The baccalaureate nursing program is based upon the belief that preparation for professional nursing encompasses a broad liberal, general, and professional education. The mission of the School of Nursing is to educate nurses at the Associate, Baccalaureate, Masters and Doctorate levels who work in inter-professional environments to promote health and well-being for diverse populations across the Commonwealth, country and world.

BSN Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the baccalaureate nursing program the BSN graduate will:

1. Demonstrate self-care, professionalism, accountability, and competence in nursing practice with a commitment to advancing the profession of nursing and respecting clients’ rights to self-direction and decision-making.
2. Synthesize communication, collaboration, critical thinking, research, leadership, and teaching/learning knowledge when functioning as a leader or member of an intra/inter-professional health care team.
3. Evaluate safe effective, quality health care for complex clients.
4. Examine the impact of ethical and legal issues on complex health care and nursing practice.
5. Use the nursing process, evidence- based nursing practice, critical thinking, research methodologies, informatics, and health care technology to provide therapeutic interventions across levels of prevention, predict outcomes, and influence the care of patients with complex health problems.
6. Synthesize knowledge of systems including sociopolitical, cultural, and epidemiologic systems, and health care economics when analyzing complex care situations.
7. Advocate for improved care for complex care patients.

Plan for B.S.N. Second Degree Concentration

The School of Nursing offers students who already hold a non-nursing bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution the opportunity to complete the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in a specially sequenced progression plan for second-degree students. Second degree students must have completed supporting course requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
BIO 273	Clinical Microbiology	4
or MLS 209	Microbiology for Health Sciences
BIO 307	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	3
BIO 308	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	3
NFA 201	Essentials of Nutrition	3
STA 215	Introduction to Statistical Reasoning	3
Or approved substitutions prior to admission to the Second Degree Concentration nursing major

Students with a non-nursing bachelor’s degree who apply for admission are admitted as pre-nursing second bachelor’s degree majors. Admission as a pre-nursing second bachelor’s degree student does not guarantee admission to the B.S.N. Second Degree Concentration major. Classes are admitted one time per year. Spaces are limited and admission is competitive and based on a review of all required material submitted with the application packet and the entire academic history.

For additional admission information please refer to https://nursing.eku.edu/baccalaureate-programs

Clinical Requirements:

Transportation to all clinical experiences is the responsibility of the student. Students are expected to adhere to all program and clinical agency policies and must meet all clinical agency placement requirements. To be compliant with Joint Commission regulations, clinical agency contractual agreements, and ensure a safe clinical environment the following items are required before a student can progress to a clinical experience:

    1. Proof of professional liability insurance purchased through the University.

    2. Proof of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for the Health Care Professional.

    3. Proof of Rubella, Measles (Rubeola), and Mumps immunity.

    4. Proof of Hepatitis B immunity.

    5. Proof of negative Tuberculosis screening.

    6. Proof of Varicella immunity.

    7. Documentation of adult TDaP vaccine (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis).

    8. Documentation of annual Influenza vaccine.

    9. Proof of full vaccination for Covid 19.

    10. Documentation of the CHS-approved Criminal Background Check.

    11. Documentation of the CHS-approved Drug Screening.

    12. Proof of Personal Health Insurance.

    13. Other documentation as required by specific clinical facilities.

Program Requirements

CIP Code: 51.3801

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
University Graduation Requirements
General Education (waived for Post-Baccalaureate Students)
Student Success Seminar (waived for Post-Baccalaureate Students)
Upper division courses (42 hrs. distributed throughout Major/Supporting/Gen Ed/Free Electives categories)
Major Requirements
Core Courses
NSC 232	Health Assessment and Promotion	2
NSC 232L	Health Assessment and Promotion	1
NSC 262	Professional Nursing Concepts	4
NSC 330	Clinical Drug Therapy	3
NSC 332	Health Assessment and Promotion II	1
NSC 332L	Health Assessment and Promotion	1
NSC 350	Pathophysiology	3
NSC 380	Adult Health Nursing I	2
NSC 380C	Adult Health Nursing I Clinical	2
NSC 386	Adult Health Nursing II	7
NSC 386C	Adult Health Nursing II	3
NSC 390	Research for EBNP	2
NSC 392	Mental Health Nursing	3
NSC 392C	Mental Health Nursing Clinical	2
NSC 396	Family Health Nursing	5
NSC 396C	Family Health Nursing	2
NSC 480	Health Care Leadership	3
NSC 484	Adult Health Nursing III	2.5
NSC 484C	Adult Health III Clinical	2.5
NSC 487	Public Health Nursing	2.5
NSC 487C	Public Health Nursing	2.5
NSC 492	Complex Client Health Care	2
NSC 492C	Complex Client Health Care Clinical	3
NSC 495	Professional Role Transition	2
NSC 496	Application of Nursing Theory	2
Supporting Course Requirements
BIO 307	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	3
BIO 273	Clinical Microbiology	3-4
or MLS 209	Microbiology for Health Sciences
BIO 308	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	3
NFA 201	Essentials of Nutrition	3
Choose from one of the following:		3-4
STA 215	Introduction to Statistical Reasoning
STA 270	Applied Statistics
SOC 232	Social Statistics
Approved substitutions
Total Hours		80-82

Specific Degree Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree

In addition to the general requirements for the baccalaureate degree, students must earn a grade of “C”/2.0 or better in all nursing and supporting courses.