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RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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Overview

The RN to BSN Program delivers a unique educational opportunity for Registered Nurses to complete a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in Alaska. Courses are offered in 7-week modules via distance delivery and will start each Fall semester.

Create a Pathway. The creation of our program addresses the ongoing nursing shortage and offers a new pathway for growing a sustainable nursing workforce in our State.

Timely Response to Workforce Needs. The creation of APU’s RN to BSN Program is a timely response to the needs of Alaskans. Our program incorporates indigenous ways of knowing and seeks to prepare Registered Nurses to embrace their role as health and wellness advocates for Alaska Natives.

Degree Fit

The RN to BSN Program ensures that our existing Alaska-based Registered Nurses can continue to provide care in local health facilities while pursuing higher education and professional goal attainment. Our distinctive program not only provides an educational pathway for Registered Nurses to attain their bachelor’s degree in Nursing (RN-BSN), but delivers an education that is grounded in cultural competence and cultural safety.

Career Outcomes

As the focus of healthcare shifts to primary prevention and care at the community level, the need for BSN-prepared nurses grows. Registered Nurses who attain a BSN degree have greater job placement opportunities and increased earning potential throughout the State of Alaska.

Requirements

Interested applicants must have a current, unencumbered RN license on file and be in compliance with Alaska or other Nurse Practice Acts. Please see APU Apply Site for additional information.

Accreditation

Alaska Board of Nursing
12 AAC 44.020. TYPES OF PROGRAM APPROVAL
Regulation – (b) Provisional approval may be granted to a nursing education program that has not been in operation long enough to meet the requirements set out in 12 AAC 44.010 – 12 AAC 44.140. A nursing education program that is granted provisional approval may conduct the program and offer nursing classes and clinical instruction until the board’s final decision on the program’s application for full approval under 12 AAC 44.040.

On November 4th, 2020, the Alaska Board of Nursing voted unanimously to continue to provisionally approve the Alaska Pacific University nursing programs.

Accreditation Commission for Excellence in Nursing
Effective March 3, 2020, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Alaska Pacific University, located in Anchorage, Alaska is a candidate for initial accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. This candidacy status expires on March 2022.

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 975-5000

View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this candidate program at http://www.acenursing.us/candidates/candidacy.asp

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Institute & Program Area

The Institute of Health & Wellness promotes the advancement of knowledge, understanding, and reasoning in Counseling Psychology, Health Sciences, and Nursing. Honoring Alaska’s complex and distinctive histories, health care services, and systems of care, the Institute prepares students to address and engage in stewardship of our peoples and communities to promote community health and wellness for all.

Move with courage and compassion. Explore the art and science of being a human. At APU, we emphasize positive psychology, applied learning, and take a wellness and strengths-based approach to counseling and the helping fields. With individualized attention from a dedicated faculty, our life-friendly degree programs prepare students from the bachelor’s to the doctoral level for dynamic counseling careers. Our degrees prepare you to work on the challenges and changes you desire to see in your community and in the world.

Renee Georg, Associate Professor:

People are fascinating! In Counseling Psychology we study people, what they do, how they think, and how experiences impact their lives and attitudes; we study ourselves. Upon graduation, students are prepared to advance through the helping professions and to apply what they have learned about people to a wide variety of career and life goals.

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