StudyQA — Bachelor: Nursing — Case Western Reserve University

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The BSN program emphasizes intensive and early clinical experience, a strong foundation in acute care nursing, and a commitment to service to our community. Our students begin their clinical experience in the first term of the freshman year and complete their program with a 280-hour clinical preceptorship in the senior year. Students graduate with over 1500 hours of clinical experience, far exceeding that of other schools of nursing. In addition, students provide healthcare services to children and families--collectively amassing approximately 16,000 hours of service to local schools alone each year.

The student-learning environment includes traditional classrooms, world-class clinical facilities, community settings and the Learning Resource Center (LRC). The LRC consists of four activity centers: the Clinical Teaching Center; the Center for Bio-informatics and Health Promotion; the Multimedia Simulation Center; and the Cyber Café. Clinical experiences occur in Cleveland’s nationally and internationally renowned health care facilities including the University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Cleveland Clinic and the MetroHealth System. Students also have extensive experience in community health departments, community centers and the Cleveland Municipal School District.

The opportunities available to students are limitless. Students are encouraged to participate in interdisciplinary research projects with senior faculty. They have the opportunity to explore health issues in the global arena, to study in international sites as part of their standard curriculum. International activities are supported by FPB’s World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center.

Graduates have a foundation in the discipline of nursing, demonstrate leadership in clinical practice, use clinical inquiry to advance practice, become involved in research, and assume responsibility for their own professional development.

Student Learning Outcomes

Teaches and counsels individuals, families and other groups about health, illness and health seeking behaviors
Critiques and applies research findings to clinical practice
Provides direct patient care and assumes leadership role in directing nursing care to individuals, groups and families
Participates and assumes beginning leadership roles
Uses principles of ethics and the professional code as a framework for decision making
Works effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team
Uses effective communication techniques with diverse clients, colleagues, and information systems
Describes process of health care policy development

This four-year generic program for high school graduates leads to a BSN degree. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will be eligible to sit for the NCLEX examination for licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN). A sample study plan also demonstrates how a BSN student might schedule the required courses.

The FPB School of Nursing has the right to determine a student's readiness to sit for the NCLEX-RN examination and the right to restrict testing until the student demonstrates a readiness to pass this examination. This examination is given by State Boards of Nursing, and satisfactory completion of this examination enables the graduate to practice as an RN in the state for which the examination was written.

The BSN program includes nursing, science and liberal arts courses. A minimum of 125.5 credit hours, with at least 50 credits from upper division courses, are required for award of the BSN degree. Students must meet the University requirements for graduation. The ratio of clinical hours to credit hours is 4 to 1, and for laboratory hours, it is 2 to 1.The program plan for entry-level students to the BSN program is as follows:

Freshman

Foundations of the Discipline
Foundations of Practice
Principles of Biology
Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology I
SAGES University First Seminar
GER General Education Requirement
BCLS and First Aid for Health Care Providers
Nursing Informatics 1: Introduction
Foundations of Practice II
Applied Nutrition in Health and Disease
Health Care in the Community
Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology II
SAGES University Seminar
Concepts for a Molecular View of Biology I

Sophomore

Nursing Care of the Adult 1
Introduction to Pharmacology 1
Aging in Health and Illness
Teaching/Learning in the Community (NURS 210) (OR NURS 260 Process Change in the Community)
Concepts for a Molecular View of Biology II
SAGES University Seminar
Medical Microbiology, Immunity, and Infectious Disease
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Nursing Care of the Adult 2
Human Development: Medical and Social
Teaching/Learning in the Community (NURS 210) (OR NURS 260 Evidence-based Public Policy in Community)
Introduction to Pharmacology 2

Junior

Parents and Neonates in Health and Illness (NURS 315)& Infants, Children, and Adolescents in Health and Illness
Basic Statistics for Social and Life Sciences
Leadership in the Community (NURS 310) (OR NURS 360 Process Change in the Community)
GER General Education Requirement
BCLS and First Aid for Health Care Providers
Theoretical and Evidence Bases for Best Practice in Nursing
Care of the Adult and Older Adult with Complex Health Alterations (NURS 338) & Care of the Perioperative Patient
Nursing Informatics 2
GER General Education Requirement
Process Change in the Community (NURS 360) (or NURS 310 Leadership in the Community)

Senior

Information Technologies in Health
Public Health Nursing
Health in the Global Community
Global Health Practicum
Issues and Ethics in Health Care
Concepts of Management and Leadership
Senior Preceptorship: NURS 350, NURS 352, NURS 354, NURS 356

Requirements

Common Application
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Official high school transcript
School Report, including a counselor recommendation
Two teacher recommendations
SAT or ACT score submitted to CWRU via the respective testing agency
International English Language Testing System: 6.5
TOEFL: 90 IBT; 223 CBT; 577 PB
PTE Academic: 61