Care coordination failures rarely begin at the bedside. They usually start earlier, inside systems that split responsibility across departments, settings, and documentation flows. A patient moves from primary care to acute care, then to follow-up support, yet key details get delayed, softened, or lost. A discharge plan looks complete on paper, but the handoff lacks context. A medication list gets updated in one setting while another team works from an older version. The result is avoidable friction that affects outcomes, workflow, and trust. That is why the question matters: can online ABSN education prepare nurses to work inside these fractured systems in a way that actually improves coordination?