Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree is designed to be offered as a cohort program, with students progressing through the coursework in 15 months of continuous attendance. Admitted students will have completed an Associate of Applied Science or Associate of Science degree and passed the NCLEX-RN exam by the end of the first quarter of courses, if not sooner. The course schedule meets the needs of working adults through alternative scheduling, hybrid learning, and accelerated courses.

The program focuses on advanced nursing courses that prepare the BSN student for roles in management and leadership; providing the opportunity to understand advanced pathophysiology and assessment, transition to practice, the use of evidence-based practice, global health concerns, informatics, trends in nursing, and leadership. With this coursework, students will be able to connect to key practices in the workplace.

Program Outcomes

Students completing the Nursing BSN degree should be able to satisfy the following outcomes: 

1. Generate nursing knowledge integration and translation, defined as the process of communicating, combining, and applying established and evolving knowledge, to make clinical judgments and innovate nursing practice.
2. Evaluate the scientific body of knowledge regarding patient-centered care focusing on the individuals’ whole person, including physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs providing respectful and compassionate care.
3. Participate in population health to improve health for everyone, not just the sick, using a collaborative approach that includes public health, health care, and other organizations generating equitable health outcomes for all.
4. Generate, synthesize, translate, apply and disseminate nursing knowledge to improve health and transform health care.
5. Evaluate established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science to enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers.
6. Analyze collaborations across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.
7. Respond to and lead within complex systems of healthcare to effectively and proactively coordinate resources to provide safe, quality and equitable care to diverse populations.
8. Analyze information and communication technology (ICT) and informatics to provide care, gather data, make decisions, and support healthcare professionals.
9. Create a sustainable professional identity by being accountable, open-minded, collaborative, and professional reflecting on values and characteristics of the professional nurse role.
10. Engage in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, and well-being contributing to life-long learning, and supporting the acquisition of nursing expertise and assertion of leadership.

You may earn a bachelor degree by successfully completing the required 90 credit hours with a grade of “C” or better in all required courses. 

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