John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark. offers a four-year program to attain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

The nursing program prepares students to pass the NCLEX exam for obtaining licensure as a registered nurse. JBU nursing students have a 100 % pass rate with 96 % passing on the first try.

JBU’ s state-of-the-art simulation lab gives students the facilities to practice their nursing skills in a safe, controlled environment.

For clinical experience, nursing students are required to shadow a nurse for 240 hours in the senior capstone class.

A total of 122 hours are required to be completed for a BSN.

Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing( ABSN): Part of Harding’ s Carr College of Nursing, home of the No. 1 nursing program in Arkansas, our ABSN track blends online accelerated coursework and hands-on learning to put you on the path to success as a confident nurse. Harding ABSN students participate in nursing skills and simulation labs multiple days each week at our site in Rogers, Arkansas.

With a learning site in Rogers, Arkansas, our ABSN program leverages your previous college credits to accelerate your nursing education. As a nursing student at Harding, you will receive a comprehensive education with access to the area’ s leading healthcare facilities.

Those with at least 64 non-nursing college credits or a bachelor’ s degree in a non-nursing field, can attain an associate bachelor of nursing in a 16-month program from the Rogers, Ark. campus.

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