Program Overview

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Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Overview

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at Northern Arizona University is a four and a half year program that teaches students to provide care for individuals, families, and communities in a variety of urban, rural, and culturally diverse settings. During the BSN Program, students will learn the tools to be successful in a nursing career, along with a hands-on curriculum and many different programs available within NAU's Nursing Department. Graduates of the Program are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN), and begin their rewarding career in healthcare.

University Requirements

To receive a bachelor's degree at Northern Arizona University, students must complete at least 120 units of credit that minimally includes a major, the general studies requirements, and university requirements as listed below.

• All of Northern Arizona University's general studies, junior-level writing, and capstone requirements.
• All requirements for the specific academic plan(s).
• At least 30 units of upper-division courses, which may include transfer work.
• At least 30 units of coursework taken through Northern Arizona University, of which at least 18 must be upper-division courses (300-level or above).
• A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 on all work attempted at Northern Arizona University.

Program Details

Additional Admission Requirements

Individual program admission requirements over and above admission to NAU are required.

Pre-Professional Requirements

Prerequisite courses to be completed before being admitted to the nursing program (30 32 units):

• (BIO 181) or (CHM 130 and CHM 130L) (3 5 units)
• BIO 201, BIO 201L, BIO 202, BIO 202L, BIO 205, BIO 205L (12 units)
• BIO 320 or NUR 370 (3 units)
• NTS 135 or any Human Nutrition course approved by an advisor (3 units)
• PSY 101, PSY 240 (6 units)
• STA 270 or PSY 230 (3 units)
• All other foundation, liberal studies/general studies courses.

Major Requirements

This major requires 93 94 units distributed as follows:

• Pre-Professional Requirements (as listed above): 30 32 units
• Nursing Common Course Requirements: 63 units
  • Traditional Format
  • Compressed Format
  • Global Format

Nursing Coursework

Take the following 63 units of sequenced nursing coursework:

• Traditional Format hybrid format, typically two traditional (fall/spring) years to complete.
  • NUR 331, NUR 336, NUR 338L, NUR 342, NUR 346, NUR 351 (17 units)
  • NUR 360, NUR 390W, NUR 403, NUR 422, NUR 428L (15 units)
  • NUR 362, NUR 401, NUR 417, NUR 427, NUR 438L (15 units)
  • NUR 326, NUR 409, NUR 419, NUR 450C, NUR 451 (16 units)
• Compressed Format hybrid format, typically 16 consecutive months to complete (fall/spring/summer).
  • NUR 331, NUR 336, NUR 338L, NUR 342, NUR 346, NUR 351 (17 units)
  • NUR 360, NUR 390W, NUR 403, NUR 422, NUR 428L (15 units)
  • NUR 362, NUR 401, NUR 417, NUR 427, NUR 438L (15 units)
  • NUR 326, NUR 409, NUR 419, NUR 450C, NUR 451 (16 units)
• Global Format hybrid format, typically 16 consecutive months to complete (fall/spring/summer).
  • NUR 331, NUR 336, NUR 343, NUR 342, NUR 346, NUR 351 (16 units)
  • NUR 326, NUR 360, NUR 363, NUR 390W, NUR 403, NUR 422 (17 units)
  • NUR 362, NUR 383, NUR 401, NUR 417, NUR 427 (14 units)
  • NUR 419, NUR 443, NUR 448L, NUR 450C, NUR 460 (16 units)

General Electives

Additional coursework is required if, after meeting the previously described requirements, a total of 120 units of credit has not yet been completed. Students may take these remaining courses from any of the academic areas, using these courses to pursue their specific interests and goals.

Student Learning Outcomes

Outcomes align with Standards from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education:

• Clinical Practice and Prevention: Integrates theory, evidence, professional perspectives, and patient preferences into clinical judgment to provide holistic patient-centered care across the lifespan and healthcare continuum, and in healthcare environments.
• Communication: Incorporates effective communication into professional nursing practice.
• Critical reasoning:
  • Synthesizes evidence and nursing knowledge to evaluate and modify clinical nursing practice, in order to provide holistic, safe, comprehensive, patient-centered care.
  • Integrates reliable evidence from multiple ways of knowing to inform practice and make clinical judgments.
• Leadership: Integrates knowledge and skills in leadership, quality improvement, health care policy and patient safety into practice to provide high quality care.
• Professionalism and Professional Values
  • Integrates professional values and their associated behaviors into the practice of nursing.
  • Incorporates ethical and legal principles and professional standards into nursing practice.
  • Integrates caring's affective characteristics into patient-centered care and with other healthcare professionals.
• Global Health
  • Global Engagement: Promotes safety and quality of health care outcomes for diverse populations incorporating principles of advocacy, leadership and collaboration.
  • Diversity Education: Advocates for health equity and social justice for vulnerable populations and the elimination of health disparities both locally and globally.
  • Environmental Sustainability: Participates in collaborative efforts to improve aspects of the environment that negatively impacts health both locally and globally.

Campus Availability

The BSN program is available at the following campuses:

• Flagstaff
• NAU North Valley
• Pima Community College, West
• Yuma