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Registered Nurse to Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing

Mission Statement

The Stabler Department of Nursing offers a baccalaureate degree program that leads to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). The mission of York College of Pennsylvania Stabler Department of Nursing is for faculty to partner with students to build on previous learning and provide evidenced-based care to diverse populations through innovation, equity, and inclusion. 

Program Goals

Program outcomes reflect the AACN Essential Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education as outlined by the following domains:

Outcome 1 (Domain #1): Knowledge for Nursing Practice

• Integrate, translate, and apply knowledge from the arts, sciences, humanities, and the evolving discipline of nursing as the basis for clinical judgment and nursing practice.

Outcome 2 (Domain #2): Person-Centered Care

• Provide person-centered care that is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate.

Outcome 3 (Domain #3): Population Health

• Engage in healthcare delivery that supports the improvement of health outcomes across all populations and entities from preventive care to disease management.

Outcome 4 (Domain #4): Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline

• Discover, appraise, and disseminate a basic level of evidence synthesis and dissemination related to nursing knowledge to improve health and transform healthcare.

Outcome 5 (Domain #5): Quality and Safety

• Employ established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science to minimize risk of harm for patients and providers.

Outcome 6 (Domain #6): Interprofessional Partnership

• Engage in collaboration with healthcare team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to optimize care, and strengthen health related outcomes.

Outcome 7 (Domain #7): Systems-Based Practice

• Communicate and coordinate with available resources to effectively provide safe, quality care to diverse populations.

Outcome 8 (Domain #8): Informatics and Healthcare Technologies

• Use information and communication technologies to understand evidence-based knowledge required to provide efficient health care services in accordance with regulatory standards.

Outcome 9 (Domain #9): Professionalism

• Form a nursing identity that embraces professional nurse characteristics, accountability, integrity, and values.

Outcome 10 (Domain #10): Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development

• Demonstrate commitment to personal well-being, self-reflection, professional growth, and leadership development.

Program Contact Information

Information on applying is available at https://onlinenursing.ycp.edu/

Admission

Application for admission to the RN to BSN Program may be made for fall, spring, or summer sessions. To be considered for admission, applicants should submit their applications and all required supporting materials to the York College Admissions Office via online application.

Requirements for Admission

Registered nurses who have graduated from an NLNAC accredited program and meet requirements are eligible for direct articulation into the RN to BSN program. YCP offers 100% general education block transfer for students with an associate degree (A.S., A.D.N.).

A student must have a valid, unencumbered RN License in the United States to qualify for admission. For nurses awaiting NCLEX results, conditional admittance may be possible.

Applicants are granted credit for nursing coursework completed (56 automatic credits for prelicensure nursing/science courses is given with a valid RN license).  Other transfer credits are determined by the registrar’s office after a review of transcripts. For other transfer credits, a maximum of 75 credits will be accepted from two-year colleges and unlimited credits from a four-year school. However, regardless of the number of credits brought in, students must complete the last 30 uninterrupted credit hours at York College to meet the residency rule and be eligible for a degree.  The 120 total credits must also be met with additional general elective courses if the student brings in less than 90 credits.

Nurses who have previously completed a baccalaureate education in another major from another institution are required to complete only the required nursing and support courses. Students who already hold a bachelor’s degree from York College should discuss their specific requirements with their advisor.

Suggested Course sequence: Students in the RN to BSN program do not follow a regular course sequence due to individual credits that have been transferred to York College and the requirements that an individual needs to complete the degree (at least 120 credits). The program is online with coursework completed over consecutive 7 week sessions. Students must work closely with their Academic Advisor to establish a degree completion plan.

‍Academic Policies

Grading, Progress, and Dismissal

• Candidates for BSN degrees in nursing are required to earn at least a 2.0 in every course in order to progress through the curriculum and graduate. Courses in which the student earns less than a  2.0 must be repeated. The student is allowed to repeat a course one time only.  A second failure in the repeated course results in automatic dismissal from the program.
• Professors may give a course grade of incomplete (“INC”) if circumstances justify an extension of time required to complete course requirements. A student with an “INC” grade in any course that is a prerequisite to another course will not be allowed to progress in the subsequent course until the “INC” in the prerequisite course has been removed and replaced with a 2.0 or better. Students with two “INC’s” may not progress to any subsequent course. The “INC” must be resolved within 60 days or the “INC” automatically turns to a failure (0.0) according to college policy.
• Several courses have practice experience hours (NUR320, NUR421, NUR456) and require the student to obtain a preceptor and submit clinical logs. Failure to complete the required experience hours and/or failure to submit the signed clinical log will result in failure of the course.
• Students are expected to exhibit personal and professional attributes that are consistent with effective nursing practice.Conduct consistent with the ethical and professional standards of the discipline is  required. Violation of these standards is grounds for dismissal.

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