(The Nursing program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, One Dupont Circle NW Suite 539, Washington, DC 20036 and approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing).

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Nursing is the art and science of caring for individuals, families, and communities in a variety of settings. The discipline of nursing integrates the life, social, and behavioral sciences with general education, nursing theory, and clinical courses to produce a graduate capable of functioning autonomously as a member of a multidisciplinary team, managing and coordinating personnel, services, resources, and data in addition to providing patient care.

The CI graduate nurse seeks solutions to societal health needs and problems, understanding demographics and disparities in healthcare, ethical concerns, and global perspectives in the practice of professional nursing at the generalist level.

Careers

The BSN prepares graduates for acute care, specialty units, public health, home health, extended core, assisted living, ambulatory, emergency, managed care, case management, occupational health and nursing management, staff development, and nursing education.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing the requirements for a B.S. Degree in Nursing will be able to:

1. Complete a liberal education that creates a critical thinker who demonstrates intellectual curiosity, rational inquiry, and the ability to problem solve.
2. Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and attitudes in leadership, quality improvement, and patient safety in order to provide high quality healthcare.
3. Integrate evidence of current best practice in the professional nurse as provider of care, teacher, patient advocate, designer/coordinator of care, and member of the profession in a variety of settings.
4. Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding information technology, information systems and communication devices that support safe nursing practice.
5. Identify and participate in the change techniques in healthcare policy, finance and regulatory environments, including local, state, national, and global healthcare trends.
6. Identify and evaluate population health issues by focusing on health promotion, disease and injury prevention across and throughout the life span including assisting individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.
7. Practice core values within an ethical and legal framework for the nursing profession.
8. Plan and provide culturally competent nursing care to patients at various levels including individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations across the life span and the continuum of healthcare environments and populations.
9. Demonstrate effective communication skills conveying accurate information in oral, written, and presentation formats.

Summary of Units:

Prerequisite Requirements	28
Upper Division Major Requirements	62
Supporting Courses	12
Additional General Education and Graduation Requirements	18
Total Units	120

Track I of the nursing program uses the cohort model of class scheduling and requires full time enrollment. Students move as a group through the designated nursing courses in sequence.

For information about the application process for the nursing program, please visit their website at https://nursing.csuci.edu, or email them at nursing@csuci.edu.