RN to BSN Online: Complete Your Bachelor's on Your Schedule
You are already a registered nurse. Now earn the bachelor's that opens the door to leadership, specialty nursing, and higher pay, fully online and asynchronous, with clinical hours you complete in your own community.
- 100% Online and Asynchronous
- Built for Working RNs
- Clinical Hours in Your Own Community
- About 6 to 9 Hours a Week
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Program at a Glance
What You'll Learn
- Enhance critical thinking and evidence-based clinical judgment
- Perform whole-patient health assessment and early identification of issues
- Make ethical and legal decisions in complex healthcare environments
- Lead through delegation, quality improvement, and patient safety
- Apply current nursing research to direct patient care
- Build population health and community care competencies
Full Course List
Next start: September 21, 2026 — seats filling fast.
Admissions Requirements
- Active registered nurse licensure with an associate degree or diploma in nursing
- Ability to commit approximately 6 to 9 hours per week to coursework
- A self-directed, motivated approach to online learning
- Online application at nl.edu with no application fee
- Note: the program is not available to RNs licensed in California
While observing, I noticed that nurses were truly the backbone of the care, and I wanted to positively impact my patients with the care I could provide.
The RN-BSN is 100% online and asynchronous, with no required live sessions, so you complete coursework at the pace that works around your shifts.
Complete 88 clinical hours, 68 in-person and 20 virtual, in your home community. No relocation and no travel to a campus required.
A BSN builds the leadership, evidence-based practice, and health assessment skills that distinguish you for charge roles, specialty certifications, and graduate school.
Where Will Your Degree Take You?
The BSN is rapidly becoming the entry-level credential for hospital employment and the prerequisite for nursing leadership. NLU’s RN-BSN prepares working nurses to close the education gap without pausing their careers, building the leadership, health assessment, and evidence-based practice skills that employers increasingly require for specialty units, charge positions, and certification pathways.
Registered nurses earn a median of $93,600, with employment projected to grow about 5 percent through 2034 and roughly 189,100 openings a year (BLS, May 2024). Completing the degree is an investment that pays in both career options and long-term earning potential.
How to Apply in 3 Simple Steps
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Request Information
Submit the form above. An NLU nursing advisor will reach out within one business day to confirm your RN licensure and state eligibility.
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Connect With an Advisor
Your advisor reviews your RN license and prior transcripts, confirms program eligibility, and helps you plan coursework around your work commitments.
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Apply and Start Classes
Submit your application at nl.edu with no application fee. Next start: September 21, 2026.
Take the First Step
No commitment required. An NLU advisor will reach out within one business day to map your path to becoming a nurse.
Take the First Step- 100% Online and Asynchronous
- Built for Working RNs
- Clinical Hours in Your Own Community
- About 6 to 9 Hours a Week
*Salary and openings: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141), May 2024 (about 5% growth and 189,100 openings a year, 2024-2034).
**Program structure, online delivery, clinical hours, and state availability: National Louis University RN to B.S. in Nursing program page (nl.edu/school-of-nursing/programs/rn-to-bs-nursing).