Expand Your Nursing Education, Grow Your Career
Licensed RNs who hold an Associate Degree in Nursing can earn a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Nursing online for $12,000*. Nurses who earn a (BS) in nursing degree gain valuable leadership and clinical skills, are eligible for more jobs, and earn a higher salary.
Program Effectiveness Outcomes
Graduates of the RN-BS emphasis will achieve the following:
- Deliver safe, evidence-based patient-centered nursing care.
- Advocate for the well-being of patients and the profession as leaders and managers.
- Apply foundations of knowledge in humanities and sciences to professional nursing practice.
- Collaborate and communicate effectively to improve patient outcomes.
- Demonstrate professionalism consistent with standards of moral, ethical and legal nursing practice.
- Utilize information management and technologies to lead safe, quality patient care.
- Integrate theory and research into evidence-based practice.
- Recognize that health care delivery and professional nursing practice occur within contexts of social, economic and political environments.
- Promote health and healthy behaviors through collaborative population-focused interventions.
Program Information
Semester 1
NURS 3440 – Role Transitions
NURS 3470 – Health Promotion & Clinical Prevention
NURS 3322 – Information Tech & Evidence‑based Practice
NURS 3360 – Health Systems & Populations I
Upper Division Elective
Semester 2
NURS 3490 – Assessing Health Indicators
NURS 4365 – Health Systems & Populations II
NURS 4430 – Clinical Applications of Research & EBP
NURS 4451 – Leadership
Semester run consecutively (Fall, Spring, and Summer). Course sequence may vary based on semester start. Courses build upon each other; students are expected to follow their exact plan of study as deviations may impact learning. However, if students encounter life event which may necessitate a change in the program of study, they may work with their academic advisor to build a new plan of study.
2-semester track students must have passed the NCLEX by the end of semester 1.
This is a sample program of study only and is subject to change–students will receive final program of study during the onboarding process.
View the University of Utah Catalog.
Semester 1
NURS 3440 – Role Transitions
NURS 3322 – Information Tech & Evidence‑based Practice
Upper Division Elective
Semester 2
NURS 3360 – Health Systems & Populations I
NURS 3470 – Health Promotion & Clinical Prevention
NURS 4451 – Leadership
Semester 3
NURS 3490 – Assessing Health Indicators
NURS 4365 – Health Systems & Populations II
NURS 4430 – Clinical Applications of Research & EBP
Semester run consecutively (Fall, Spring, and Summer). Course sequence may vary based on semester start. Courses build upon each other; students are expected to follow their exact plan of study as deviations may impact learning. However, if students encounter life event which may necessitate a change in the program of study, they may work with their academic advisor to build a new plan of study.
3-semester track students must have passed the NCLEX by the end of semester 1.
This is a sample program of study only and is subject to change–students will receive final program of study during the onboarding process.
View the University of Utah Catalog.
Semester 1
NURS 3440 – Role Transitions
NURS 3470 – Health Promotion & Clinical Prevention
Upper Division Elective
Semester 2
NURS 3360 – Health Systems & Populations I
NURS 3490 – Assessing Health Indicators
Semester 3
NURS 3322 – Information Tech & Evidence‑based Practice
NURS 4365 – Health Systems & Populations II
Semester 4
NURS 4451 – Leadership
NURS 4430 – Clinical Applications of Research & EBP
Semester run consecutively (Fall, Spring, and Summer). Course sequence may vary based on semester start. Courses build upon each other; students are expected to follow their exact plan of study as deviations may impact learning. However, if students encounter life event which may necessitate a change in the program of study, they may work with their academic advisor to build a new plan of study.
4-semester track students must have passed the NCLEX by the end of semester 1.
This is a sample program of study only and is subject to change–students will receive final program of study during the onboarding process.
View the University of Utah Catalog.
Application Deadlines
Contact Us
RN-BS Program Director
Amanda Keddington, DNP, MSN Ed, RN, CCRN, OCN, NPD-BC
Amanda.Keddington@nurs.utah.edu
RN-BS Program Manager
Kristen Mahoney
(801) 587-7605
kristen.mahoney@nurs.utah.edu
Office of Student Services
(801) 587-3194
Questions about admissions?
admissions@nurs.utah.edu