American Sentinel University - Online Nursing Degree

American Sentinel University - Online Nursing Degree - Distance Learning Nursing Programs

American Sentinel University - Online
2101 Magnolia Avenue, Suite 200
Birmingham, AL 35205

American Sentinel University - Time to Learn
The American Sentinel University, Online Nursing Degree, general education curriculum offers courses in a variety of disciplines that provide a strong foundation for a well-rounded education. Supporting our educational philosophy, the curriculum covers the fundamental academic disciplines of mathematics, science, social and behavioral sciences, the humanities, and written and oral communications.

American Sentinel University, Online Nursing Degree, graduate programs provide the best of traditional programs-recognized faculty, regular interaction with faculty and fellow students and relevant content that is meaningful to students' careers--with the flexibility of an online program. American Sentinel University students bring significant work experience to the programs and seek to enhance their existing careers.

Time to Learn
You are a working professional, juggling your work, family and social life, trying to get ahead and fulfill your career goals. You don't have time to attend a traditional classroom-taking hours out of your week to commute to a central location and learn at specific time and place. That is why American Sentinel University provides high-quality learning in an online environment, allowing you to choose when, where and how you learn.

Cutting Edge Programs
At American Sentinel University, our business, technology and health care programs undergo constant improvement to deliver up-to-date learning that is immediately relevant for you. More than 53 full- and part-time faculty are working literally around the clock to update curriculum and create new programs that meet professional and job requirements at your point of need.

Maximum Flexibility
With our programs, you choose how and when to learn. We offer online faculty-led lectures and discussions over the internet, self-study courses and the latest technology-driven educational innovations, such as simulations and other forms of interactive learning.

Nurturing Talent
At American Sentinel University we focus relentlessly on nurturing talent--your talent. We were founded on the principle of bringing the best traditions of American education to those who, for reasons of time, geography or cost, could not otherwise benefit from it. We put the student--you--at the center of everything we do. We nurture talent in every part of the university--students, alumni, faculty and staff--to create opportunities where talent can flourish.

Academic Integrity
As an accredited university, American Sentinel University has met the stringent tests of academic peer review. Academic integrity is assured. From our founding as a Vanderbilt University Technology Company to today, we focus on your critical need for best-practice education: time-sensitive, cost-effective undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs.

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)(Online) - Online Nursing Degree

The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program, Online Nursing Degree, is designed to prepare advanced practice nurses for careers as nursing administrators. This role involves management of resources, interdisciplinary collaboration, and application of technology, information systems, knowledge and critical thinking. Graduates of the program are expected to be able to:

Provide advanced nursing care to clients in a variety of health care settings.
Utilize theoretical knowledge to guide advanced practice nursing.
Collaborate in research activities and utilize knowledge gained from research in advanced practice nursing.
Evaluate health policies and economics related to the delivery of health care.
Assume roles as leaders and collaborators with other professionals and communities in planning, providing and evaluating health care.
Delivery method: cohort group or structured independent study.

RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-to-BSN)(Online) - Online Nursing Degree

The RN to Bachelor of Science degree completion (RN-BSN) program, Online Nursing Degree, based on the Colorado Nursing Articulation Model, is intended for registered nurses who desire career mobility and professional development.

Registered nurses with credentials from a hospital school of nursing or with an associate degree from a community college are eligible to enroll in American Sentinel's RN-BSN degree completion program.

The Colorado Articulation Model is a statewide agreement which permits registered nurses who are graduates of community colleges and diploma programs to enter the BSN completion option without taking tests to verify prior knowledge. Students will be awarded 33 semester hours based on their current RN license, allowing them to take just 30 more credits to complete the program.

RNs who graduated within the last 3 years are eligible to enroll with no work experience or testing required. RNs enrolling after more than 3 years from graduation need to have 1000 hours of nursing work experience or must complete an RN refresher course before enrolling. The RN-BSN completion program courses are open for enrollment twice a month.

Upon completion of the RN to BSN program, students will be able to:

Integrate methods of research and scholarship in making and prioritizing diagnoses, and in planning, implementing and evaluating care of individuals, groups and communities.
Assess health and incorporate principles and methods of health promotion and health education in nursing care of individuals, families, groups and communities.
Express a fundamental understanding of the problems of contemporary health and illness.
Directly provide and manage competent care for individuals, families and groups who have simple to complex health care needs.
Integrate professional values and role behaviors.
Collaborate with other groups in shaping health policies that affect both individual and community health.
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