List of Accelerated Nursing Programs

University of Washington

• The University of Washington is a public university in Seattle. UW is the best nursing school in the United States, according to U.S. News. UW offers a fully accredited, accelerated bachelor's degree program that can be completed in about one year. Classes include Partnerships in Community Health, Psychosocial Nursing in Health and Illness, Care in Illness, Health Care Systems. Human Responses and Transition to Professional Practice. Graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) to become a licensed registered nurse.

  University of Washington
  1959 NE Pacific Street,
  Seattle, WA 98195
  206-543-8736
  son.washington.edu/

University of Pennsylvania

• The University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Philadelphia and was ranked by U.S. News as the third-best nursing school in the U.S. Penn offers two accelerated programs that are fully accredited, a bachelor's degree program and a master's program. Classes in the bachelor's program include Introduction to Nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Nursing of the Childbearing Family, and Nursing Care of the Older Adult. It generally takes about one year to complete the accelerated bachelor's degree program, and graduates are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN to become a licensed registered nurse. The accelerated master's program is a combined curriculum in which graduates earn bachelor's and master's degrees. The bachelor's degree portion takes about two years, while the master's program's length varies depending on the speciality chosen. It generally takes four to five years to graduate from the accelerated BSN/MSN program.

  University of Pennsylvania
  3451 Walnut Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19104-6243
  215-898-5000
  upenn.edu/

University of Texas Health and Science Center Houston

• The University of Texas Health and Science Center Houston is a part of the Texas public university system and is located in the biggest city in Texas. UTHSC offers fully accredited accelerated bachelor's degree programs for students with a bachelor's degree in another field and licensed registered nurses. Both programs are three semesters and take about one year to complete. Graduates are awarded a bachelor's degree in nursing. The classes vary between the programs. The second degree option coursework includes gerontologic nursing, community health nursing practice, pathophysiology and pharmacotherapeutics. Some of the classes RNs take include health assessment for RNs, community health practice for RNs, synthesis for RNs and role transition for RNs. Graduates of the second degree option will be eligible to take the NCLEX-RN to become a licensed registered nurse.

  University of Texas Health and Science Center Houston
  6901 Bertner
  Houston, TX 77030
  713-500-2100
  son.uth.tmc.edu/