Nursing Program

The nursing program at Blessing Rieman College of Nursing prepares students for careers in hospitals, convalescent centers, clinics, home care, and physician's offices. The program focuses on knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for the sick, disabled, infirmed, or other individuals or groups. Program courses include: administration of medication and treatments, assisting and physician during treatments and examinations, referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance. Get more details below including other Illinois colleges that offer nursing program.

The Nursing program at Blessing Rieman College of Nursing is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. ? May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission for more than 30 years.

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Blessing Rieman College of Nursing

Also known as BRCN/B-RCN/Blessing-Rieman

700 College Ave, Carlinville, IL

Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing is located on the campus of Blessing Hospital in Quincy Illinois.  The College has been educating nurses for more than 100 years.  Today its partnership arrangement with nearby Culver-Stockton College and local Quincy University allows Blessing Rieman to replace its traditional two year Registered Nursing (RN) programs to be able to offer both Bachelors and Masters of Science in Nursing Degrees.  The baccalaureate degree requires general education classes at the partner school and traditional nursing coursework at BRCN.  The master’s level degrees are conferred by BRCN.  There is a two year MSN option for nurses currently holding BSN degrees and a three year option for nurses with RN credentials and/or associate degrees.  There are curriculum tracks for education or administration.

Clinical experience at BRCN comes from a state of the art simulation center complete with high fidelity simulated “humans” --three adults; a one and five year old child; a birthing mother and a new born; and a premature infant.

Blessing-Riemen College of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and approved by the State Boards of Nursing in both Illinois and Missouri. 

Upon completion of nursing training candidates take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). One measure of the quality of a school’s nursing program is the pass rates of its graduates on this examination.

Since 2004, the lowest pass rate recorded for BRCN graduates was 70% in 2005.  The pass rate for 2012 was 91%.  Here are the pass rates for BRCN for the last nine years:

• 2004       84%
• 2005       70%
• 2006       86%
• 2007       91%
• 2008       90%
• 2009       96%
• 2010       89%       
• 2011       74%
• 2012       91%

Students Enrolled in the Nursing Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Blessing Rieman College of Nursing has offered the following academic levels for students:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree

Students by Academic Level (2019)

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Registered Nurses

Description

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).