By focusing on current and emerging knowledge, skills and practice, you'll become effective and competitive in the nursing field. You will be ready for today's nursing workplace thanks to many interprofessional learning activities with other disciplines in the College of Health and Human Services and with our classrooms and labs that feature the latest teaching technology.
Our pre-licensure bachelor's degree is one of only a few to receive endorsement from the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation. That assures that you'll receive a quality nursing education with a unique perspective on the whole patient here at WMU.
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Wellness focused
The WMU Bronson School of Nursing pre-licensure BSN program is proud to be
Holistically Endorsed since 2001. Our nursing program is one of nine departments within the College of Health and Human Services that share a common emphasis on holistic practice education. The mission and philosophy of CHHS and the University support and are congruent with our holistic-centered curriculum.
Give to the BSON Holistic Nursing Certification Fund - Funds will be used for the following:
- Student scholarships to pay for holistic test certification fees
- Faculty membership dues for AHNA (American Holistic Nurses Association)
- Holistic test certification fee and attendance at conferences to maintain holistic certification
- Costs associated with holistic modality presentations (i.e. invited speaker/presenter fee, food, parking, venue, and set-up/take down of venue)
- Costs associated with offering continuing education (CE) programs (i.e. nurse planner fee, presenter fee, student scholarship to cover CE fee, food, parking, venue fee, set-up/take down of venue)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Our BSN program features small class sizes, many clinical experiences and interprofessional learning with some of the other disciplines in the College of Health and Human Services, like physical therapists and occupational therapists. Learn beside the people you'll be working with after graduation.

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RN to BSN Program

Being a nurse is already hard. Our online RN-BSN program is designed to make getting your BSN just a little bit easier for working nurses. Our flexible curriculum and online classes are just the beginning.
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