Online Nursing Degree
Now is the time to take control of your future and open doors to the nursing career you have always wanted. Linfield offers online nursing degrees at both the bachelor (RN to BSN) level and the master’s (MSN) level. In less time than you might think, you can earn a degree that will transform your professional outlook.
This part-time, fully online degree is designed by and for working nurses.
You can propel your career to new heights with this advanced degree designed to meet the healthcare system needs of today and tomorrow.
Employment of registered nurses is projected to grow by 7% between 2019 and 2029, faster than the average for all occupations, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Over the next decade, healthcare systems anticipate two major trends that require more nurses in the field:
While the growth is expected to happen across the nursing field, the data has shown that nurses with more education can advance their nursing careers to positions where they have more control over their working conditions and move more quickly into leadership positions.
Nurses with a bachelor’s degree or higher are more likely to develop stronger:
24 credits
A transition to baccalaureate nursing education for the Registered Nurse student. Builds on previous knowledge and skills applicable to the practice of professional nursing.
RN-BSN Transition (NURS-308)
A transition to baccalaureate nursing education for the Registered Nurse student. Builds on previous knowledge and skills applicable to the practice of professional nursing.
Concepts necessary to engage in evidence-based nursing practice. Develop an attitude of inquiry in nursing practice.
Evidence-Based Nursing (NURS-321)
Concepts necessary to engage in evidence-based nursing practice. Develop an attitude of inquiry in nursing practice.
Nursing leadership in healthcare organizations, policy and management.
Nursing Leadership (NURS-472)
Nursing leadership in healthcare organizations, policy and management.
Provides a foundation for understanding the concept of healthcare ecosystem, its relationships with nursing, and the role of nursing leaders. Using a multidisciplinary perspective, core concepts of the healthcare ecosystem are explored and analyzed as they relate to the nurse clinician, educator, and leader. Also provides foundational content in graduate level evidenced based practice and scholarship.
Nursing and the Healthcare Ecosystem (NURS-500)
Provides a foundation for understanding the concept of healthcare ecosystem, its relationships with nursing, and the role of nursing leaders. Using a multidisciplinary perspective, core concepts of the healthcare ecosystem are explored and analyzed as they relate to the nurse clinician, educator, and leader. Also provides foundational content in graduate level evidenced based practice and scholarship.
Introduces the concepts of financial management and analysis within the health services industry. Focus on healthcare consumption, supply and demand, healthcare resource allocation and the impact of health policy on the delivery of health care in the U.S. Includes fiscal data monitoring and management and marketing impacts on the healthcare ecosystem.
Healthcare Finance and Business Concepts (NURS-510)
Introduces the concepts of financial management and analysis within the health services industry. Focus on healthcare consumption, supply and demand, healthcare resource allocation and the impact of health policy on the delivery of health care in the U.S. Includes fiscal data monitoring and management and marketing impacts on the healthcare ecosystem.
Evaluation and application of emerging technologies to improve coordination, management, and delivery of care. Advanced skills will be developed in applying health information systems (e.g. EHR) for evidence-based care and education. Includes using informatics and healthcare technology to inform change, improve safety and quality of care, advance patient health literacy and communication, and improve healthcare systems.
Informatics and Healthcare Technology (NURS-521)
Evaluation and application of emerging technologies to improve coordination, management, and delivery of care. Advanced skills will be developed in applying health information systems (e.g. EHR) for evidence-based care and education. Includes using informatics and healthcare technology to inform change, improve safety and quality of care, advance patient health literacy and communication, and improve healthcare systems.
