careers on their schedules. Currently accepting applications!
NUR 308 Scholarship and Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice Students develop the knowledge and skills to translate current evidence into practice and choose a topic of interest that is developed into a mini-proposal and presentation. NUR 401 Population-Based Nursing Care Students are introduced to the concept of community health and the application of health promotion, disease and injury prevention at the local, national and global population levels. NUR 405 Nursing Synthesis and Capstone Students present a project that synthesizes the knowledge, skills and attitudes of baccalaureate generalist nursing practice gained in the curriculum.
Upon completion of the University of Pikeville baccalaureate degree for registered nurses, the graduate will: 1. Integrate knowledge, concepts, and theories of various disciplines from the liberal arts and sciences with nursing practice. 2. Incorporate interprofessional perspectives in communicating, applying, and evaluating coordinated, person-centered care with the patient and within multiple contexts. 3. Utilize knowledge and skills of health promotion, disease- and injury- prevention across the lifespan to improve health in individuals and diverse populations. 4. Integrate evidence and clinical judgment in the translation, application, and dissemination of knowledge to improve person-centered care and health across populations. 5. Employ knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide quality and safety in healthcare delivery to diverse populations within complex systems. 6. Utilize knowledge and skills in information management and patient care technology in the delivery of person-centered care. 7. Apply professional standards and values for the discipline of nursing to one’s transition as a baccalaureate generalist nurse with competency in personal, professional, and leadership development as identified by standards of nursing.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Clinical Nursing Instructor Family Nurse Practitioner Staff Nurse
Appalachian Hospice Care Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Baptist Health, Lexington, KY Eastern Kentucky University Frontier Nursing University Highlands Regional Medical Center Pikeville Medical Center University of Kentucky, Albert B. Chandler Hospital University of Kentucky U.S. Air Force
RN-BSN students must complete practicum hours in two courses, NUR 401: Population Based Nursing Care and 405: Nursing Synthesis and Capstone, with a satisfactory final course grade.
Course syllabi in NUR 401 and NUR 405 will provide a more detailed description of practicum expectations and requirements. Practicum hours can be completed in the area where you live.
The Elliott School of Nursing is announcing a Spring 2024 start for the RN to BSN completion program, learn more here!
The baccalaureate nursing program at The University of Pikeville located in Pikeville, Kentucky is accredited by the:
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400Atlanta, GA 30326(404) 975-5000http://www.acenursing.org
The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the baccalaureate nursing program is Continuing Accreditation.
You can view the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this program at https://www.acenursing.org/search-programs/entry/3295/
“I am so thankful that UPIKE not only gave me the knowledge base to face caring for my patients during a pandemic but also the ability to care for them confidently, right here at home.” Kara Chaney Tackett, RN, BSN/RN-BSN Class of 2020/Pikeville, KY
“I am so thankful that UPIKE not only gave me the knowledge base to face caring for my patients during a pandemic but also the ability to care for them confidently, right here at home.”
Kara Chaney Tackett, RN, BSN/RN-BSN Class of 2020/Pikeville, KY
Administrative Assistant, Division of Nursing(606) 218-5750, Fax: (606) 218-5768JessicaWilliamson@upike.edu