Nursing

RN-BSN Completion Program

Dr. Rhonda Maneval, DEd, RN
Director, RN-BSN Program
3307 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140.
Phone: (215) 707-5018  Fax: (215) 707-1599.
Departmental e-mail: nursing@temple.edu

Sara Swan
RN-BSN Program Secretary
e-mail: sara.swan@temple.edu

• This program is for Registered Nurses who wish to pursue a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• One hundred and twenty-three (123) credits are needed to complete the BSN degree.  A minimum of 30 credits must be from Temple University.  See student educational plan worksheet for curriculum requirements.
• Classes are available in the evening and on-line.
• The entire program can be completed at:

                  Temple University Ambler
                  Northeast Regional Campus of Community College of                      Philadelphia, 12901 Townsend Road
                  Bucks County Community College, 275 Swamp Rd          
                     Newtown, Pennsylvania
                  Northampton Community College, 3835 Green Pond Rd
                     Bethlehem, PA
                  On-line beginning Fall 2009

• Nursing faculty provide advising for all students in the program. Prior to applying, contact Sara Swan (phone: 215-707-5018) to set up a pre-admission advising appointment.
• Nurses who show evidence of an unencumbered Pennsylvania license as a Registered Nurse and official transcripts showing evidence of completion of an NLN-AC accredited nursing program receive 32 transfer credits for pre-licensure nursing coursework.
• Once admitted to Temple University students are permitted to take a maximum of nine (9) credits concurrently at community college.  Upon enrollment in 4000 level nursing courses no additional transfer credits will be accepted.
• Temple University has transfer agreements with area community colleges.  The Temple University Undergraduate Bulletin, www.temple.edu/bulletin should be consulted for details on these agreements as well as University policy related to transfer students.
• Program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education(CCNE), One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036-1120. Phone (202) 887-8476
• If you received your RN education outside the United States and do not have a Pennsylvania nursing license, contact the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools and the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing. 
  

Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing
Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools

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