Bachelor of Science Program Goals

The goal of the undergraduate program is to equip baccalaureate-prepared nurses to practice as nurse leaders who:

• Advocate for individuals, families, and communities through evidence-based care;
• Use clinical thinking and clinical judgment to implement evidence-based care;
• Are engaged in and influence health policy in a variety of settings;
• Serve God and humanity with wisdom, integrity, caring and respect for cultural diversity.

Bachelor of Science Program Learning Outcomes

1. Apply theories and concepts from scientific and liberal arts education into nursing practice
2. Demonstrate leadership and communication skills to effectively implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team in a variety of settings
3. Integrate evidence, clinical judgment, interprofessional perspectives and patient preferences in planning, implementing and evaluating outcomes of care in a variety of settings
4. Incorporates ethical standards of data security, regulatory requirements and confidentiality in the use of patient care technologies to address the needs of a diverse patient population
5. Demonstrate basic knowledge of healthcare policy, finance and structure at the local, regional, national and global levels in order to advocate for patients and the profession
6. Advocate for high-quality, evidence-based, safe patient care as a member of the interprofessional and intraprofessional teams to optimize patient outcomes
7. Collaborate to develop interventions that take into account social determinates of health, available resources and the range of activities that contribute to health and the prevention of illness, injury, disability and premature death for vulnerable populations
8. Integrate values reflective of the character of God and the Christian worldview as well as those of professional ethics into their daily practice of nursing and the advancement of nursing as a profession
9. Implement the role of the nurse generalist through the nursing process to provide holistic, patient-centered care that reflects an understanding of human growth and development, pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical and nursing management across the health-illness landscape in all healthcare settings

About the Program

• Is designed to eliminate barriers and maximize credit for previous education
• Can be completed in as little as four semesters
• Is ideal for nurses with work and/or family responsibilities and is tailored for non-traditional learner needs
• Features small classes, accessible faculty and an asynchronous cohort model

Transfer of Associate Degrees

• Transfer credit up to a maximum of 62 credits from a two-year institution
• Forty (40) credits of nursing electives for successful completion of the National Council Licensing Exam-Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN), of which nine credits will be upper-division
• Waiver of all general education requirements, with the following exceptions:
  • THEO2100 or THEO2125 (3) Introduction to Christian Theology
  • Math Proficiency (the required Statistics course fulfills this requirement)

• Transfer credit up to a maximum of 62 credits from a two-year institution
• Forty (40) credits of nursing electives for successful completion of the National Council Licensing Exam-Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN), of which nine credits will be upper-division
• Waiver of all general education requirements, with the following exceptions: (An equivalent transfer course may be substituted for the following requirements with the exception of Introduction to Christian Theology, which must be taken at NNU.)
  • THEO2100 or THEO2125 (3) Introduction to Christian Theology
  • ENGL1030 or ENGL1035 (3) University Writing and Research
  • MATH2250 (3) Elementary Statistics
  • PSYC1550 or PSYC1555 (3) Introduction to Psychology
  • SOGY1550 (3) Introduction to Sociology

Transfer Credit

Non-Nursing Transfer Credits

Upper Division Nursing Courses

Accreditation

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Northwest Nazarene University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

Notice Out-of-State Students

Since this is a program that leads to professional licensure, prospective students should review important information about NNU’s participation in the National Council of State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) and Professional Licensure about this program. Individual states often have different expectations for professional licensure, so it is in a prospective student’s best interest to investigate whether NNU’s degree program will help them achieve licensure in their home state.