The BRNCO is designed for students who have graduated from an Associate Degree or Diploma Nursing Program, have a current U.S. Registered Nurse license and who wish to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
What can you do when you finish your BSN that you can not usually do with an associate degree/diploma in nursing?
- Community health nursing
- Public health nursing
- School nursing
- Occupational health nursing
- Risk management
- Quality improvement
- Management
- Precept students
- Clinical teaching for community college
- Parish nursing
- Pediatric nursing
- Entry into graduate school
- Entry into advanced practice programs
Mission
The mission of the Department of Nursing at Metropolitan State College of Denver is to provide a high quality, accessible, enriching education leading to a baccalaureate degree in nursing. This learning community cultivates graduates who are prepared with the knowledge, skills and competencies to advance professional nursing practice in a diverse, global and technological society. Students are prepared to think critically, initiate and implement change, and to address the health care needs of society. Graduates are prepared to engage in advanced education in nursing and to foster professional growth. The Department of Nursing is committed to academic excellence, collaborative community involvement, and promotion of faculty scholarly achievement.
Purpose
- Advance
the health of diverse communities through nursing.
- Influence
the area in which registered nurses practice.
- Promote
open-mindedness and receptivity to change, growth and diversity.
- Encourage
critical thinking and examination of controversy, research, intuitive
knowledge and other ways of knowing.
- Provide
preparation for graduate school.
- Stimulate
continuous personal and professional growth and development.
Accreditation
The Registered Nurse Completion Option (BRNCO) received initial accreditation from the National League for Nursing in 1976. On-going national accreditation has remained in place through the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) recognized as a national accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education. NLNAC granted accreditation to the Accelerated Nursing Option (ACNO) at its inception in 2004.
Questions regarding national accreditation of the Metro State Nursing Program should be addressed directly to: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission on-line at www.nlnac.org; 61 Broadway, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10006; by telephone at 800-669-1656 ext 153 or 212-363-5555 ext. 153; fax 212-812-0390. |
