Our Unique BSN Bachelor’s Completion Program

If you are currently a licensed registered nurse seeking a bachelor’s degree to advance, you'll be interested in our unique BSN RN completion program. This program uses an exclusively online curriculum to give you the convenience and flexibility a busy nursing schedule may demand. By earning this degree, you'll be poised for career advancement with important skills to match your clinical experience:

• Critical thinking
• Leadership and management skills 
• Applied research
• Self-directed learning

You also have the option to complete a specialty in medical case management in place of nursing electives as part of your completion program. The completion program is approved by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc.   

Are You Eligible for Advanced Standing?

If you are a nursing major, have an associate’s degree and a current RN license, DU will grant you Advanced Standing status. This means you receive the equivalent 64 credit hours for: 

• Health related classes
• All required biology
• Anatomy and physiology
• Microbiology
• All associate degree nursing courses

Are You Eligible for a Special Tuition Discount?

If you are employed by a hospital with Michigan Health and Hospital Association (MHA) membership, you qualify for a 25% tuition discount. 

In-Demand Careers

In February 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) named Registered Nurse as the highest growth occupation through the year 2020. The BLS also reported median registered nursing salaries ranged from $44,410 and $67,720, with higher salaries (up to $95,000) in certain specialties or type of practice. Your BSN degree opens doors to a wide range of careers, such as:

• Floor Nurse
• Private Practice Nurse
• Nursing Informatics 
• Forensic Nursing 
• Legal Nursing Practice
• Acute Care Nursing 
• Military Nursing 
• Nursing Education (hospital-based)
• Nursing Faculty (university-based) 
• Public Health Nursing

The DU Advantage

• Low student-to-faculty ratio
• One-on-one relationships with faculty
• Faculty members who are working professionals in the fields they teach
• High-quality coursework
• Specializing in careers of the future
• Online best practice
• Online state-of-the-art technology and support

Want More?

You should also know that the DU BSN is the perfect complement to our new Master of Science (MSN) in Nursing. As a BSN student, ask your enrollment advisor early if you are considering going on to the graduate level.

STAR Program® University Certification

Davenport is the first university in the nation to offer the STAR Program University. The online program provides leading-edge comprehensive training in cancer rehabilitation for healthcare professionals including nursing and allied health.

The program enables you, as a current professional, to advance your knowledge and clinical skills in the rapidly expanding areas of survivorship training and cancer rehabilitation that have many unmet needs. You will become STAR Clinician® Certified upon completion of the 10 three-hour online STAR Program University Training Modules and graduation from DU—providing you an important distinction on your resume in the healthcare marketplace.