Study
Nursing at
South College
Online

This program is designed to provide the opportunity to establish the foundation needed to apply for admission to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.  All of the required prerequisite courses to pursue admission to the South College BSN are included in this program. Upon completing this program, you’ll be prepared to apply for admission to the BSN program or to pursue a variety of entry-level health profession positions.

The online RN to BSN program at South College is designed to help give licensed registered nurses potential for advancement. With an associate degree, you are limited to practicing in certain areas of nursing. Obtaining a bachelor’s degree through the online RN to BSN programs should improve your ability to deliver care, open up new specialties, and make you a more desirable candidate for leadership and management positions.

Our Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program with a Concentration in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) is a challenging and comprehensive program designed to further develop the critical thinking and analytical skills needed for today’s competitive and evolving healthcare environments. Designed to accommodate the schedules of working nurses, this MSN program combines online coursework with hands-on clinical practice experiences.

In your MSN courses, you’ll explore areas like advanced pathophysiology, healthcare informatics, advanced pharmacology, advanced health assessment, and advanced research methods and evidence-based practice. Adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioners (AGACNPs) provide advanced nursing care to adults, older adults, and elderly patients with acute, chronic, and critical conditions. The AGACNP must work collaboratively with a host of different healthcare professionals in order to stabilize and improve the health of patients. As part of your MSN AGACNP concentration, you’ll work to learn about and gain experience in areas important to adult-gerontology acute care. This includes preventive care and risk mitigation, palliative care, modifying care plans to meet changing patient conditions, and utilizing community resources to optimize patient outcomes.

Our Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program with a Concentration in Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) is a challenging and comprehensive, offering RN-MSN and BSN-MSN tracks, designed to further develop the critical thinking and analytical skills needed for today’s competitive and evolving healthcare environments. Designed to accommodate the schedules of working nurses, the program combines online coursework with hands-on clinical practice experiences.

In MSN core courses, you’ll explore areas like advanced pathophysiology, healthcare informatics, advanced pharmacology, advanced health assessment, and advanced research methods and evidence-based practice. As part of your MSN FNP concentration, you’ll learn about and gain experience in primary care of infants, children, adolescents, and adults. In your FNP courses, you’ll discuss how to assess, diagnose, and treat acute and chronic illnesses across the lifespan, as well as provide preventive care, with emphasis on strategies for rural and underserved populations. After earning your postgraduate FNP certificate, you can choose to pursue certification in this specialty.

Our Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program with a Concentration in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) is a challenging and comprehensive program designed to further develop the critical thinking and analytical skills needed for today’s competitive and evolving healthcare environments. Designed to accommodate the schedules of working nurses, this MSN program combines cutting-edge online coursework with hands-on clinical practice experiences.

In your MSN courses, you’ll explore areas like advanced pathophysiology, healthcare informatics, advanced pharmacology, advanced health assessment, and advanced research methods and evidence-based practice. Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNPs) provide assessment, diagnoses, and treatment to individuals or families with psychiatric disorders. PMHNPs are crucially aligned to contribute to policy development, improvement in quality of care, practice evaluation, and healthcare reform. As part of your MSN PMHNP concentration, you’ll learn about and gain experience in areas important to PMHNP practice, including psychopharmacology, psychiatric theory and assessment, counseling and psychotherapy, and models of psychiatric and mental health care across the lifespan.

Our online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Post-Master’s program is designed to develop transformational nurse leaders who have the skills and expertise to meet the needs of the global nursing community. In this program, you’ll explore topics that include population health and emerging disease, organizational leadership, healthcare policy and economics, quality improvement, program evaluation, and more.

In addition to your online coursework, discussions, and other activities, you’ll listen to lecture presentations prepared and delivered by leading clinicians, researchers, and academics in the nursing profession. Through your clinical practicum experiences and a scholarly project, you’ll also have the chance to apply your advanced skills to identify a healthcare problem, analyze and conduct relevant research, and propose and implement an evidence-based solution in a healthcare setting.

If you have a Master of Science in Nursing degree or higher, our Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) Postgraduate Certificate program can help prepare you to switch to or add on a new nursing specialty. In this online certificate program, you’ll focus on the skills to provide advanced nursing care to adults, older adults, and elderly patients with acute, chronic, and critical conditions.

In your courses, you’ll discuss patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment, as well as preventive care and risk mitigation. You’ll also explore how to best utilize community resources to optimize patient outcomes and modify care plans to meet changing patient conditions. In your practicum experiences, you’ll practice providing adult care in various settings. After earning your postgraduate nursing certificate, you can choose to pursue certification in this specialty.

If you have a Master of Science in Nursing degree or higher, our Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Postgraduate Certificate program can help prepare you to switch to or add on a new nursing specialty. In this online certificate program, you’ll work to build the skills to deliver family-centered, evidence-based primary care to infants, children, adolescents, and adults.

In your FNP courses, you’ll focus on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of acute and chronic illness, as well as preventive care for patients, with emphasis on strategies for rural and underserved populations. Your practicum experiences will also allow you to practice your skills in various primary care settings. After earning your postgraduate FNP certificate, you can choose to pursue certification in this specialty.

If you have a Master of Science in Nursing degree or higher, our Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Postgraduate Certificate program can help prepare you to switch to or add on a new nursing specialty. In this online certificate program, you’ll work to build the skills to care for individuals and families with psychiatric disorders, as well as identify related risk factors.

In your courses, you’ll focus on psychopharmacology, psychiatric theory and assessment, counseling and psychotherapy, and more. You’ll study and complete practicum experiences around models of care for children, adolescents, and adults, as well as for individuals, couples, families, and groups. After completing your postgraduate PMHNP certificate, you can choose to pursue certification in this specialty.