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Nov 02, 2024
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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Nursing Major - RN Completion
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The program leading to the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing has been developed to provide registered nurses who have earned a diploma or associate degree with an opportunity to pursue a baccalaureate nursing degree in a program closely articulated with their previous educational and clinical experiences. Courses are designed to build on previously acquired knowledge and skills.
Students may complete the program on either a full-time or a part-time basis. The sequence of courses and the length of time necessary for the RN to complete the requirements for the degree vary with the individual and depend on the number of transfer credits, credit by examination, and advanced standing credits they have earned, as well as on the number of credits for which the student registers each semester. An effort is made to individualize selected learning opportunities within nursing courses based on the background and interests of the student.
Qualifications for this program include:
- Graduation from a state-approved diploma or associate degree program in nursing with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75.
- Achievement of at least a C grade in all lower-level nursing courses.
- Achievement of acceptable college or university credit in required courses in physical sciences, social sciences and liberal studies.
Applicants must possess a current Professional Registered Nurse license and registration to practice professional nursing in the U.S., demonstrate knowledge and competency to practice first-level nursing, provide satisfactory references, and meet the health requirements of the nursing department.
Student Learning Outcomes
In accordance with the mission of the Department of Nursing, the undergraduate program goals, and the nine essentials from the Executive Summary of AACN (2008), the baccalaureate curriculum for both the pre-licensure students and registered nurse students will provide educational opportunities which will enable graduates to:
- describe how arts and sciences apply to the care of individuals and families;
- apply the concepts of evidence-based practice to critical thinking in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care;
- apply effective communication techniques with diverse populations;
- construct culturally competent nursing care for diverse populations;
- use technology and informatics in professional nursing practice;
- use effective communication with members of the interprofessional health care team to promote quality and safe patient care; and
- appraise their ability to meet the following professional nursing values: altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice.
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Core Curriculum Requirements
All Nazareth students complete Core Curriculum coursework as part of their degree requirements. The Core provides a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences while guiding students to pose and explore their own intellectual questions. See Academic Policies and Procedures for specific core curriculum requirements.
Admission Prerequisites for Nursing Major - RN Completion
All incoming students must successfully complete the following course equivalencies as a requirement of admission to the Nursing major - RN completion:
Required Courses for Nursing Major - RN Completion
All RN
students in the Bachelor of Science completion program are required to take the following
courses in the Department of Nursing: - NSG 208 - Health Assessment in a Multicultural Society Credits: 3
- NSG 323 - Nursing in a Multicultural Society Credits: 3
- NSG 327 - Clinical Decision Making in a Multicultural Society Credits: 3
- NSG 350 - Evidence-based Practice for Clinicians Credits: 3
- NSG 425 - Community Health Nursing in a Multicultural Society Credits: 3
- NSG 426 - Community Health Promotion Clinical Credits: 2
- NSG 427L - Community Health Home Care Lab Credits: 2
- NSG 433 - Nursing Leadership in a Multicultural Society Credits: 2
- NSG 436G - Health Care Policy and Delivery in a Global Society Credits: 3
Senior Experience
- NSG 434 - Leadership and Management Practicum Credits: 3
- NSG 476 - Health, Society and Nursing: An Interprofessional Perspective Credits: 3
- NSG 499 - Nursing Comprehensive Credits: 0
The senior experience for both the pre-licensure students and the registered nursing majors consists of seminars, projects and a departmental comprehensive examination in which majors examine the impact of their baccalaureate education on themselves as liberally educated persons, as members of the nursing profession, and as members of a global society. The goals of the senior experience are twofold: 1) to develop critical thinking, problem-solving and interactive skills as liberally-educated professional nurses; and 2) to analyze the interconnections among health, nursing, the liberal arts and the humanities, especially from the core areas of the Natural Sciences, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Literature, History, Fine Arts, Mathematics and Social Sciences.
Junior Year
- 4 Perspectives-Enduring Questions Courses (P-EQ) Credits: 12
- Liberal Arts Elective Credits: 3
As well as: Senior Year
- One Perspectives-Enduring Questions Course (P-EQ) Credits: 3
- Liberal Arts Electives Credits: 12
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