Nursing: RN-to-BSN

There is a mentor experience in the last professional course of your RN-BSN program, though it is a very different experience from that of your clinical in an ASN program.

This mentor experience in your final semester will allow you to work with a nurse mentor based on your area of interest in nursing.

Yes! Labouré is a partner in MassTransfer for graduates of a Massachusetts Community College. The partnership is an agreement for transfer between Community Colleges and Private Colleges in Massachusetts and provides seamless transfer of your associate degree to a bachelor’s degree program. Admissions criteria must be met for each program as outlined on the Labouré College of Healthcare website and the MassTransfer website (https://www.mass.edu/ma-guarantee).

The purpose of the Labouré College of Healthcare RN-BSN Nursing Program is to move the associate degree nurses beyond basic nursing skills to advanced pathophysiology, critical thinking, leadership and management, and evidence-based practice research skills. The program prepares registered nurses for a generalist professional practice in a variety of setting and provides graduates with a foundation for graduate study and life-long learning. 

By completion of the BSN program, the graduate will be able to: 

1. Synthesize knowledge from a broad-based liberal arts and sciences core curriculum with nursing science to generate innovative and valid clinical decisions.
2. Recognize basic organization models and exhibit a potential for leadership and quality care within the present-day healthcare arena.
3. Cultivate values, beliefs and practices which embody a framework for implementation of evidence-based practice and scholarship.
4. Incorporate the use of communication and informatics to broaden the scope of clinical practice and critical thinking.
5. Participate in the sociopolitical process that affects nursing practice.
6. Examine concepts of individual and population health initiatives for the promotion of health and prevention of disease across the lifespan.
7. Engage in professionalism, leadership and management skills to promote collaboration and to cultivate a safe and caring environment. 

The RN-BSN program utilizes the 2008 Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice as the organizing framework for the program.

Program Completion: At least 70% of the students admitted will graduate within 150% of the time of the stated program length beginning with the enrollment in the RN-BSN program. 

Job Placement Rates: At least 80% of the graduates will be employed at the time of the completion of the RN-BSN program. 

Program Satisfaction: A mean of at least 4 out of a 1 - 7 point Likert scale for graduates responding to the graduate survey distributed within one year after graduation will indicate overall satisfaction with the program and preparation as a nurse according to core competencies.