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Nursing Associate Degree at Bryant and Stratton College Ohio

Program: 369 Semesters: 5m Total Credit Hours: 72

Description
The mission of the Nursing Program is to provide quality nursing education in North Central Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin and to facilitate the provision of exceptional healthcare in the regions. The Nursing Program emphasizes classroom, laboratory, and clinical experiences that prepare students for both the world of work and for life-long learning. Computer aided instruction, telecommunications technology, clinical simulation and other technical learning strategies are seen as integral components of the delivery methods needed to serve the educational needs of students in the 21st century.

The purpose of the Nursing Program is to prepare Nursing Program graduates to function in professional registered nursing roles. The program provides a foundation of learning which promotes integration of clinical decision making processes into the provision of nursing care for meeting the health/illness needs of patients across the life span. The three roles of the associate degree nurse (Provider of Care, Manager of Care, and Member of the Discipline of Nursing) describe nursing practice and role expectations of the entry level registered nurse. The core components of those roles, as established by the National League for Nursing (NLN, 2000) are as follows: professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring interventions, teaching and learning, collaboration, and managing care. The organizing framework provides direction for the selection and ordering of learning experiences to achieve program outcomes.

Nurses require broader base of knowledge than ever was needed in the past to plan and implement care in today’s complex health care system. A baccalaureate program in nursing increases general knowledge in the physical and social sciences, and also enhances the student’s skills in assessment, patient advocacy, and care management. The BS in nursing prepares the registered nurse to plan and implement change, open the door to leadership positions, increases earning potential, and provide the opportunity to practice in a broader rage of settings.
Program Objectives

The RN completion program is designed to enable students to build on previous learning, as well as to gain the knowledge, skills and professional behaviors needed to practice at a higher level of nursing. Baccalaureate education facilitates an expanding awareness of self and others, personal and social consciousness, and a greater breadth and depth of understanding of the human condition.

The goals of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program are to:
provide quality baccalaureate level education to registered nurses in the Central Maine and Mid Coast areas
enhance nurses’ abilities to work in the challenging and complex roles of the healthcare environment
further develop the leadership and management skills necessary to promote growth within the profession of nursing
provide nurses with the educational foundation for graduate level education
Learning Outcomes

Admissions Requirements
May transfer a maximum of 30 hours of upper division credits.
A minimum of 60 semester hours from an associate’s degree Nursing program. In addition to nursing coursework (C+ or better), Liberal Arts and Science courses (C or better) must be distributed among at least six General Education groups and include Statistics. (SUNY Delhi offers an online research methods/statistics course that may be taken as a co-requisite.) Required LA&S courses include Anatomy and Physiology I & II, Microbiology, English, and Psychology.
Current RN license.
Graduation from an accredited associate’s degree Nursing program.
Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above for prerequisite credits.
One year of experience practicing as an RN immediately preceding matriculation is recommended.
Official transcripts from all schools attended.
Meet all criteria set forth in admission and progression technical standards. These standards include abilities and skills necessary to provide nursing care with or without accommodation, such as: 1) communication, observation, and sensory skills; 2) motor skills; 3) conceptual and reasoning skills; and 4) social skills.

Roles and Competencies

The Provider of Care is defined as a nurse who utilizes a systematic process, assists clients in meeting healthcare needs in a wide variety of settings, and coordinates the care of clients using a multidisciplinary approach.

The Manager of Care is defined as a nurse who optimizes resources to achieve desired outcomes for promotion of health in client populations.

The Member of the Profession is defined as a nurse who is accountable for the ethical, legal, and professional dimensions of the practice of nursing.

These roles are actualized through the following core competencies (New York State Education Articulation Model, April 2007):
Professional behaviors
Communication
Collaboration
Assessment
Clinical decision making
Caring intervention
Teaching/learning
Managing care

Learning Outcomes

A graduate of the Nursing B.S. Nurs. program is a nurse generalist with additional liberal and professional nursing education who synthesizes knowledge from nursing, biophysical, and social sciences in the practice of professional nursing, and independently provides evidence-based nursing care by:
Demonstrating critical-thinking and decision-making skills in the use of the nursing process with individuals, families, groups, and communities experiencing complex health problems.
Participating on interdisciplinary teams to provide care for persons and/or groups whose health status is at risk or unstable.
Providing nursing care based on relevant theoretical and research-based findings in professional nursing practice.
Recognizing the impact of political, economic, and social factors that shape health policy and influence the health needs of clients.
Promoting, maintaining, and evaluating health and wellness, and coordinating a plan of care across the healthcare continuum.
Demonstrating professional role behaviors based on moral, legal, and ethical standards of practice.
Applying leadership and management principles to enhance the quality of health care.
Engaging in planning and implementing teaching and learning activities to foster positive health behaviors.

PROGRAM MISSION AND GOALS

Baccalaureate nursing education at Lynchburg College integrates theoretical nursing knowledge with clinical practice opportunities to prepare students for the levels of professional work outlined by the American Nurses’ Association’s Standards of Practice.

Graduates from the Lynchburg College program develop a variety of skills and are able to handle numerous challenges that include:
Making appropriate nursing practice decisions for persons of various ages and health states;
Providing nursing care to promote optimum health in individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations representing a variety of ages, cultural backgrounds, and health states;
Communicating effectively orally and in writing;
Partnering with others to accomplish health care goals;
Using research to support nursing practice to improve health care outcomes;
Demonstrating management skills useful for planning and coordinating care; and
Demonstrating professional behaviors and values.
ACCREDITATION

The program—approved by the Virginia State Board of Nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education—leads to a bachelor of science degree and qualifies students who wish to become registered nurses to take the National Council Licensing Examination.