Nursing B.S.N.

Program Student Learning Outcomes (PSLO):

SSLO/PSLO 1:

Safe and Effective Care Environment: The generalist nurse will promote achievement of client outcomes by providing and directing nursing care that enhances care delivery setting in order to protect clients, family, significant other, and other health care personnel.

SSLO/PSLO 2:

Health Promotion and Maintenance: The generalist nurse will provide and direct nursing care of the client, and family/significant others that incorporate the knowledge of expected growth and development principles; prevention and/or early detection of health problems, and strategies to achieve optimal health.

SSLO/PSLO 3:

Psychosocial Integrity: The generalist nurse will provide and direct nursing care that respects human differences and commonalities in the area of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being of the client and family/significant others.

SSLO/PSLO 4:

Physiological Integrity: The generalist nurse promotes achievement of client outcomes by providing and directing nursing care that enhances the care delivery in order to promote self-care and responsibility in clients, family/significant others and other health care personnel by clinical practice in variety of settings.

Admission Requirements Generic Program

Students are admitted to the School of Nursing at the beginning of the spring or fall Semester of their sophomore year, after completion of all pre-nursing curriculum courses. Enrollment may be limited by the number of physical and clinical facilities that are available for comprehensive learning environments.

Credit received on the basis of CLEP examinations or equivalent transfer credit from another educational institution may be included as part of these requirements. Nursing transfer credits in the generic BSN program are not accepted from other institutions.

The following requirements are part of the process used to determine eligibility for admission to the School of Nursing:

1. Students must demonstrate appropriate communication and mathematical skills as part of the University’s General Education competencies as described in the Bethune-Cookman University Academic Catalog.
2. Completion of the Pre-Nursing Major Prerequisites (lower division courses) with a minimum 2.80 overall, cumulative grade-point-average (GPA) and a minimum 2.50 GPA in support courses (totaling 24 Semester credit Hours) in the following areas:
   • Anatomy and Physiology I and II
   • General Biology
   • Mathematics (6 credits)
   • Psychology (General and Developmental)
   • Nutrition
3. Courses designated as support and natural science courses may not be repeated more than once to achieve a minimum passing grade of “C”.
4. No more than two (2) of the support courses may be repeated. Support courses are designated by asterisk in the Nursing Vertical Curriculum.
5. Students must take and pass a Nursing Admission Examination (NAE). The student must achieve a passing score as designated by the Bethune-Cookman University School of Nursing. The NAE will be administered as a proctored examination after an initial screening evaluation of applicants completed admission packets. The fee for the examination is separate and students are responsible for paying for the exam. The approximate cost is estimated to be between $50.00 to $70.00. Students will have two attempts to obtain the minimum passing score.
6. A physical examination is required from a qualified physician or advanced health care practitioner as defined in the School of Nursing Student Handbook. Proof of an up to date and complete immunization record must be submitted at the time of application.
   1. Two letters of personal reference are required. Sources of references may include an employer, academic student success coach, professor, counselor or community leader.
   2. Applicants must have a current Healthcare Provider Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) card.

Background Check Policy

Bethune-Cookman University requires that students submit to a criminal background check by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement prior to enrolling in the School of Nursing. The State of Florida Board of Nursing requires this information as a condition of licensure, and many clinical sites at which students will train require fingerprinting and background checks and urine drug/alcohol screens, as well. The University does not use this information for the purpose of making decisions regarding admission to the School of Nursing. However, because clinical experience is an integral part of the nursing curriculum, a criminal history may hinder a student’s progression through the program. The School of Nursing will make reasonable accommodations to provide alternative clinical sites for students whose participation is not accepted by a clinical agency. A student’s inability to satisfy clinical requirements, however, may result in dismissal from the School of Nursing.