| Program description | The RN-to-BSN adds a fourth year of courses for those students who have already graduated with their associate degree in nursing (ADN). The ADN includes one year of prerequisites and two years of required nursing courses. The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for area nurses to finish their last year of education and get a bachelor's degree that is becoming an industry standard. The industry aims for 80 percent of the nursing workforce to have a bachelor's degree or higher by 2020. WVC will accept 25 students into the RN-to-BSN program each year. The program will be 80 percent online and 20 percent face-to-face instruction. Students will attend classes on the Wenatchee campus only three times a quarter so that they can continue to work while completing their bachelor's degree. To be accepted, students will need to have an ADN as well as a current, unencumbered RN license. The program will take one year, or four quarters, to complete full time. |