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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

• Integrate theory from nursing, humanities, and biological and social sciences to transform the associate degree Registered Nurse to the baccalaureate prepared Registered Nurse.
• Facilitate the development of nurse leaders capable of assuming influential roles in the positive, transformation of individuals, groups, and the healthcare system.
  
• Promote the development of critical thinking and reflection through the synthesis of theoretical, research-oriented, evidence-based practice.
  
• Transform 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
  
  National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
  3343 Peachtree Road NE,
  Suite 850, Atlanta, Georgia 30326
  404-975-5000.

Admission Requirements

Students attend classes online on a full-time or part-time basis. The baccalaureate program is designed to serve licensed registered nurses from registered associate degree nursing programs. Candidates must have earned the following to be considered for admission:

• Refer to the table of high school course prerequisites for admission.
• Proof of United States’ citizenship or legal residence or United States work visa.
• Completion of an associate degree from a registered nursing program. Prior to admission, each student is required to have a minimum of 24 lower division semester hours in arts and sciences, or equivalent, in English composition, anatomy and physiology, microbiology, introductory psychology.
• Courses transferred in must have a minimum of C.
• Proof of a United States Registered Nurse License must be submitted with their application prior to acceptance into the program.

Transfer Students

Transfer students from other programs may be accepted on a space available basis. Candidates must have earned the following to be considered for transfer into the RN-BS program:

• Satisfy the criteria stated in the Admission Requirements:  RN-BS Nursing
• Students must complete a minimum of 30 credits at SUNY Canton’s RN-BS program in order to receive a Bachelor of Science degree from SUNY Canton.  Required courses include:  Health Assessment in Nursing (NURS 303), Nursing Management and Leadership (NURS 400), and Community Health Nursing (NURS 402).
• Students requesting transfer from another nursing program must:
  1. Satisfy the criteria stated in the admission requirements:  RN-BS
  2. Satisfy the co-requisite criteria if seeking advanced placement.

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License Submissions

Submission of current RN license to the SUNY Canton School of Science, Health & Criminal Justice, email jones15@canton.edu Fax: (315) 386-7959 by September 15th for fall admissions.

Minimum Technology Requirements

• Access to a working computer with Internet capability.
• Broadband connection, such as RoadRunner or DSL, is preferred. Broadband connections are recommended for assessments (tests/quizzes) Dial-up connections may not be as reliable as the broadband connections when taking exams or quizzes online.
• Operating System: Windows Vista or Windows 2000 or Windows XP or Macintosh OS X
• Browsers: Internet Explorer 7 or higher or Mozilla Firefox 2 or higher
  View “Test Your System” on your login page.
• Hardware: 256 MB of RAM, 1GB free hard disk space. Be sure to have anti-virus software installed on your computer and update it regularly.

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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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