Nursing Degrees Online

Avery W. Hall Scholarship - $500/year for the upcoming academic year awarded to a full-time incoming 1st degree junior or senior nursing major, current 2nd degree student or R.N. student with a minimum cumulative college GPA of 2.5/4.0.
Garland D. and Vivian J. Bull Scholarship - $200/year for the upcoming academic year awarded to an incoming full-time 1st degree junior or senior nursing major, current 2nd degree student or RN student with a minimum cumulative college GPA of 3.0/4.0 and demonstrated financial need.
Marilyn Seidel Nursing Scholarship - $750/year for the upcoming academic year awarded to a full-time incoming 1st degree junior or senior student current 2nd degree student or RN student with a minimum cumulative college GPA of 3.0/4.0.
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society Undergraduate Scholarship - This one-time award of $250 is awarded to a qualified current 1st degree or 2nd degree nursing major. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 or greater, rank in the upper 35% of class, and have completed ½ of the recognized nursing components of either the 1st degree or second degree track to be eligible for consideration.
Gaspar & Rose T. DiGiovanna Memorial Geriatric Nursing Scholarship- $500/year for the upcoming academic year is awarded to a full-time current 1st degree junior nursing major who has demonstrated a sincere interest in caring for older adult population.
Virginia Mills Edwards Scholarship- $1000/year for the upcoming academic year is awarded to a full-time incoming 1st degree junior or senior nursing major, current 2nd degree, or RN student. Priority is given to applicants who are permanent residents of Dorchester County, followed by those from Somerset County, Wicomico, then LPNs or medical technicians desiring to become a registered nurse. While included in the spring scholarship mailing to eligible students, this scholarship is selected by a committee outside the Department.
Lois Brunkhorst Nursing Scholarship - $500/year for the upcoming academic year is awarded to a junior level nursing major who is academically gifted and demonstrates an outstanding potential for a career in nursing. Minimum qualifications are junior standing, a permanent resident of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, a minimum college GPA of 3.0, financial need as verified by the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, a completed application form, and two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from a nursing faculty member.

BCIT offers a Graduate Certificate Nurse Practitioner (Adult) Post-Masters Program. Learners in this program are RNs, with a graduate degree in nursing, who wish to function in the advanced practice role of the NP, within the context of an adult population. Graduates of this program will be prepared to sit the CRNBC certification exams.

The program combines part-time, online study with practice-based clinical education. The collaborative efforts of the BCIT Nursing Specialties faculty, nursing curriculum consultants, employers, learners, practicing Nurse Practitioners, and clients have developed the curriculum for the Graduate Certificate Nurse Practitioner (Adult). [NP (A)]. The curriculum focuses on knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to practice effectively as an NP(A). There are four online, theory courses and three clinical courses. The program may be completed on a full or part-time basis* over a maximum of five years.

The curriculum also focuses on building partnerships. BCIT views both nursing and learning as relational endeavors in which communication and collaboration enhance the processes and outcomes of these endeavors. Partnership, therefore, is the context in which students learn and enact knowledge, skills and attitudes.

Faculty members are experienced clinical specialists, and NPs, academically prepared as educators, who maintain their competency by regular clinical practice. They demonstrate their commitment to the profession and to practice-based education by active involvement in professional organizations and interest groups.

* Part time and/or full time course offerings are contingent on the number of students enrolled- please contact the program head for more information.