Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Abilene, USA
BSc
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international admissions deadline
Key Summary
Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing provides students with two pathways towards completing a BSN degree – the traditional four-year BSN and the online RN-to-BSN articulation program for already licensed nurses to advance their nursing to the BSN level.
For the traditional four-year pathway, pre-nursing students complete the general education core at one of our two consortium universities. After completion, an application is submitted to PHSSN. As a member of the PHSSN family, you will join a cohort of students from either Hardin-Simmons or McMurry universities who, like yourselves, have been accepted into the nursing program to complete the final two years of nursing education.
On your journey to becoming a Registered Nurse, students will have the opportunity to experience an introduction to nursing in some of the area’s premier healthcare agencies. Our partnerships with various communities of interest and numerous nursing specialties will expose you to a wealth of knowledge and expertise.
The online RN-BSN degree from Hardin-Simmons University is awarded at the successful completion of courses from the general education curriculum, as well as, upper-division nursing courses. At PHSSN, individuals will be educationally prepared in a manner that promotes the development of intellectual, cultural, moral, and religious values.
The online RN-BSN program provides licensed Diploma and Associate Degree prepared nurses an opportunity to further develop clinical reasoning and analytical skills. This program of study expands the initial nursing preparation with course work to enhance professional development, prepare for a broader scope of clinical practice, and provide a better understanding of the cultural, political, economic, and social issues that affect patients and influence care delivery.
The BSN degree is conferred by Hardin-Simmons University, and graduates may then go on to graduate nursing programs to pursue the role of Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Educator.
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
BSN Core Curriculum
BSN Nursing Core Requirements
These courses are required to be fulfilled in the Core Curriculum.
- College Algebra
- StatisticsSTAT 1000, or higher
- Human Anatomy/Physiology I
- Human Anatomy/Physiology II
- Public Health Microbiology
- Essentials of Chemistry I
- General Chemistry I
- Intro to Psychology
- Life Span Development
- Intro to Sociology
Nursing Requirements
Major: Nursing
- Pathophysiology
- Introduction to Nursing Skills
- Dimensions of Nursing
- Pharmacology
- Health Assessment
- Nursing Process I-Fundamentals of, Nursing
- Mental Health Nursing
- Joining Forces: Understanding Wounds of War, or
- Lab and Diagnostics, or
- Health Care Missions, or
- Care of the Terminally Ill, or
- Clinical Nutrition
- Nursing Process II (Nursing Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family)
- Community and Public Health Nursing
- Nursing Theories & Research
- Nursing Process III (acute Care Nursing)
- Leadership and Management
- Professional Nursing Practicum
- Nursing Process IV-Critical Care, Nursing
- Apply the nursing process utilizing evidence-based practice and critical thinking to deliver competent, holistic, ethnoculturally sensitive, and ethical care to clients across the lifespan in a global society.
- Demonstrate integrity, responsibility, and accountability to clients, other health care workers, and the profession of nursing in political, legal, and ethical situations.
- Communicate effectively with clients and other members of the healthcare team.
- Demonstrate leadership and management skills in the delivery of healthcare services and the practice of professional nursing.
- Combine research findings, patient care technologies, and community resources to promote client health and wellness across the lifespan.
- Demonstrate accountability for practice behaviors, action, and responsibility for life-long personal, moral, ethical, spiritual, religious, and professional development.
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