Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Program

College of Nursing and Health Professions offers a baccalaureate program fully accredited by the Commission for Collegiate Nursing Education, for both traditional (prelicensure) and Registered Nurse (degree completion) students. Upon successful completion of the nursing curriculum, the graduate is awarded the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and is eligible to apply to write the national examination for licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse. The College also offers a Bachelor's to BSN for adults who already hold a Bachelor's degree and wish to enter the field of nursing.

Outcome Characteristics

The graduate of the baccalaureate nursing program will:

• Develop a personalized professional identity;
• Apply in interactions with clients the concept of holistic person in interaction with the total environment;
• Utilize critical inquiry in professional roles;
• Demonstrate effective communication in a variety of professional nursing roles;
• Demonstrate competence in the role of care giver, educator, and counselor;
• Assume professional responsibility for addressing social issues and concerns which affect the health of all members of society;
• Assume leadership and management roles to assure quality nursing practice in the delivery of health services;
• Value and assume responsibility for self-directed, interactive learning as a lifelong process.

Standardized Testing

Standardized Nursing Diagnostic Achievement Tests are one of the many forms of evaluation that are used each semester in the undergraduate program to determine that students have met all course-related objectives of the nursing program. Students who fail to successfully complete these tests must enroll in our Program for Academic Success (PASS). They will be required to develop a Customized Student Enhancement Plan and complete it by a predetermined time in order to progress in the program. These standardized tests and the PASS program are provided as a formative evaluation measure to ensure student academic success.

Bachelor of Science

Degree Offered: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Total Credit Hours: 130/133
Major Credit Hours: 64

Courses

A. Sophomore [Level II]

• 30-201 Foundations of Professional Nursing (2)
• 30-203 Professional Development I: Nurse-Client Interactions (2)
• 30-230 Foundations of Clinical Nursing (4)
• 30-231 Health Assessment (3)

B. Junior [Level I]

• 30-303 Professional Development II: Health Care Trends (2)
• 30-330 Health Promotion Across the Life Span I (3)
• 30-331 Health Maintenance and Restoration: Adulthood I (6)
• 30-340 Pharmacology (3)

C. Junior [Level II]

• 30-301 Nursing Research (3)
• 30-332 Health Promotion Across the Life Span II (2)
• 30-333 Health Maintenance and Restoration: Children (6)
• 30-334 Health Maintenance and Restoration: Childbearing Families (4)

D. Senior [Level I]

• 30-401 Professional Development III: Professional Identity and Leadership (2)
• 30-429 Health Maintenance and Restoration: Adulthood II (4)
• 30-431 Health Maintenance and Restoration: Adulthood III (6)

E. Senior [Level II]

• 30-432 Promoting Healthy Communities (4)
• 30-433 Health Maintenance and Restoration: Crisis (4)
• 30-434 Role Transition Practicum (4)

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