Nursing
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Program Overview
Simpson University’s Betty M. Dean School of Nursing offers students a quality Christian education embracing a faith-based nursing curriculum where caring is at the core of nursing.
Through innovative programs and personalized faculty attention, nursing students engage in challenging discussions, small classroom settings and invaluable hands-on experience in state-of-the-art simulation labs that enhance learning outcomes.
NURSING IS THE ART OF CARING, THE SCIENCE OF HEALING, AND THE HEART OF COMPASSION.
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon the completion of the BSN program, graduates will…
- Integrate knowledge from the physical and behavioral sciences, informatics, and the humanities into professional nursing practice.
- Integrate faith and professional practice in a manner that is respectful of others’ spiritual beliefs and congruent with personal spirituality.
- Design competent, client centered professional nursing care for individuals, families, and populations across the health continuum in a variety of community based settings, emphasizing patient safety and quality.
- Implement health promotion and disease prevention plans for individuals, families, and populations.
- Demonstrate cultural competence in providing healthcare and working with others.
- Use critical thinking and evidence-based practice and research findings in professional nursing practice.
- Demonstrate ethical and professional nursing roles, values, social justice and human dignity.
- Form interdisciplinary collaborative relationships to improve professional nursing practice and the quality of healthcare for all.
- Exhibit effective communication skills for professional nursing practice.
- Participate in political regulatory processes that influence healthcare systems and quality improvement policies.
PRE-LICENSURE NURSING (BSN)
Simpson University offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing preparing entry-level professional nurses to effectively serve the health needs of the individual, community, society, and the world, integrating Christian caring into nursing practice.
Our pre-licensure baccalaureate program combines nursing and general education courses. Theory courses are accompanied by clinical experiences, enabling increasing learning while validating what is taught in the classroom. During the final semester, students in leadership clinicals are partnered with community healthcare leaders providing exposure to the rapidly changing healthcare environment. Students also complete a professional portfolio which showcases accomplishments and leads to increased employment opportunities.
Upon completion, students will be eligible to take the NCLEX-RN state-licensing exam. Graduates are also eligible for the California Public Health Nurse (PHN) certificate upon passing NCLEX.
NCLEX – Pass Rates for Simpson University
DEGREE STRUCTURE
Year One
Take general sciences in Human Anatomy, Human Physiology and Introduction to Chemistry as well as introductory courses in English, Psychology and Bible.
Year Two
Continue to build on your knowledge base with Nutrition and Microbiology, along with Statistics in the math sequence. Take Humanities and Bible courses as well as your first nursing-specific courses. Clinicals also begin in this year.
Year Three
Begin courses within the major and work with your faculty adviser to research graduate opportunities. Upper-division Bible courses challenge you to dive deeper into God’s Word.
Year Four
Complete your coursework in the major and experience our senior capstone course.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- Med-Surg Nursing
- Community Health
- Nursing Education
- Mental Health
- Research
- Public Health
- Emergency/Trauma
- Labor and Delivery
- Pediatrics
- Neonatal
- Graduate school
POST-LICENSURE NURSING (RN-BSN TRACK)
Simpson University School of Nursing offers an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program (RN-BSN Track), which caters to working registered nurses (currently licensed in the U.S.) who want to develop professional skills.
The degree expands the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of professional nursing, providing a meaningful understanding of healthcare’s rapidly changing environment.
DEGREE STRUCTURE
With our unique class structure and class design, students take one class at a time – one night a week for 5 weeks, with each class designed to build on the knowledge gained in the previous class. Our step-by-step structure optimizes learning, leading to greater assimilation and stronger retention, allowing you to compete in the rapidly changing healthcare environment. This program is a hybrid format with courses being offered face-to-face, online, or a combination of the two.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- Community Health
- Nursing Leadership
- School Nursing
- Nursing Education
- Mental Health
- Research
- Public Health
- Emergency/Trauma
- Labor and Delivery
- Pediatrics
- Neonatal
- Graduate school
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