Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire BSN-prepared registered nurses for direct patient care as well as roles requiring expanded leadership, research, and community-health competencies across nearly every healthcare setting.
Getting in
What Rasmussen University-Florida asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Drug screen
Standard-entrance BSN (33 months) plus LPN to RN bridge, second degree (18 months) and RN to BSN (12 months) tracks; eight start dates per year, next Nov 12, 2026 and Jan 4, 2027. Admission by minimum score on HESI A2, TEAS, ACT (20 for BSN) or SAT (1,100 for BSN), or an active LPN/LVN license, or a conferred bachelor's or higher with GPA 2.25+; no prerequisite courses and no application fee. 90% of Ocala BSN students passed NCLEX-RN in 2025.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites you'll need to meet to apply to this program at Rasmussen University-Florida. Open a category to see each one.
Entrance exams
4
Certifications
1
Health and background checks
2
Application basics
3
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Pre-Nursing to RN
University BSN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find university BSN programs that fit your goals, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Timeline
- 4 years
Pre-Nursing to RN
HBCU BSN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start with Pre-Nursing, find BSN programs at historically Black colleges and universities, and get help planning your prerequisites and applications.
- Timeline
- 4 years
CNA Exam Prep to RN
University BSN pathway
Ready to become a nurse? Start by preparing for your CNA exam, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a university BSN program.
- Timeline
- 4 years
Georgia CNA to RN
University BSN pathway
Ready to become a nurse in Georgia? Start with your CNA, gain patient care experience, and get help planning your path into a BSN program at a Georgia university.
- Timeline
- 4 years
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
