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The Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton University has recently set in motion a plan to make its undergraduate and graduate nursing programs more convenient after they transition to an online format in the coming year.

Mario Ortiz, dean of the Decker School of Nursing, tells Binghamton.edu, “The quality of our nursing programs and the access to our outstanding faculty, who are focused on student success, will remain the same when these programs go online. What will change is the level of convenience for students who have work or family commitments that would otherwise prevent their pursuit of advanced degrees…It has taken some time to expand our presence online, but we’re doing it now in a very substantial, quality-driven, Decker way.”

The nursing school already offers online education for a few nursing programs in a hybrid format with classroom and online sessions, but will now offer fully online options for select degree-granting programs. The RN-to-BSN and MSN in family nurse practitioner will be the first two degree programs offered in a fully online format. The university plans to make its other MSN programs, as well as its DNP and PhD in nursing programs, digital in the future.

The online programs will allow for expanded reach and help the school achieve its goal of expanding graduate enrollment. Graduate programs in nursing can’t grow if they remain brick-and-mortar programs. Binghamton hopes to offer the first online programs in fall 2019.

To learn more about Binghamton University’s plans to offer fully online nursing programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level, visit here.

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