Progression Process

This program is available to FSU students in the RN to BSN Completion Program. You must have a minimum of two (2) years full-time clinical nursing experience before you can be reviewed for admit into the MSN Program. RN to MSN Accelerated Track progression process:

1. Apply and be accepted into the RN to BSN Completion Program.
2. Let your advisor know you are interested in pursuing the RN to MSN Accelerated Track Program.
3. Complete RN to MSN course bridgework:
   • NURS 320 Professional Nursing Skill Development: 3 credit
   • NURS 324 Transition into Professional Nursing: 3 credits
   • Service Learning Project
   • NURS 310 Population Based Health Promotion: 3 credits
   • CCHS 315 Epidemiology & Statistics: 3 credits
   • NURS 340 Community Nursing: 3 credits
   • NURS 350 Research in Nursing: 3 credits
   • NURS 440 Leadership in Nursing: 3 credits
   Complete general education credits required:
   • Communication Competence: 12 credits
   • Scientific Understanding: 7 credits
   • Social Awareness Electives: 9 credits
   • Cultural Enrichment Electives: 9 credits
4. Maintain a 3.0 GPA in all your NURS courses.
5. Apply to the MSN Program at the beginning of your last semester of course bridgework.
6. Submit the following applications materials to buckd@ferris.edu for MSN admit review:
   
   • Transcripts. Updated transcripts from other locations on file.
   • Resume.A current, professional resume or curriculum vitae.
   • Recommendations.Three professional recommendations attesting to your ability to succeed in graduate studies. Recommendations will only be accepted using the FORM that we provide. Request this from by sending an email to buckd@ferris.edu.
   • Writing Sample. Submit Service Learning Synthesis Paper using the rubric that can be downloaded from www.ferris.edu/htmls/colleges/alliedhe/Nursing/rn-to-msn/Service-Learning-Synthesis-Paper.pdf.