Program Overview

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at New England College (NEC) is designed to provide students with an innovative, accessible, affordable, experiential, and supportive learning community that challenges individuals to transform themselves and the care environments they serve.

Program Overview

The program is a three-year cooperative BSN program that combines the holistic benefits of a liberal arts education with invaluable conceptual nursing education. Students can complete 124 credits in less than three years on a 12-month academic calendar. The program includes three paid immersive clinical experiences as an employee of one of NEC's partner healthcare organizations, providing students with hands-on experience in hospital settings.

Program Goals

The program's purpose is to assist student-learners to:

1. Critically think, clinically reason, and apply scientific problem-solving methods to demonstrate clinical judgment in simple and complex healthcare situations.
2. Intervene therapeutically by combining knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions in a holistic, socially just, person-centered, ethical, and compassionate manner.
3. Provide safe, high-quality, cost-effective care and translate and apply evidence at the point of care and throughout care systems.
4. Communicate effectively using verbal, non-verbal, written, informatics, and technology skills to foster healthy interprofessional partnerships throughout care systems.
5. Value diversity as a member of society, the profession, and care systems; and advocate and lobby for inclusive and equitable access to healthcare.
6. Comport themselves as professionals and leaders within an individual practice setting, system, society, and the nursing profession.

Program Learning Outcomes

The program learning outcomes are based on the Essentials documents (AACN 2008 and AACN, 2021) and Nurse of the Future Competencies (Sroczynski, 2016) and include:

• PLO1: Synthesize knowledge from nursing, the arts, humanities, and the natural, physical, and social sciences into professional nursing practice across the lifespan and care continuum.
• PLO2: Provide holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate nursing care across the lifespan and care continuum.
• PLO3: Serve in partnerships to advocate for improving the health status of a defined population through health promotion, illness prevention, and emergency preparedness measures.
• PLO4: Use clinical expertise and the individual's preferences, experience, and values to identify, evaluate, and apply the best current evidence into clinical decision-making.
• PLO5: Apply quality improvement principles and contribute to a culture of patient, provider, and work environment safety.
• PLO6: Engage in team-based person-centered care partnerships across the care continuum to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.
• PLO7: Effectively and proactively coordinates unit-based human and fiscal resources to provide safe, quality, and equitable care across the lifespan and care continuum.
• PLO8: Use information and technology to analyze and synthesize information to manage and improve the provision of safe, high-quality, and efficient care across the lifespan and care continuum.
• PLO9: Demonstrate accountability for the provision of standard-based nursing care across the lifespan and care continuum, consistent with ethical, moral, altruistic, legal, regulatory, and humanistic ideologies.
• PLO10: Model personal health behaviors, demonstrate professional curiosity, and advocate for individuals across the lifespan and care continuum.

Admission Requirements

NEC Nursing completes a holistic admission review for every applicant. In addition to NEC's general application requirements, nursing applicants must complete the following admission requirements:

• Overall high school GPA (average 3.12 for admitted students)
• Grades in college prep math, science, and English courses
• Two letters of recommendation
• Personal essay
• LNA Licensure is a plus
• TEAS, SAT, or ACT optional
• Interview optional or upon request

Tuition

The average tuition for a bachelor's degree after scholarships and aid is $12,500 per year.

Degree Requirements

Total Credits: 124

• Nursing Courses:
  • BI 1020 - Foundations of Nutrition
  • BI 3210 - Microbiology
  • PS 1110 - Introduction to Psychology
  • PS 2160 - Life-Span Development
  • SO 1110 - Introduction to Sociology
  • NU 1110 - Professional Nursing I
  • NU 1120 - Health Assessment I
  • NU 1130 - Professional Nursing II
  • NU 1140 - Health Assessment II
  • NU 1150 - Cooperative Experience I
  • NU 2130 - Professional Nursing III
  • NU 2150 - Cooperative Experience II
  • NU 3120 - Evidence and Informatics
  • NU 3150 - Cooperative Experience III
  • NU 4110 - Systems-Based Practice in Healthcare
  • NU 4130 - Transition to Professional Practice
  • NU 4510 - Capstone Seminar & Clinical Immersion
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Nursing:
  • LAS 1000 - First-Year Seminar
  • WR 1010 - Composition
  • MT 1100 - Quantitative Reasoning
  • LAS 1110 (LAS 1) - The Natural Environment - Understanding Our Place in the Natural World
  • LAS 1120 (LAS 2) - The Civic Environment - Democratic Values
  • LAS 2110 (LAS 3) - Creative Arts
  • PS 1110 - Introduction to Psychology
  • NU 1120 - Health Assessment I
  • LAS 2140 (LAS 6) - Humanities
  • LAS 3110 (LAS 7) - Global Perspectives
  • LAS Elective

Faculty

The faculty members include:

• Carolyn Parker, BS, MSN, RN
• Jessica Wiggin, MSN, RN, CNL
• Dr. Laurie Becotte, RN, CNE, PCCN
• Tricia Fanjoy, MS, RN, CNE

Frequently Asked Questions

• How long does it take to complete the Nursing, BSN program? The program is designed to be completed in three years.
• How is the Nursing, BSN program structured? The program is structured around three trimesters a yearfall, spring, and summer, each totaling 16 credits.
• What are the benefits of a Nursing, BSN program? The program prepares students to become ethical, compassionate, and effective nurses in a variety of patient-focused roles.
• How do I enroll in the Nursing, BSN program? To enroll in the program, students must gain admission after submitting an application and meeting the various admission requirements.