Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) (California)
Lead Faculty:
Dr. Mary Kracun
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program prepares degree candidates to develop critical thinking, communication and therapeutic nursing skills within the framework of transcultural nursing. Graduates are able to manage the nursing care of culturally diverse clients in a variety of settings.
The BSN program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) through June 2021. The community health nursing course sequencing and content (NSG 412, NSG 411, and NSG 410) meet requirements for certification as a public health nurse in California.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Formulate accurate nursing diagnoses based on multiple sources of collected data.
- Plan, implement, and evaluate strategies with patient-related identified nursing diagnoses.
- Work with families across the lifespan to identify learning needs and implement teaching strategies to achieve mutually defined healthcare goals.
- Manage multiple patients in a variety of settings by prioritizing and appropriately using/incorporating available resources.
- Effectively communicate with both patients/families and other members of the healthcare team.
- Assume professional, ethical, and legal behavior upholding the standards of entry into the profession.
- Practice professional nursing using theory and knowledge as a basis for practice.
- Demonstrate competency by meeting standards of care in providing nursing care to a diverse set of clients in a multicultural community.
- Demonstrate competency and leadership in organizing care for a caseload of clients.
- Analyze and synthesize current findings from nursing research and research in related fields.
- Evaluate current findings from relevant research for utilization in practice.
- Develop a critical stance on professional issues related to nursing practice, education, and knowledge development by analyzing the historical and contemporary environments in nursing.
- Use computer technologies to augment productivity and to gain access to multiple informational resource services.
