RN to BSN Advising

Contacting an advisor

If you are a practicing RN in pursuit of your BSN degree, you will work with our RN Advising Team!  We work from a shared email address and phone number so please contact us at the information listed below.  We look forward to working with you!

Other ways to connect with an Academic Advisor

• Walk-In: Advisors are available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to assist students in the RN-BSN and RN-MSN programs.
• Email: RNadvising@uta.edu
• Phone: 817-272-2776 (option 2, then option 4) Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm CST.
• Are you an undergraduate student but do not hold an active, unencumbered nursing license? Your advising information is on this page.

Advising Requirements for Post-Licensure Undergraduate Nursing Students

Students in either the campus-based or accelerated online (AO) post-licensure undergraduate programs are encouraged to meet with an Academic Advisor once a semester.

Advisors visit the Fort Worth Campus to advise campus-based students.

Our AO students may schedule a phone, in-person face-to-face, or virtual appointment with an Academic Advisor.

Before your appointment:

1. Have a list of questions prepared to ask your advisor.
2. Familiarize yourself with your program information, and your current progress in your program.
3. Make arrangements to be on time to your advising appointment. Students who are more than ten minutes late will be rescheduled.

Nursing Advisors

RN-BSN and Undergraduate RN-MSN Programs

This advising team works with Registered Nurses who are seeking their baccalaureate (BSN) degree and also those interested in the RN to MSN Program.

• Mr. Mario Arteaga
• Ms. Alexus Frazier
• Mr. Michael Guillory
• Mrs. Katrina Johnson
• Mr. Sawyer Lucy-Speidel
• Mrs. Dariela A. Pena
• Mrs. Emily Rodriguez

Nursing License Verification

Students are required to provide verification of an active, unencumbered license for acceptance into UTA and the Nursing program when submitting the application. The Office of Admissions and the College of Nursing and Health Innovation use NURSYS, a national database, to verify student license credentials. The NURSYS licensure and disciplinary database is the repository of the data provided directly from the Nursing Commission to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s (NCSBN) and is primary source equivalent. To learn more about NURSYS, please click or tap here

To assist in expeditiously verifying your credentials, please ensure your information is available in this database and correctly typed on your ApplyUTA application.

We also encourage you to sign up for NURSYS e-notify.

Using NURSYS you will benefit by receiving license expiration reminders, status updates to your license, and tracking your nurse license verifications for endorsement. Visit the link above to learn more about the benefits of e-notify.

Accessing Your Advising Appointment in Microsoft Teams

Step One – Get the App!

Microsoft Teams is a component of Office 365. All students, faculty and staff now have access to Office 365 and Teams. Login to Microsoft Teams with your UTA email address and NetID password.

After logging into Teams, you can download Teams to your computer by clicking the “Get App” button on the bottom left of the navigation bar on the left side of the page.

To install Teams on a mobile device, search the App store or Google Play for the “Microsoft Teams” and follow installation prompts. You will need to log in with your UTA Microsoft account credentials (UTA email account and NetID password). Functions on the mobile app will look different.

Step Two – Join Your Scheduled Appointment!

Once you have the Teams app open, click the Calendar tab in the navigation bar on the left. Next, click on the icon located in the appointment – “Join”. Join by computer or by phone.

To join by phone, dial the phone number and enter the conference ID – simply follow the instructions in the Teams meeting.

Additional Resources

• Teams Downloads
• UTA Office365 Apps