Do you already have a bachelor’s degree, but you now want to be a nurse? We offer students like you the opportunity to earn a bachelor of science in nursing (B.S.N.).
After satisfactorily completing some required preliminary courses, students apply to our nursing program. Our courses lay the foundation for a progressive mastery of the knowledge, skills, values, ethics and abilities required of a professional nurse. While taking nursing courses, students have numerous opportunities to experience firsthand the rewards of nursing in various closely supervised clinical settings.
Upon successful completion of the program, graduates are eligible to apply for licensure as a registered nurse. Graduates must pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) to practice as licensed registered nurses.
NURS 350 Medical-Surgical Nursing IThis course focuses on attaining the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for providing safe, competent, and humanistic nursing care for adult clients. Using a physiological systems approach, course content will focus on selected topics on diabetes and fluid and electrolyte balance and the pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, and integumentary systems. Students will use information technology systems to research evidence-based nursing practice. They will apply critical thinking skills as they examine sociocultural diversity and holistic, caring practices in medical-surgical and rehabilitative nursing. Formerly NURS 350 Midlife through Geriatric Nursing. This course contains a clinical component which is PASS/FAIL. Students must demonstrate competency (delivery of safe and competent patient care with a score of Satisfactory) for clinical competencies to achieve a PASS grade for the clinical portion of the course. Failure to achieve a passing grade constitutes a failure of the course.
6 credits (4/2)
Prerequisites: NURS 117, NURS 220, NURS 222, and NURS 215NURS 360 Psychiatric and Mental Health NursingThis course focuses on the knowledge, skills, values and meanings necessary for nursing care of and for clients with psychiatric and mental health disorders. Using an integrative approach, course content is based on the biological, psychological, and socio-cultural aspects of behavior disorders. This course contains a clinical component which is PASS/FAIL. Students must demonstrate competency (delivery of safe and competent patient care with a score of Satisfactory) for clinical competencies to achieve a PASS grade for the clinical portion of the course. Failure to achieve a passing grade constitutes a failure of the course.
5 credits (3/2)
Prerequisite(s): All Junior Level Nursing Courses and NURS 361, NURS 410, NURS 460, NURS 480NURS 410 Leadership and Management of Health CareThis course is designed to assist the student to synthesize the intersection of nursing care with leading people and managing organizations and systems. The course incorporates the application of management principles and leadership, change, and administration theories in nursing practice and health care delivery. Content discussions include delegation, working with large groups, communication and collaboration, cultural diversity, legal and ethical dilemmas, budget management, staff development, resource management, quality improvement and risk management, evidence based practice, and the healthcare consumer.
3 credits
Prerequisite(s): All Junior Level Nursing Courses
General Education Requirements: Applications (Leadership)NURS 420 Community and Public Health NursingThis course is designed to prepare students for community/public health practice in a changing health care system. Concepts of primary health care to the assessment, planning, and delivery of care to diverse families will be emphasized. Factors influencing the primary health care of communities and the impact of globalization, politics, socioeconomics, and environmental factors on the health vulnerability and resiliency of communities are examined. This course contains a clinical component which is PASS/FAIL. Students must demonstrate competency (delivery of safe and competent patient care with a score of Satisfactory) for clinical competencies to achieve a PASS grade for the clinical portion of the course. Failure to achieve a passing grade constitutes a failure of the course.
5 credits (3/2)
Pre-requisites: All Junior Level Nursing Courses and NURS 361, NURS 410, NURS 460, NURS 480NURS 460 Maternity and Newborn NursingThis course focuses on the knowledge, skills, values and meanings necessary for providing comprehensive nursing care for women, newborns, and their families during ng pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. A family-centered approach is used with emphasis on family developmental stages, family assessment and health promotion strategies for the family unit. Contemporary socio-cultural issues influencing the childbearing family unit are explored.
This course contains a clinical component which is PASS/FAIL. Students must demonstrate competency (delivery of safe and competent patient care with a score of Satisfactory) for clinical competencies to achieve a PASS grade for the clinical portion of the course. Failure to achieve a passing grade constitutes a failure of the course.
5 credits (3/2)
Pre-requisites: All Junior Level Nursing CoursesNURS 461 Pediatric NursingThis course focuses on the knowledge, skills, values, and meanings necessary for comprehensive nursing care of the pediatric client. A family-centered approach is used with emphasis on child developmental stages and health promotion strategies for the child and family unit. Contemporary socio-cultural issues influencing the family unit are explored. This course contains a clinical component which is PASS/FAIL. Students must demonstrate competency (delivery of safe and competent patient care with a score of Satisfactory) for clinical competencies to achieve a PASS grade for the clinical portion of the course. Failure to achieve a passing grade constitutes a failure of the course.
5 credits (3/2)
Pre-requisites: NURS 117, NURS 220, NURS 222, and NURS 215NURS 480 Nursing Care of Older AdultsThis course presents the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for providing safe, competent, and humanistic care to geriatric clients. Course content covers age-related changes and health disorders of the older adult. Students will analyze demographic trends related to older adults and how they impact health promotion, prevention of illness and disability, political policy, and the health care delivery system. Students will apply critical thinking skills and knowledge of evidence-based practice to nursing situations in the provision of holistic care to diverse older adults in acute care, emergency care, rehabilitation, long-term care, and end-of-life care situations.
2 credits
Prerequisites: All Junior Level Nursing Courses and/or Departmental ApprovalNURS 492 NCLEX PreparationThis course is designed to familiarize the student with the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX RN). Content includes information for registe ring to take the exam; test taking strategies and developing a study plan for review of core nursing content. Students will take a mock NCLEX RN exam.
1 credit
Pre-requisites: NURS 350; NURS 350C; NURS 361; NURS 361C
Trinity’s B.S.N. program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (C.C.N.E.) and has conditional approval from the District of Columbia Board of Nursing (D.C.B.O.N.).
Last On-Site Evaluation: Spring 2017.
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Do you already have a bachelor’s degree, but you now want to be a nurse? We offer students like you the opportunity to earn a bachelor of science in nursing (B.S.N.).
