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To prepare graduates who are skilled in promoting or maintaining health by delivering skilled, compassionate, client-centered care to individuals, families, and communities utilizing cultural and ethical understanding while demonstrating leadership and life-long inquiry.

To offer an accredited baccalaureate program within the context of a scientific foundation and breadth of a liberal education leading to a professional nursing degree. Excellence in teaching, productive scholarship, and contributions to the nursing profession and the community will be evidenced.

The goals for the 91ÌÒÉ« Nursing Program are to assist its students to:  

1. Integrate knowledge from the humanities, physical sciences, and social sciences and to recognize and support diversity in the practice of nursing.  
2. Use evidence-based skilled nursing practice to promote, maintain, and restore health across the life span to individuals, families, and groups in a variety of healthcare settings.  
3. Become beginning professional nurses who embody legal, cultural, and ethical understanding to deliver patient-centered care in a collaborative, caring, and safe manner.  
4. Utilize critical-thinking skills to formulate skillful, caring nursing interventions to effectively meet healthcare challenges for individuals, families, and/or communities.  
5. Utilize current gerontological knowledge to maintain and restore health to aging clients or to support a peaceful end-of-life.  
6. Value and confidently use appropriate healthcare technologies to enhance the care of patients.  
7. Model an understanding of the role of the professional nurse as a leader who recognizes the importance of effective communication skills, the understanding of resource demands, the promotion of teamwork, and the need to be flexible and delegate appropriately to achieve quality patient outcomes.  
8. Demonstrate a spirit of inquiry, an understanding of self, and a commitment to lifelong learning.

CCNE Accreditation 

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master’s degree program in nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program at Elms College are accredited by the , 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791. The baccalaureate degree program is fully approved by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.

To be considered for the RN to BSN program, you must: 

• Have an associate degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing  
• Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 on college/university courses completed prior to admission  
• Possess an unencumbered Massachusetts license to practice as a registered nurse in the United States by the start of the program  
• Provide official transcripts from all universities/colleges attended  
• Submit one academic or professional recommendation

91ÌÒÉ« accepts up to 90 credits from regionally accredited colleges and universities. 

91ÌÒɫ’s RN to BSN program has two start dates. If you would like to start in September, the application deadline is April 1. If you would like to start in January, the application deadline is November 1.

91ÌÒÉ« offers a comprehensive university experience at an affordable cost—with many options for financial aid. Visit our Cost and Aid page to learn more. 

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