Become a Registered Nurse in Just 16 Months
The Post-Bachelor’s Accelerated Nursing Track utilizes an innovative hybrid delivery model – allowing flexibility for adult learners who have already earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education. All classes are delivered asynchronously online, while clinical learning happens face-to-face (on-campus in our cutting-edge simulation lab and through strong agency-based clinical placements). The FSoN is an ideal place to learn – offering small cohort sizes, new facilities, and competitive bundled pricing. Graduates will be prepared for a rewarding career as a registered nurse in just 16 months.
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The Froelich School of Nursing (FSoN) cultivates an intellectual community committed to preparing leaders in the delivery of safe, high-quality, and compassionate professional nursing practice. Graduates are prepared to care for, serve, and promote the health of society in accordance with fundamental principles of healthcare ethics. This contemporary nursing curriculum prepares students to become advanced leaders and providers of high-quality compassionate patient-centered care.
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Applicants to the Post-Bachelor’s Accelerated Nursing Track will be required to meet the following minimum criteria:
• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education. For those completing their bachelor’s degree during the application process, the applicant will need to submit a letter from their faculty advisor confirming that criteria for graduation will be met before May 15.
• A minimum 3.0 GPA in the first bachelor’s degree program. Pre-requisite courses taken after the first bachelor’s degree will be calculated into the overall GPA. An applicant who has not completed the bachelor’s degree during the application process will need to submit current transcripts with GPA which will be used in reviewing the application. Upon completion of the bachelor’s degree, if an admitted applicant’s GPA falls below 3.0, the applicant will surrender their seat in the cohort.
• Pre-requisite courses (taken within the last ten years from an accredited institute of higher education) must be completed with a minimum final grade of C+. Applicants can only have a maximum of 2 in progress prerequisite courses when applying.
- • Anatomy and Physiology I and II with a lab component, or a semester of Anatomy and a semester of Physiology
- • Microbiology with Lab
- • Nutrition
- • Growth and Development Across the Lifespan (Or, two courses in human growth and development that together cover from conception to death)
- • Statistics
- • Ethics (excluded from ten year limit)
The Froelich School of Nursing has Full Approval from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (https://www.mass.gov/info-details/about-board-approved-prelicensure-nursing-programs).
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Assumption University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (https://www.ccneaccreditation.org)
The Assumption University Froelich School of Nursing is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the National League for Nursing (NLN) and the Massachusetts Association of Colleges of Nursing (MACN)
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Susan M. Cahill
Danielle Shaver, PhD, RN, CNE, IBCLC-R
Faculty
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Michele Aubin
Professional Practice Coordinator in Nursing
Christina Howard, RN
Clinical Practice Coordinator
Alex Robidoux
Administrative Assistant
Devon Klinka
Post-Bachelor's Accelerated Nursing Track
“As an Assumption Post-Bacc nursing student, I am blown away by how much information we learn in such a short time. Being in the accelerated program, we were able to jump right into clinicals as early as our third week of class! Our professors and clinical instructors are extremely supportive of our journey and want to see us succeed. I'm grateful for this experience in the AU accelerated nursing program. ”
Jayme Pruitt
Post-Bachelor's Accelerated Nursing Track
“ The faculty at the Froelich School of Nursing at Assumption University are some of the most supportive people I have had the pleasure to learn from in my college career. It is a personable and dedicated group of professors and instructors that make you feel welcome, that you belong here, and that want you to succeed. ”
Keri Lowe
Post-Bachelor's Accelerated Nursing Track
“ I was unsure of how connected I would feel with a hybrid program as opposed to an in-person program. Yet, from my very first day at Assumption, the support and connection I felt from everyone – staff, faculty, the dean – is like nothing I had experienced in my undergrad work elsewhere. It is clear that my success and the success of my classmates is the goal of the ABSN program, and we are given the tools to achieve that success.”
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