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Nursing - Program Description

At the completion of the program, students will:

• Demonstrate critical thinking and decision making that utilizes the nursing process and evidence-based practice in the delivery of care to culturally diverse individuals, families, groups, and community.
• Synthesize knowledge from the liberal arts and nursing to promote the health and well-being of culturally diverse individuals, families, groups, and communities.
• Integrate legal and ethical concepts with the leadership role to advance and promote the health and well-being of culturally diverse individuals, families, groups, and communities.
• Utilize nursing theory/conceptual frameworks, nursing research, and evidence-based practice in addressing the nursing care needs of culturally diverse individuals, families, groups and communities.
• Incorporate leadership theory to the nurse manage role in the collaboration, coordination, and provision of nursing care in health care settings.
• Apply knowledge from nursing, humanities, biological, and social sciences to plan, implement, and evaluate care for sick and well individuals, families, groups, and communities.
• Participate as nurse leaders on interdisciplinary care teams to influence positive social change and health care policy.
• Plan and implement educational activities that empower individuals, families, group, and communities to manage their health care at the local, national, and global level.
• Be committed to life-long learning and the advancement of the nursing profession.
• Collaborate with health care colleagues to promote holistic health care for individuals, families, groups, and communities.

Students In This Program:

• Integrates theory from nursing, humanities, and biological and social sciences to transform the associate degree Registered Nurse to the baccalaureate prepared Registered Nurse.
• Facilitates the development of nurse leaders capable of assuming influential roles in the positive, transformation of individuals, groups, and the healthcare system.
  
• Promotes the development of critical thinking and reflection through the synthesis of theoretical, research-oriented, evidence-based practice.
  
• Transforms students from the role of associate degree prepared to baccalaureate prepared nurses through the mentoring relationship.

Career Opportunities:

• Public and Community Health
• Armed Services and Veterans Administration
  
• Entry level nursing management
  
• Acute, long-term, and specialty nursing units

Accreditations:

• Registered by the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions.
• NLNAC candidacy status March 2012

Admission Requirements:

• Refer to the table of high school course prerequisites for admission.
• In order to be considered for admission, students will need to be graduates of a diploma or associate degree nursing program from an accredited college and be licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse prior to enrolling in: Health Assessment in Nursing (NURS 303), Nursing Management and Leadership (NURS 400), and Community Health Nursing (NURS 402). Students must have completed a minimum of 60 credits, 33 of which must be in nursing with the remainder consisting of courses from the liberal arts and sciences.

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Students must pass all courses with a grade of “C” or better prior to graduating with the BS degree.

* Students who have not met the pre-requisite for MATH 141 (statistics) take MATH 111; students who have already taken Statistics or have met the pre-requisite for MATH 141 take a Liberal Arts elective

** Fulfills writing intensive requirement

U/L = Upper Level Courses (300/400)
GER = General Education Requirement

NOTE: Nursing students must take seven out of ten General Education Requirements including one and ten, 30 total General Education credits, 45 upper level credits, and successfully complete the SUNY Canton Computer Competency requirement.

Graduation Requirements

Total Semester Credit Hours: 60

GPA: 2.0 Minimum

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