Program Overview

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Nursing - Traditional Program

The Traditional 4-Year Nursing Program is designed to provide education in preparation for licensure and professional nursing practice. The program offers traditional face-to-face classes. Clinical learning experiences will be conducted via a state-of-the-art simulation laboratory as well as traditional, hands-on, instructor-supervised training in Westchester County and New York City health care facilities.

Program Overview

This education experience will provide the preparation needed for the challenging and diverse health care needs of our community and throughout the United States. Upon successful completion, students will earn a baccalaureate degree, be eligible to take the NCLEX-RN licensure examination and be qualified for admission to graduate nursing programs.

The Mercy Advantage

• Highly interactive mannequins are housed in the Clinical Skills and Simulation Lab, which students utilize in order to gain experience, refine fundamental skills, establish priorities and safely apply learned concepts
• Experienced dedicated and caring faculty with clinical certifications and expertise in designated specialties

Career Opportunities

Job growth for registered nurses is increasing faster than average, and evolving health care demands in the US promise continued growth. Registered nurses provide care in a variety of settings and can make a significant impact on individuals, families, and communities while advancing healthcare for all. Join us and be part of healthcare's solution! Together, we can help address health disparities and promote health equity for all.

Our graduates will be able to provide nursing care in a variety of settings and positions

• Acute Care
• Outpatient Clinics
• Home Health
• Rural Health
• TeleHealth
• Managed Care
• Public Health
• Infection Control
• Forensic Nursing
• School Nurse

Program Details & Curriculum

Curriculum Overview

• General Education Requirements: 60 Credits
• Lower Division Nursing*: 47 Credits
• Major Concentration
  • Upper Division Nursing: 15 Credits
• Total: 122 Credits

Undergraduate Nursing Program Goals

The B.S. in nursing program is designed to prepare students to:

• Be accountable for professional nursing care
• Collaborate in leadership roles within the changing health care delivery system
• Participate in the process of inquiry
• Prepare for graduate study

Admission Criteria

Traditional Nursing Program

Admission Criteria for Acceptance into the Nursing Program:

• High School GPA of 85*
• Grade of 80 in all math and science classes taken in 9th-11th grades
• Math- three years including algebra
• Science- three years including biology and chemistry
• Average grade of 78 in all English classes taken in 9th-11th grades (minimum 2 English classes required)
• Written personal statement (200-500 word statement about why you want to become a nurse).

Traditional Nursing Program- Transfer Applicants

Admission Criteria for Acceptance into the Nursing Program for Transfer Applicants:

• GPA: 2.8
• Requisite courses (see below) must be completed with a grade of C+ or better.
• Essay (200-300 words about why you want to be a nurse)
• Students will be accepted, rejected or placed on a wait list.

Transfer Policy

The Traditional Nursing Program accommodates first-time freshman students and is set up as a 4-year cohort that is fully enrolled each fall with incoming freshmen. There are very few transfer students admitted.

• Transfer students are considered only if a vacancy exists in the existing cohort and the applicant meets all of the criteria.
• Transfer students begin coursework in sophomore year in the nursing program.
• Any student previously dismissed from another Nursing Program will not be considered for admission.
• Transfer students will take 3-full years of classes before graduation from the Traditional Program regardless of the number of transfer credits.

Courses Required Prior to Completing the Transfer Application

Courses listed below must be completed with a grade of C+ or better prior to May 30th for fall admission and August 30th for spring admission.

• BIOL 130 Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lecture
• BIOL 130A Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory
• BIOL 131 Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lecture
• BIO 131A Human Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory
• CHEM 140 General Chemistry I Lecture
• CHEM 140A General Chemistry Laboratory
• ENGL 111 Written English and Literary Studies I
• ENGL 112 Written English and Literary Studies II
• MATH 116 College Algebra
• PSYN 101 Introduction to Psychology
• SOCL 101 Introduction to Sociology

Accreditations

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing and master's degree program in nursing at Mercy University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001.

The baccalaureate degree in nursing at Mercy University is accredited by the New York Board of Regents, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Board of Regents, Room 110 EB, Albany, New York 12234.

Program Outcomes

• Integrate concepts from liberal arts and sciences as the basis for nursing education and the practice of professional nursing (PO I)
• Demonstrate leadership strategies that promote quality improvement, client safety, and organizational effectiveness that promotes health (PO II)
• Evaluate the levels of evidence that guide evidence based on practice in professional nursing (PO III)
• Explore ethical management of data, information, knowledge, and technology to facilitate professional nursing care (PO IV)
• Investigate healthcare policies and practices, finances, costs, and regulations that influence professional nursing and the general population while promoting advocacy and social justice particularly for the vulnerable (PO V)
• Examine the implications of interprofessional communication and collaboration in improving health outcomes (PO VI)
• Examine the impact of clinical prevention on health promotion and disease prevention on population health (PO VII)
• Integrate the core values characteristic of professional nursing (PO VIII)
• Integrate and apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes that lead to the improvement in health outcomes while recognizing the diversity of culture, spirituality, ethnicity, socio-economic status, gender, and sexual orientation of all clients (PO IX)

Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

• Salil D Akhtar: Assistant Professor, Nursing
• Lucia Judith Alfano: Assistant Professor | Director of Clinical Affairs, Nursing
• Kathleen Apollon-Ferron: Instructor, Assistant Dean, School of Nursing
• Chandra Arjoonsingh: Instructor, Nursing
• Marilyn Jane Campbell: Assistant Professor, Nursing
• Regina Cardaci: Associate Professor, Nursing
• Angela L Chaney-Grant: Instructor, Nursing
• Marion L. Conteh: Assistant Professor, Nursing

Part-Time Faculty

• Gladys O Adewale: Lecturer, Nursing
• Gloria A. Airall-Simon: Senior Lecturer, Nursing
• Patricia A. Alfini: Senior Instructor, Nursing
• Gwen Anderson: Instructor, Nursing

Faculty Emeritae

• Alayne Fitzpatrick: Associate Professor Emerita, Nursing
• Honore Fontes: Professor Emerita, Nursing
• Carolyn Lansberry: Professor Emerita, Nursing
• Mary McGuinness: Assistant Professor Emerita, Nursing