Bachelor of Science in Nursing

BSN Program Goals of the baccalaureate program are:

1. Provide baccalaureate nursing education within a liberal arts framework with is excellence-driven and which provides opportunity for the development of the total personality – spiritual, psychological, sociocultural and professional.
2. Prepare the graduate for entry into the professional nursing as a generalist.
3. Provide preparation in baccalaureate nursing that serves as a basis for entry into graduate level nursing education.

BSN Program Outcomes

The graduate of the baccalaureate nursing program will be able to:

1. Explain, support, and defend the concept that each person is unique and wholistic and has rights to self determination in matters pertaining to health.
2. Synthesize the nursing process to assist diverse persons toward meeting basic needs in various settings.
3. Assimilate the professional nurse’s role of advocate, communicator, counselor, change agent, teacher, leader, and provider and manager of care to assist the client toward optimum level of wellness.
4. Communicate effectively in interpersonal relationships with individuals and families, with other members of the healthcare system, and in documentation of data.
5. Use critical thinking skills to integrate theoretical and empirical knowledge from nursing, the humanities, and the biologic and social sciences in the promotion of health.
6. Utilize the research process and use findings in nursing practice to contribute to the improvement of healthcare and the advancement of nursing science.
7. Assume legal and ethical responsibility for nursing activities and accountability for professional growth.
8. Appraise own personal growth and actions based on Christian values.