Reducing Barriers for RN-BSN Education: The Assessment Competency Evaluation.

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About the Authors Laura Goliat, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, is an associate professor, Breen School of Nursing, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio. Kathleen A. Gravens, PhD, RN, is professor emeritus, Department of Nursing, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, Ohio. Pamela L. Bonnett, DNP, RN, CNE, is director, RN-BSN Program, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. Patricia L. Schrull, DNP, MBA, MEd, RN, CNE, is nursing program administrator, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio. Connie Bowler, DNP, RN, is nursing program director, Lakeland Community College. Regina Prosser, DNP, RN-BC, CNE, LNHA, is coordinator, RN-BSN Program, Breen School of Nursing, Ursuline College. Deborah A. Vitantonio, DNP, RN, is a professor of nursing, Lakeland Community College. Wendy Batch-Wilson, DNP, RN, is dean, Nursing Center of Excellence, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio. Christine Szweda, MSM, RN, CCRN, is senior director of operations, and Joan M. Kavanagh, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, is associate chief nursing officer for the Office of Nursing Education and Professional Development, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, Ohio. Kathleen A. Mau, DNP, APRN, NEA-BC, ACCNS-AG, ACNS-BC, CEN, is senior director of nursing education, Cleveland Clinic Health System. Patricia A. Sharpnack, DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN, is dean and Strawbridge Professor, and Kimberly Dillon-Bleich, PhD, RN, is associate dean of undergraduate programs, Breen School of Nursing, Ursuline College. Carol Drennen, MSN, MS, RN, is consultant, Ohio Action Coalition, Rocky River, Ohio. For more information, contact Dr. Laura Goliat at

Published: September 2020

The Northeast Team of the Ohio Action Coalition, composed of regional clinical and academic educators, identified a potential barrier for nurses pursuing a baccalaureate degree. Duplication of health assessment content was identified for some associate degree graduates enrolled in RN-BSN programs, thereby adding extra time and cost for attaining the baccalaureate degree. In response, the Northeast Team of the Ohio Action Coalition developed an assessment competency evaluation that, if successfully passed, would grant credit for the health assessment course. The assessment competency evaluation provided the opportunity for students to demonstrate competency in both health assessment and clinical judgment skills.

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