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Advance Your Nursing Career

Ready to start your path to earning a BSN or advance your nursing education even further? You’re making the right choice! Nurses with advanced degrees have more opportunities for employment, are better prepared to face Virginia’s rapidly changing, complex healthcare system, and most importantly – highly educated nurses help achieve better outcomes for patients.

Not sure where to start? You’ve come to the right place.

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Nurses with higher levels of education translate into better outcomes for patients.

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RNs with a bachelor’s degree will often be able to secure the following managerial positions with higher salaries: head nurse, department chief, administrative manage, nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse manager, and nurse practitioner.

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The median salary for an RN with a BSN who has been employed for at least five years is almost $12,000 more than non-BSN registered nurse salaries.