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What it is: Nursing School Hub is an educational resource for aspiring nurses. Its website covers educational programs, career guidance, and current industry issues.

Why it Matters to You: Nursing School Hub offers several rankings, beyond just “traditional nursing schools.” It also offers rankings of time online programs, top progressive nursing schools, and most affordable schools.

Considerations:  While many of the rankings are based on Nursing School Hub’s own analysis, some rankings pull heavily or entirely from other ranking systems, e.g., their top best traditional nursing schools is admittedly a reiteration of U.S. News & World Report.

Created By:  Nursingschoolhub.com

What it is: Top RN to BSN is an online information source for current and prospective nursing students. It provides career resources, including a list of the best nursing academic programs.

Why it Matters to You: The RN to BSN list offers a profile of each of its top nursing programs along with a direct link to the hospital homepage. Each profile summarizes hospital achievements and employee experience.

Considerations:  For its residential program ranking, RN to BSN looked at statistics provided by the National Center for Education Statistics which is part of the U.S. Department of Education. Each of these factors is equally weighted. We only consider schools that are fully accredited by the nationally recognized Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

For its online program ranking, all colleges and universities ranked are regionally accredited, and their nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). All are ranked by U.S. News & World Report for added reputability. In addition to reputation, we considered affordability (based on Non-Resident tuition) and perceived success (based on alumni salary data gathered from the Department of Education’s College Scorecard website). All metrics are weighted evenly.

Created By:  Top RN to BSN

What it is: Nurse.org is a resource website for nurse practitioners and aspiring nurses. The site offers a range of content including a blog covering current events, a career guide, job listings, and links to scholarships. 

Why it Matters to You: Nurse.org’s Hospital Reviews score hospitals on a scale of 5 stars, with 5 being the highest. The Reviews section does not rank the hospitals. Rather each hospital must be researched independently

Considerations: The reviews offered by Nurse.org are not supported by many submissions so it is not a sufficient sampling size. As such, the reviews as more useful as a reference than a determinative. The true worth of the website is in the career resources it offers. 

Created By:  Nurse.org

What it is: The American Nursing Credentialing Center maintains its highly distinguished Magnet Recognition Program which designates organizations worldwide where nursing leaders successfully align their nursing strategic goals to improve the organization’s patient outcomes. The Magnet Recognition Program provides a roadmap to nursing excellence, which benefits the whole of an organization. To nurses, Magnet Recognition means education and development through every career stage, which leads to greater autonomy at the bedside. To patients, it means the very best care, delivered by nurses who are supported to be the very best that they can be.

Why it Matters to You: The Magnet Recognition Program is considered one of the highest awards for nursing excellence. Its website includes both domestic and international awardees.

Considerations:  The Magnet Recognition Program is based on five outstanding organization attributes: transformational leadership; structural empowerment; exemplary professional practice; new knowledge, innovation, & improvements; and empirical quality results.

Created By:  American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC)

What it is: Top RN to BSN is an online information source for current and prospective nursing students. 

Why it Matters to You: The RN to BSN list offers a profile of each of its top 30 hospitals along with a direct link to the hospital homepage. Each profile summarizes hospital achievements and employee experience.

Considerations:  To rank the 30 Most Nurse-Friendly Hospitals in the US, TopRNtoBSN editors researched the hospitals across America that have earned accolades for being some of the best places to work as a nurse. Our sources include U.S. News & World Report hospitals rankings, the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators, ANCC Magnet Recognition, and various other awards.

Created By:  Top RN to BSN