The University of Pittsburgh is a public university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pitt offers a fully accredited RN to BSN program and was ranked as the seventh best nursing school in the country in 2007 by U.S. News & World Report. The RN to BSN program at Pitt is an accelerated program that leads to a bachelor's degree in nursing and gives graduates opportunities to earn credit and entry into the master's degree program in nursing. Some of the classes in this program are nutrition for clinical practice, nursing research, ethics in nursing and health care, foundations of nursing practice and advance clinical problem solving. Some of the classes in this program can be challenged by exam for exemption from having to take the class, thus making the program shorter. Generally, it will take 1 to 2 years to graduate from this program.
University of Pittsburgh
4200 5th Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-624-4141
pitt.edu
University of California Los Angeles is a public university located in Los Angeles, California. The School of Nursing at UCLA was ranked as the 12th best nursing school in the country in the 2007 U.S. News & World Report college rankings. This program is fully accredited and can be completed in six semesters. Some of the course work prepares students for graduate-level classes, should they wish to continue into the master's program at UCLA. Some of the bachelor's-level nursing classes are: fundamentals of epidemiology, culture, illness and healing, public health nursing, mental health and illness, and fundamentals of professional nursing. Graduates of this program earn bachelor's degrees in nursing and are eligible for acceptance into the university's accelerated master's degree program.
University of California-Los Angeles
405 Hilgard Ave
Los Angeles, California 90095
310-206-0222
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University of Texas at Austin is a public university located in Austin, Texas. According to the U.S. News & World Report's 2007 college rankings, UT's nursing program was ranked as the 19th best nursing school in the country. The RN to BSN program at UT is fully accredited and leads to a bachelor's degree in nursing. This is a 120-credit program that typically can be completed in 1 to 2 years. Some of the classes are: adult health nursing, clinical nursing skills, nursing care of childbearing families, and mental health nursing across the lifespan. Students are given an opportunity to earn graduate-level credits and be accepted into the master's degree program in nursing.
University of Texas at Austin
108 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78712-1043
512-471-3974
utexas.edu