Find Your Path to a BSN
Basic BSN
Our traditional, four-year, on-campus BSN option is designed for recent high school graduates who want to become registered nurses. Complete coursework and hands-on clinical experiences in Laramie and other Wyoming communities.
Explore Basic BSNBRAND Accelerated BSN
Already have a bachelor's degree in another field? BRAND is a 15-month, full-time accelerated BSN combining online and hybrid coursework with hands-on clinical experiences at locations throughout Wyoming.
BSN Completion
Already have an associate degree in nursing or are a registered nurse? Complete your Bachelor of Science in Nursing online through UW. Choose from the ReNEW or RN-BSN pathway based on your previous education and nursing experience.
Next Step to becoming an RN
Graduates of UW's pre-licensure nursing programs are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN), an important step toward becoming a registered nurse. Visit the National Council of State Boards of Nursing for information about the exam, registration and licensure resources.
BSN Learning Outcomes
UW's BSN programs prepare students to provide safe, evidence-based and patient-centered care while developing the leadership, communication and professional skills needed to succeed in a changing healthcare environment.
Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
Advance nursing practice related to patient care technologies, information systems and communication devices that support safe nursing practice.
Achieve optimal individual, family, group, community and population outcomes guided by clinical reasoning and appraisal of evidence of best practice.
Demonstrate effective leadership through heightened self-awareness to empower others in the attainment of optimal patient outcomes.
Use mutually respectful communication, collaboration and leadership skills within interprofessional teams in the management of care in diverse, complex, global and dynamic healthcare systems.
Participate as a nursing professional in the development and implementation of healthcare policy, finance and regulatory entities, including local, state, national and global healthcare trends.
Provide patient-centered care by reflecting on the uniqueness of an individual patient's background, personal preferences, culture, values, traditions and family while involving patients and families in clinical care decisions.
Demonstrate respectful, efficient, safe and well-coordinated transitions of the patient through all levels of care.
Provide respectful, efficient, safe and well-coordinated patient-centered care to populations by reflecting on beliefs, values, attitudes and practices.
Model professionalism with consistent demonstration of core values including altruism, excellence, caring, ethics, respect, communication, professional engagement, lifelong learning and accountability.
Encourage evidence-based health promotion and contribute to immediate and long-term health through education that promotes healthy behaviors, disease prevention and protection from preventable illness and emergencies.
The University of Wyoming has earned its Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming's only four-year university with the top research universities in the United States.