Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates in Nursing (B.S.N.) will:
- Demonstrate effective communication, leadership, and collaboration techniques to produce positive professional relationships in the provision of care.
- Apply principles and theories from the sciences, humanities, and arts to the nursing care of individuals, groups, and diverse populations.
- Implement patient care technologies, information systems, and communication strategies that support safe, quality nursing practice.
- Recognize the nursing perspective as it relates to the interprofessional team achievement of progressive health care outcomes.
- Discern and apply evidence-based information to promote the health of individuals, families, groups, and communities.
- Provide culturally congruent, holistic patient-centered care to individuals and families across the health continuum, across the lifespan, and across healthcare settings.
- Generate a professional identity and incorporate professional values in practice.
- Examine systems that influence healthcare in promoting change for quality improvement.
- Apply integrity and ethical decision-making in the provision of competent, compassionate care, respecting the dignity and worth of each patient.
Major Requirements*
- NUR 301 Introduction to Nursing Concepts (3 hours)
- NUR 302 Promoting Self Care and Wellbeing (2 hours)
- NUR 303 Assessment and Health Promotion (3 hours)
- NUR 306 Foundations of Nursing Practice (7 hours)
- NUR 311 Community Health (3 hours)
- NUR 312 Health and Illness Concepts 1 (6 hours)
- NUR 314 Evidence-Based Practice (2 hours)
- NUR 315 Pharmacology 1 (2 hours)
- NUR 316 Special Populations 1 (4 hours)
- NUR 401 Transcultural Nursing (3 hours)
- NUR 402 Health and Illness Concepts 2 (6 hours)
- NUR 405 Pharmacology 2 (2 hours)
- NUR 406 Special Populations 2 (4 hours)
- NUR 411 Capstone (2 hours)
- NUR 412 Health and Illness Concepts 3 (3 hours)
- NUR 416 Special Populations 3 (3 hours)
- NUR 421 Concepts Synthesis (5 hours)
Cognate Requirements
- BIOL102 Essentials of Biology with Lab (4 hours)
- BIOL231 Principles of Nutrition (3 hours)
- BIOL241 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 (4 hours)
- BIOL242 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 (5 hours)
- BIOL334 Microbiology (5 hours)
- CHEM102 Essentials of Chemistry with Lab (4 hours)
- PHIL120 Ethics, Society and Choices (3 hours)
- HSCI200 Medical Terminology (2 hours)
- HSCI280 Pathophysiology (3 hours)
- MATH110 College Algebra (3 hours)
- MATH215 Introduction to Statistics and Probability (3 hours)
- PSYC112 General Psychology (3 hours)
- PSYC252 Developmental Psychology (3 hours)
- SOCS102 Sociology (3 hours)
Students who major in Nursing must earn a grade of “C” or better in each course required for the program. Students must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better for all required BIOL & CHEM courses.
Successful completion of NUR 401 satisfies the Other Cultures Disciplinary Perspective requirement in the general education curriculum.
Successful completion of NUR 411 and NUR 421 satisfies the requirement for PREP 499 in the general education curriculum.
