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    The document discusses strategies used by Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing to improve their online RN-BSN program, including revising their curriculum, advising model, and providing financial incentives. The curriculum revision focused on direct and indirect patient care experiences and evidence-based models. The advising model uses a challenge and support framework and aims to improve retention and graduation rates. Financial incentives include tuition waivers, reimbursement of up to $5,000 per year, and a 20% tuition discount. The strategies aim to help the program flourish in a competitive market.

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    The document discusses strategies used by Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing to improve their online RN-BSN program, including revising their curriculum, advising model, and providing financial incentives. The curriculum revision focused on direct and indirect patient care experiences and evidence-based models. The advising model uses a challenge and support framework and aims to improve retention and graduation rates. Financial incentives include tuition waivers, reimbursement of up to $5,000 per year, and a 20% tuition discount. The strategies aim to help the program flourish in a competitive market.

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    The document discusses strategies used by Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing to improve their online RN-BSN program, including revising their curriculum, advising model, and providing financial incentives. The curriculum revision focused on direct and indirect patient care experiences and evidence-based models. The advising model uses a challenge and support framework and aims to improve retention and graduation rates. Financial incentives include tuition waivers, reimbursement of up to $5,000 per year, and a 20% tuition discount. The strategies aim to help the program flourish in a competitive market.

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    cULTIVATING AN ONLINE RN-BSN PROGRAM TO FLOURISH WITHIN

    A COMPETITIVE MARKET: CURRICULUM, ADVISING & FINANCIAL INCENTIVES


    Chris-Tena M. Perkins PhD, RN, ANP, CNE and Laura Vasel RN, MSN, CPNP, CNE
    Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing

    BACKGROUND Bon Secours College of Nursing


    is located in Richmond, Virginia METHODS
    and afliated with Bon Secours
    Health System. The College of
    Nursing has over a 50 year
    history as a diploma program CURRICULUM
    and progressed into a traditional A full curriculum revision was
    BSN program track started in completed in 2014 and focused on:
    2010 followed by a fully online A direct care practicum
    RN-BSN program track in 2011. experience with a vulnerable
    As part of the Bon Secours population
    Catholic healthcare ministry, our An indirect care practicum
    experience implementing a
    mission is to provide excellent change project
    nursing education that Quality and Safety Education for
    promotes the development of Nurses (2007)
    clinicians, scholars, and leaders Institute of Medicine (IOM, 2000, 2001,
    dedicated to offering service 2004)
    that enriches health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2002)
    Joint Commission (2002)
    wholeness for the global Bon Secours Leadership
    RESULTS community. Nursing Education Experts

    ADVISING
    Revised advising model to better
    support students to include:
    Sanfords theory of Challenge
    and Support
    Narrowed down number of
    advisors
    4 goals were established:
    1. Achieve an annual return rate of
    90% or greater for RN-BSN
    students
    2. Achieve a registration rate of 75% of
    students 2 weeks prior to semester start
    date for students on new model
    3.Create a plan for identifying at risk
    students by end of year 2016
    4. Achieve graduation rate of 75% or
    higher for RN-BSN

    FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
    CONCLUSION College and Health System
    Leadership collaborated to:
    Change tuition reimbursement
    process to tuition waiver. This
    eliminates the need for students
    to pay tuition at the start of the
    semester and wait for
    reimbursement
    Provide full time RNs have a
    American Association of Colleges of Nursing . (2012).
    maximum benet of $5000 per
    REFERENCES Joint statement on academic progression for nursing students and graduates. calendar year
    Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/news/articles/2012/academic-progression Credit application fee to account ($95)
    Hitchcock, T. (2013). Advising as teaching for advisors. Academic Advising Today, 36(3).
    Provide a 20% Tuition discount
    Retrieved from http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Academic-Advising-
    Today/View-Articles/Advising-as-Teaching-for-Advisors.aspx
    http://www.bsmcon.edu/students/cataloghandbook

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