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Program Overview

Full time for 16 months • Cohort Model
Charlotte and Providence Start Dates: Jan 6, 2025 (Spring) • May 5, 2025 (Summer) • Aug 25, 2025 (Fall)

STUDENTS ENROLLED AT THE CHARLOTTE CAMPUS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A $15,000 SPRING 2025 COHORT SCHOLARSHIP

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´óÏó´«Ã½ is excited to announce our new Accelerated Second Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN), an accelerated program designed for individuals who already hold an earned bachelor’s degree or higher and wish to pursue nursing as a career. The ABSN program is aligned with the university’s current strategic plan and is designed to help address the nationwide nursing shortage.

Nursing courses will be completed over four sequential, full-time semesters during this 16-month program, which is offered at ´óÏó´«Ã½’s Providence, Rhode Island and Charlotte, North Carolina campuses.

The “cohort model” means that the small group you start with (your “cohort”) stays together through the duration of the program, forming a close bond and growing as practitioners together.

The university’s decades of hospitality and culinary excellence provide the foundation for ´óÏó´«Ã½’s patient-centered, empathetic, and holistic approach to healthcare education.

Request Program Info

Complete the signup form below to receive program updates and other information about our Nursing program. Choose your campus preference: Providence or Charlotte.

Throughout the admissions process, you’ll receive personalized support from a dedicated enrollment counselor to guide you and help answer your questions. Filling out this form is also a way to connect with an enrollment counselor and verify your eligibility for the program.

Apply to ´óÏó´«Ã½’s Nursing Program

Applications are now open via NursingCAS for Providence and Charlotte. To apply:

• Complete the online application process through NursingCAS for Spring 2025, Summer 2025 and Fall 2025 start dates. Include the application fee.
• Request official college transcripts from each attended institution be sent to NursingCAS.

Unlock Your Passion for Healthcare in a Team-Based Environment

Interprofessional education (IPE) is a cornerstone of ´óÏó´«Ã½’s College of Health & Wellness, and it has proven effective for setting students up for success in a team-based, cooperative workplace.

What does this mean for you?

As healthcare becomes more reliant on technology and big data to inform treatment and management modalities, team-based competencies have become crucial for delivering effective, patient-centered care.

´óÏó´«Ã½’s program emphasizes the interdisciplinary and interprofessional connections between our health-focused majors so that students can see how the same concept is applied in different areas. Our students are educated alongside the colleagues they will ultimately work with once they graduate — an approach designed to stretch their ability to see things from different perspectives and enable them to be better clinicians and practitioners.

“The program aims fill the theory-practice gap, enabling our students to be ready to meet the challenges of today’s ever-changing healthcare industry,” notes Kiley Medeiros, interim program director for the Providence ABSN. “We are able to offer multi-disciplinary, interprofessional, simulation, and various hands-on clinical experiences to prepare our students to enter the healthcare workforce as a new registered nurse, and ultimately improve health outcomes.”

The program culminates in clinical rotations that provide hands-on experience and exposure to different specialties in healthcare, including pediatrics, obstetrics, acute care, mental health and community health. From working with healthcare professionals to understanding the complexities of delivering care as a team, it is a great way to apply and sharpen the skills learned as part of the Nursing foundation at ´óÏó´«Ã½.

ABSN Program Mission

The mission of ´óÏó´«Ã½’s Nursing program is to prepare graduates for professional nursing roles in an ever-changing healthcare environment and global community while practicing intellectual curiosity that promotes lifelong learning.

ABSN Program Philosophy

Nursing care and nursing education require competence to meet the needs of a diverse and ever-fluid healthcare and academic environment. These competencies require nurses and educators to continuously expand their underlying knowledge and skill base to allow for the acceptance and awareness of new evidence-based practices and approaches to client care that are diverse and inclusive to all.

We reach these competencies through opportunities for our students, graduates, and faculty to engage in real-world learning opportunities focused on interprofessional relationships, assisting clients of all health populations, socio-economic/educational levels, and age groups to manage their health status with respect, dignity, and purpose.

How ´óÏó´«Ã½’s Program Is Structured

´óÏó´«Ã½’s program design is based on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)’s , which broadly defines the following 10 domains of competence:

• Knowledge for Nursing Practice
• Person-Centered Care
• Population Health
• Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline
• Quality and Safety
• Interprofessional Partnerships
• Systems-Based Practice
• Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
• Professionalism
• Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development

Once completed, graduates of ´óÏó´«Ã½’s program will be prepared to take the NCLEX-RN(r), the national licensing exam for registered nurses. (Individual states may require specific licensing or professional certification in addition to earning a degree in order to practice in the field. For more information, visit the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Catalog’s .)

Facilities

Providence and Charlotte Simulation Centers

Both campuses have fully functional simulation centers designed to mimic a wide range of medical scenarios across the patient lifespan. They can accommodate up to 40 students and faculty.

“Our students are going to be practice ready on day one, and that is one of the big focuses and goals of our program,” explains Medeiros.

Functional specs for the Centers are as follows:

• 7 adult beds, 1 obstetrics bed, 1 pediatric bed, and 2 bassinets
• a high-fidelity suite that includes two high fidelity simulation rooms with a shared control room
• a large simulation space for the practice of essential competencies
• debriefing room(s) that can double as classrooms
• Projection screens to allow students to observe, document and refine one-on-one interactions

´óÏó´«Ã½ Providence’s Nursing program is located in the newly-renovated Johnson Hall. The second floor houses offices and meeting spaces, with the Simulation Center on the third floor.

A short walk away is the Academic Center, which serves as a hub of interprofessional experiential learning for students across the university’s College of Health & Wellness, including those in occupational therapy, dietetics and applied nutrition, exercise and sport science, health science and public health.

Charlotte’s Nursing program will be housed on the fifth floor of the Academic Center, adjacent to the Biology classrooms.

Simulation Center Technical Specs (Both Campuses)

8-Laerdal® Human Patient Simulators

• 1 High fidelity adult human simulator
• 1 High fidelity Women’s Health/Obstetrics human simulator
• 1 High fidelity Newborn human simulator
• High fidelity Child human simulator
• 1 High fidelity Infant human simulator
• 3 Medium fidelity Adult human simulators

Laerdal® Sim-Cloud

• Faculty access to multiple pre-programed case scenarios across the lifespan; used in conjunction with the human patient simulators

Laerdal® Sim-Capture

• Audio-visual system used in the simulation center

Various Task Trainers

• Products that allow the student to practice invasive nursing skills and procedures such as IV catheter insertion, urinary catheter insertion, naso-gastric tube insertion and many other skills

Sim2Grow

• An electronic medication administration and electronic health record system that replicates the process of safe medication administration and appropriate documentation

Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI)

• A comprehensive testing and review system that assists in the preparation of the student to successfully pass the NCLEX-RN® exam; education, testing, and remediation; along with multiple resources to assist faculty in teaching and course delivery

ABSN Program Outcomes

• 1. Use knowledge and skills required in the field of nursing practice to administer client care.
• 2. Design and deliver person-centered client care across diverse health populations and settings.
• 3. Provide evidence-based client care informed by the use of scholarship and appropriate information and healthcare technologies.
• 4. Use a systems-based approach to deliver client care aligned with essential principles of quality and safety within the field of nursing practice.
• 5. Integrate interprofessional partnerships into the planning and delivery of client care.
• 6. Demonstrate professionalism required in the field of nursing practice through personal, professional, and leadership development.

Sample Accelerated Nursing Courses

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SEMESTER 2:

SEMESTER 3:

SEMESTER 4:

_{Note: Sample courses are in development at this stage and may change slightly by the time this program is rolled out. This is a partial listing only.}

Program Tuition

Note that the ABSN program is a second bachelor’s degree program, and the availability of Federal Financial Aid may be limited based on any aid you have already accepted.  Scholarships are available.

If you have questions about your aid eligibility, potential scholarships, or other available education loan options as you consider this program, complete the request information form; an ABSN admissions counselor will reach out to arrange an appointment with a ´óÏó´«Ã½ Financial Planner to discuss your options.  

Tuition & Fees