UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FORT KENT
This affordable online program prepares you to provide superior patient care and develop abilities that will position you as a leading member of a healthcare team.
The RN to BSN online program at UMFK is designed for working nurses like you, giving you the knowledge you need to advance personally and professionally. This program emphasizes the clinical reasoning that drives a culture of safety to prevent risk of harm to patients, colleagues, and the environment while enhancing your ability to use evidence-based practice to make decisions for quality outcomes.
This accredited, 100% online Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is designed for affordability – there are no additional fees. Plus, your schedule will never be interrupted by campus visits, so you can maintain the work/life balance you need. Prepare to provide the best in patient care and make a greater difference in your community by utilizing the flexibility of 7-week online courses to earn your degree.
The nursing program at the University of Maine at Fort Kent is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.
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With affordable, pay-as-you-go tuition, the online UMFK RN to BSN program provides a quality degree for a great value. There is no application fee, and the tuition shown includes all fees.
Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
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RN to BSN | $318 | $9,858 |
*The $9,858 Total Tuition shown is for the 31 credits of nursing courses only. Students needing additional general education courses will be charged the same $318 per credit hour rate.
The RN to BSN online program is delivered in an accessible format ideal for working nurses and conveniently features six dates to begin each year.
You won’t get left behind with UMFK’s extremely affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition and accommodating 7-week online courses.
Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
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Summer 1 | 5/13/24 | 4/29/24 | 4/29/24 | 5/15/24 | 6/28/24 | 7 weeks |
Summer 2 | 7/1/24 | 6/17/24 | 6/17/24 | 7/3/24 | 8/16/24 | 7 weeks |
Fall 1 | 9/3/24 | 8/20/24 | 8/20/24 | 9/5/24 | 10/18/24 | 7 weeks |
Fall 2 | 10/28/24 | 10/14/24 | 10/14/24 | 10/30/24 | 12/13/24 | 7 weeks |
Spring 1 | 1/21/25 | 1/7/25 | 1/7/25 | 1/23/25 | 3/7/25 | 7 weeks |
Spring 2 | 3/24/25 | 3/10/25 | 3/10/25 | 3/26/25 | 5/9/25 | 7 weeks |
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The admission process is the first step toward earning your online degree. Find out the requirements for the RN to BSN online, what additional materials you need, and where you should send them. An RN license is required for admission into this program.
The admission process is the first step toward earning your degree and expanding your opportunities. We’ve streamlined the process to help you get started quickly and easily. Students interested in the RN to BSN online program must meet the following requirements for admission.
Official transcripts, test scores, and other materials that come from third-party sources may be emailed or mailed from the granting institution(s) to:
Email address: edocs@maine.edu
Mailing address:
Application Processing Center
PO Box 412
Bangor, ME 04402-0412
The RN to BSN online program features 7-week, asynchronous courses. Each of our fall, spring and summer semesters includes two 7-week terms. Most students take 1 course per 7-week term, but students are welcome to take 2 or more if they want to complete their BSN sooner. Two courses per semester qualifies a student to apply for student loans.
Students receive a block transfer of 69 credits upon completion of the associate’s degree or diploma in nursing and proof of an active RN license. The core nursing curriculum is comprised of 31 semester credit hours.
Students may need up to 21 additional general education credits. A total of 120 credits are required to complete your Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.*
Students with a prior bachelor’s degree will have their general education courses waived.
Students must complete 31 credits at UMFK to be awarded their BSN degree.
The complete list of courses is below.
Students must take the following courses. NUR 312 must be taken first.
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 3
Introduces students to the concepts and principles of community-based nursing, wherein the nurse promotes the optimum wellness of individuals, families, and communities to live and work in healthy environments. Provides an evidence and practice-based perspective to examine current and emerging issues in population health. The preferences, values, needs and culture of the community-as-client are considered to ensure safe, competent, and effective care. Offered Spring. Pre-requisites: NUR 302, NUR 330.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 4
Prepares students with the knowledge, attitude, and skill needed to complete a detailed health history interview and comprehensive health assessment. With a focus on wellness, individual adult health status will be assessed, including physical, emotional, cultural, spiritual factors, from which appropriate nursing diagnoses may be derived. Only offered Summer. Co-requisite: NUR 309L.
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 3
Promotes the development of professional knowledge, attitudes, and skills as foundational to professional nursing. Students will be introduced to selected concepts, themes, and theories that deepen an understanding of the historical, legal, ethical, and contemporary context of nursing practice. Offered Fall and Summer term.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
Duration: 7 weeks
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to health promotion and health promotion strategies that can be utilized to improve or enhance health for individuals and families in a variety of settings. The use of evidence-based practice and prominent nursing theories will be explored to aid in the development of practical and relevant interventions for persons from different socioeconomic, cultural, and social backgrounds. Broad course content will include how biological, psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, and environmental domains influence physical activity, nutrition, and stress management across the lifespan.
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 3
Addresses the impact that social, political, cultural, spiritual, gender, age, and lifestyle factors have upon the health of individuals and communities. Provides students with evidence-based learning related to the complementary therapies and approaches used by the public and available to nurses that can be used in culturally-appropriate ways to treat illness, prevent disease, and promote well-being. Identifies personally held beliefs and values and responds to the diversity and uniqueness of individuals and populations to provide culturally sensitive, safe, and effective care.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students with an overview of contemporary health policy in the United States. Health disparities and the evolving healthcare system have a profound impact on the nursing profession. Nursing students develop a greater understanding of the social, political, cultural, and financial variables affecting health care outcomes, including nursing practice. Students learn to analyze healthcare policy using a framework. The effect of current health care policy on vulnerable populations is examined. Students participate in healthcare policy discussions as patient advocates and consumers of healthcare. Current issues and trends affecting the nursing profession are examined. Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer. Pre-requisites: NUR 200, NUR 230.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 3
Introduces students to the conduct of research; research sources, utilization, and dissemination; as well as concepts and principles of evidence-based practice (EBP) as a way to improve nursing practice and healthcare outcomes. Focus of the course is on developing clinical EBP questions; conducting a literature review; and to appraise and apply current, reliable research findings and clinical practice. Standards for the conduct of ethical research in qualitative and quantitative research designs are also reviewed. Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer.
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 3
Prepares students to assume leadership, decision-making roles, and political awareness within an increasingly complex and changing health care system. Principles of leadership and management are examined in context of their application within current and prospective global health care environments. Role development and values clarification are emphasized. Offered Fall, Spring and Summer.
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 3
The focus of the course includes examining ethical and legal issues in the context of nursing and healthcare practice. Students explore the principles of ethical reasoning and decision-making to resolve of ethical dilemmas present in healthcare. Students analyze the ethical obligations, policies, and laws that guide healthcare delivery. Students examine current ethical issues. Offered Summer and Fall.
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 3
This practicum provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate leadership and management abilities by assessing, planning, conducting, and evaluating a community-based nursing intervention. This course assists the RN to BSN student to transition to baccalaureate level proficiency in to include competency development in systems-based organizations, evidence-based practice, interprofessional collaboration and communication, and clinical prevention and population health. The community as client is emphasized. Students will integrate prior learning and experiences. The student will conduct original work. This course also includes a portfolio requirement. The portfolio should be a reflection of the nursing student’s accumulated works supporting the achievement of the ten program outcomes for baccalaureate-prepared nurses graduating from UMFK. Please see the Portfolio Guidelines link at the end of this syllabus. Offered Fall and Spring. Pre-requisite: NUR 301R.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
These courses are available for students who have completed the required courses and still need to reach 120 credit hours in order to graduate.
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 3
Provides students with knowledge about general principles of drug actions along with nursing responsibilities and accountability in the administration of medication over the lifespan. Using the nursing process, numerous pharmacologic classifications will be discussed, including mechanisms of drug actions, key adverse effects, and drug interactions. Genetic and genomic considerations will be examined. Students will develop skills needed for safe practice, including calculating dosages and administering various medications.
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 3
Examines normal and abnormal human physiologic and pathological processes encountered in clinical practice. Emphasis is placed on the integration of knowledge of pathology, genetic, pharmacologic, and biochemical concepts and disease symptomatology into the delivery of nursing care. Prerequisites: BIO 401 or Valid RN license or (for international students) approval to practice nursing in your jurisdiction or instructor permission.
Duration: 7 weeks Credit Hours: 4
Provides an opportunity for students to develop personally and professionally as global citizens by applying their knowledge and skills to examine and address social, economic, political, and environmental factors that influence global health and healthcare challenges through a framework of humanitarianism and service. Introduces students to health disparities that exist in the world and developing countries around the world and fosters student critical thinking and discussion about healthcare and humanitarianism efforts within a global environment. This practicum course satisfies the university’s general education requirements for global awareness and learning for citizenship and for nursing students in lieu of NUR 380: Transcultural Nursing. This course is closely tied to the International Medical Relief or related international service programs. Offered Summer.
In accordance with UMFK policy, all baccalaureate candidates must complete the following General Education requirements. Transcript analysis will be conducted to determine if courses taken prior to admission to UMFK are congruent with the courses of the General Education program.
General Education Credit | Credit Hours | General Education Area |
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English Composition II | 3 credits | Communication |
Statistics (if not previously completed) | 3 credits | Quantitative Reasoning |
Literature | 3 credits | Literature |
History | 3 credits | History |
Language | 3 credits | Foreign Language |
Art/Music | 3 credits | Visual and Performing Arts or Philosophy |
Computer Science | 3 credits | Information Fluency |
*Based on 120 undergraduate credit hours needed for graduation. Total program cost varies based on number of transfer credit hours accepted. Students may take electives upon advisement to complete 120 undergraduate credit hours.
**NUR 342 is offered as a 1, 2, or 3 credit course, depending on the number of credits still needed to meet the program requirement.
“I think the number one reason registered nurses pursue their [BSN online] is because of the convenience and for career advancement.”
– Erin Soucy, Ph.D., RN, Dean of Undergrad Nursing; Assistant Professor
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