There is a nationwide push for 80 percent of registered nurses to have their bachelor's degree by 2020. Pennsylvania College of Technology is helping to meet that challenge with its online BSN degree, designed for the working nurse. Thanks to an eight-week class schedule, full-time BSN students can complete the program in a year. Penn College nursing alumni receive a 38-percent tuition discount when they enroll in the program, and out-of-state students pay the in-state tuition rate. The Penn College BSN degree is explored in a new YouTube video with the help of Valerie Myers, assistant dean of nursing at the college; Amanda Raymond, a nurse educator at UPMC Susquehanna and current BSN student; Lori Beucler, vice president and chief nursing officer at UPMC Susquehanna; and Terri Bickert, vice president of nursing education at Geisinger Health System. "Research has shown that patient outcomes are improved when they're cared for by a bachelor's-prepared nurse," Myers says. "The bachelor's program courses are more holistic, so they are looking at nursing from a wider view."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AgDdlfRu-A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AgDdlfRu-A