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 Southwest Baptist University asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Prerequisite courses
Pre-licensure BSN on the Bolivar campus (Mercy College of Health Professions); requires a 2.8+ cumulative GPA, completion of the prerequisite courses in the BSN degree plan (conditional admission possible within one semester of finishing them), and a background check and drug screen. Full requirements are in the PL-BSN application packet PDF; the page states a 100% NCLEX first-time pass rate without a year. Springfield campus offers RN-BSN completion only.
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 Southwest Baptist University. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
7
Certifications
1
Health and background checks
3
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Pre-Nursing to RN
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- Timeline
- 4 years
Pre-Nursing to RN
HBCU BSN pathway
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- 4 years
CNA Exam Prep to RN
University BSN pathway
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- 4 years
Georgia CNA to RN
University BSN pathway
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- Timeline
- 4 years