Capital Health and Thomas Edison State College
RN to BSN Collaboration
Effective January 2005
Dear Employee,
Thank you for expressing an interest in participating in the Capital Health/Thomas Edison State
College collaboration. This letter will provide the program details.
The goal of the program is to:
• Develop a career path program designed to fill anticipated vacancies for clinical
educators, nurse managers, and SON faculty.
• To increase the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses at the bedside.
Degree program description:
The Thomas Edison State College Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program is a
distance-learning program for registered nurses who want an alternative to campus-based
instruction. The program is flexible, self-paced and allows for different methods of learning and
degree completion.
The program is accredited by the New Jersey Board of Nursing and by the National League for
Nurses Accrediting Commission.
Candidate Qualifications:
• Registered professional nurses who are employed at Capital Health and are currently in a
budgeted position that is a minimum of 20 hours per week.
• Recent graduates of Capital Health School of Nursing are eligible if they have entered
employment at Capital Health upon graduation.
• Employee has demonstrated good performance as reflected in performance reviews, with
no counseling in the past 12 months.
• There is sufficient evidence that the employee embodies the values of Capital Health and
demonstrates Capital Health’s Standards of Behavior.
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Educational Assistance Qualification:
Thomas Edison State College Program will be covered under the current Capital Health
Educational Assistance Policy. To remove barriers from participating in this endeavor, Capital
Health will pre-pay eligible costs tuition at the beginning of the course as opposed to the end.
The amount of pre-paid tuition will be in accordance with the schedule of reimbursement as
guidelines provided in HR Polic