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Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program
The BSN Program is designed to prepare a graduate nurse for entry-level practice in a variety of healthcare settings, to provide the foundation for graduate education and/or continued education as a life-long learner, and to contribute to quality patient outcomes.
BSN Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Student learning outcomes or SLOs are statements specifying what students will know, be able to do or be able to demonstrate when they have completed the nursing program. The UBSN program has nine (9) SLOs, all of which are equally important to achieve:
- Synthesize knowledge from a liberal education in communication, human experience, scientific literacy, analysis, and global society.
- Communicate using an ongoing interactive process that builds therapeutic interpersonal and inter- professional relationships for an increasingly interconnected healthcare environment.
- Apply the nursing process to provide patient-centered, evidence-based, clinically competent, contemporary professional nursing care.
- Apply critical thinking skills to support excellence in nursing practice and to provide comprehensive, compassionate, evidence-based nursing care across the life span.
- Promote healthy lifestyles through health education, health promotion strategies, and population-focused interventions.
- Comprehend system-based practice and its impact on safe, quality patient care within the scope of professional nursing practice.
- Apply leadership and management skills in the provision of safe, quality, and cost-effective care in the continuum of healthcare environments.
- Exercise innovative inquiry in the use of information and patient care technology with knowledge based on research for the improvement in patient outcomes.
- Practice within the values, ethics, and legal standards of professional nursing.
Pre-Nursing Curriculum
Students begin their journey towards a BSN in the Pre-Nursing program. During freshman year, students enroll in general education courses. By February 1st, Pre-Nursing students interested in pursuing a BSN must apply to the School of Nursing. Students admitted to the BSN program will begin core courses in the fall of their sophomore year. New transfer students may be eligible to enter directly into the sophomore year.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program
Admission to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program through the University of Bridgeport School of Nursing (UBSN) is highly competitive. In addition to the general requirements listed below, candidates are also expected to have completed a rigorous curriculum of general education, math, and science foundation coursework, as listed in the Program Prerequisites below, to be eligible to apply. Relevant admissions information can be found below for each applicant student type.
Assessment Technologies Institute Test of Essential Academic Skills (ATI TEAS) Examination scores will be used in the evaluation of candidates for the BSN Program.
