September 2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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September 2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Bachelor of Science in Nursing-Minneapolis (BSNMN) - Accelerated BSN Option


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(Please see the Undergraduate Program Offerings by Campus chart in the catalog or on the Herzing Website at www.herzing.edu/career-programs/downloads for a list of Herzing campuses offering this program.)

Program Description

This accelerated bachelor’s degree in nursing program is designed for those holding bachelor’s or master’s degrees in other fields who want to become a bachelor-prepared registered nurse (BSN). The program is designed to facilitate a career change to prepare the generalist nurse with a focus on practice which is holistic, caring, safe, quality, and evidence-based client/patient care.

The BSNMSN program prepares students to take the National Council Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) upon completion of the program. Graduates who successfully pass this national examination will be qualified to practice as registered nurses in the state in which they took the examination and will also be qualified to apply for licensure in all 50 states.

The support courses and core nursing courses build on each other and are integrated throughout the curriculum. Theoretical instruction is integrated with clinical experience in a variety of healthcare settings in order to provide a broad, holistic, and reality-based understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a professional nurse.

Utilizing The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice as a framework, graduates will be primary providers of direct and indirect care in many different settings, including acute care, chronic care, and public health. In providing care, nurses will also serve as patient advocates and educators. The focus of care may be an individual, a group, or a specific population. Graduates will also be prepared to assume first-line management positions.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

  1.  Utilize theoretical foundations from the liberal arts to support nursing practice.
  2.  Practice in roles appropriate for the baccalaureate nurse generalist in providing, designing, managing, and coordinating care for individuals, families, populations, and communities.
  3.  Incorporate levels of prevention in providing care to diverse populations across the lifespan.
  4.  Critically analyze information to make defensible nursing judgments, and utilize evidence-based practice and health policy in providing patient care.
  5.  Provide culturally competent care.
  6.  Utilize the nursing process to provide competent, safe, and holistic care that encompasses the physical, psychological, developmental, sociocultural, and 
  7.  spiritual dimensions of patients across the lifespan.
  8.  Demonstrate effective verbal, written, and group communication skills.
  9.  Demonstrate ethical practice individually and within an interdisciplinary healthcare environment.
  10.  Demonstrate a commitment to the role of the professional nurse.
  11.  Think critically at a conceptual level and by using mathematical analysis as well as the scientific method, write and speak effectively, use basic computer applications, and understand human behavior in the context of the greater society in a culturally diverse world.

Potential Occupational Titles

Potential occupational titles for this program include, but are not limited to, registered nurse.

Program Content

A minimum of 120.00 semester credit hours is required for graduation.

Required Courses in Nursing


All courses, 67.00 semester credit hours, are required.

Nursing Program Support Courses


17.00 semester credit hours are required.  A grade of “C” or better is required for all support course to be considered passing, except MA 320 Statistics, which requires a “D” grade to be considered passing.

Transfer Credits for General Education and Open Electives


Students enrolling in the Accelerated BSN option at the Minneapolis campus will receive block transfer credit for coursework completed in their previous degree. A minimum of 36.00 semester credit hours block transfer credit for general education and open elective credits will be awarded from a previously earned bachelor’s degree. Additional transfer credits may be considered for the programmatic support and non-clinical nursing courses on a course-by-course basis.

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