Nursing - B.S.N.

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program provides an educationally robust plan of study that makes students eligible to sit for and prepares students to pass the NCLEX-RN examination and obtain licensure to practice as a registered professional nurse. The program prepares the nurse generalist to practice in a variety of settings, sensitive to culturally diverse understandings of illness, health, and wellness. The graduate of the BSN program is a liberally educated individual who is committed to using her or his talents to make a positive contribution to the world, and has acquired the knowledge and skills to provide humanistic nursing practice in multiple settings as well as a foundation for advanced study in nursing.

Outcomes of the BSN Program

• Demonstrate professional practice that upholds the inherent worth and dignity of individuals, families, and communities, sensitive to their diverse spiritual and cultural needs
• Synthesize knowledge from the humanities, natural and social sciences and nursing as the foundation for critical thinking and decision making
• Employ effective communication skills throughout the scope of professional practice
• Utilize evolving technology to promote quality patient outcomes
• Uses the nursing process to provide consistent, safe, competent patient-centered care
• Consider the complex economic, legal, political and ethical issues affecting the delivery of care in the global and dynamic health care environment
• Assume responsibility and accountability for professional nursing practice
• Demonstrate beginning leadership abilities as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team
• Evaluate and integrate research that supports evidence based nursing practice
• Demonstrate intellectual inquisitiveness and lifelong commitment to learning