Nursing
Overview
The Program is designed to enable students to study on a part-time basis. Full-time study is available depending upon individual academic needs.
In addition to the classes on campus at the College of Saint Elizabeth, the program is offered at several off campus sites:
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Most courses are generally scheduled in seven week sessions, and classes meet just once a week. Accelerated format requires independent work outside of class (Integrated Learning). Clinical work supplements class time and is selected by students in collaboration with supportive faculty to meet their educational and professional needs. Ordinarily a candidate for a degree must attend the College of Saint Elizabeth for the equivalent of three years of study. All of the nursing courses can be taken through part-time study and most are offered in an accelerated format.
The Nursing Program is accredited by the New Jersey Board of Nursing (124 Halsey Street, Newark, NJ 07102 – 973-504-6430) and the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc. (3343 Peachtree Road, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326, 404-975-5000).
Flowing from the mission of the College of Saint Elizabeth, the mission of the Nursing Program is to be a community of learning in the Catholic liberal arts tradition for registered nurses of diverse ages, backgrounds, and cultures. The Program is committed to scholarship and critical inquiry. It strives to foster just and ethical relations and the promotion of nurses as full partners in the health care delivery system and society. The Nursing Program promotes a caring, personal environment where students learn by example as well as by participation to develop their leadership abilities in a spirit of service and social responsibility to others. Within this environment, students become sensitive and responsive to local and global health care concerns.
Nursing
Requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- NURS301 Professional Practice of Nursing I (3)
- NURS303 Holistic Health Assessment with Individuals (3)
- NURS304 Physiology of Human Responses in Health and Illness (3)
(replaces BIO Pathophysiology) - NURS305 Nursing Roles and Interventions (3)
- NURS311 Nursing Research (3)
- NURS313 Nursing Process with Clients in Groups (3)
- NURS315 Nursing Process with Family Systems (3)
- NURS411 International Nursing (3) or
- NURS419 Nursing Process in the Community (3)
- NURS421 Professional Practice of Nursing II (3)
- NURS423 Strategies of Professional Practice (5)
Total: 32
Lower Division Requirements
- Thirty-four credits are awarded to graduates of diploma programs.
- All nursing credits are transferred from Associate Degree in Nursing programs.
- All nurses educated in a foreign country must have their education evaluated by the World Education Services or the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools for transfer of credits.
Related Requirements
- ENG225 Research Writing for Nurses (3)
- PHIL331 Ethics in Health Care (3)
- MATH119 Elementary Statistics (3)
- THEO--- Theology one course (4)
Chemistry, Physics and Nutrition (7 or 8)
- CHEM121 Introductory Chemistry and Lab
AND ONE of the following:
- CHEM123 & CHEM123L Introductory Organic Chemistry and Lab, or
- CHEM115 & CHEM115L Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry Labe, or
- CHEM201 & CHEM201L Introductory Biochemistry and Lab, or
- PHYS149 General Physics or an introductory physics course with Lab, or
- FN201 Introductory Nutrition
Total: 20 or 21 credits
General Education Requirements
- ENG111 English Composition (4)
- SOC101 Introduction to Sociology (4)
- PSY101 General Psychology I (3), or
- PSY103 General Psychology II (3)
- PSY191 Developmental Psychology: The Human Life Span (preferred) (3)
- BIO-- Anatomy and Physiology (8)
- BIO209 Microbiology (3)
Political Science (3)
- PS205 American Politics and Government, or
- PS101 Principles of Political Science, or
- PS221 Law and Contemporary American Society, or
- PS241 Public Administration
Total Credits Required for Graduation: 128 credits
Capstone Experience
The Capstone Project provides the senior baccalaureate nursing student the opportunity to integrate concepts learned in previous courses in the design of a culminating interdisciplinary change project in a clinical setting of their choice. Students work individually or in small groups, collaborating with members of the health team to identify an opportunity for improvement in their healthcare organization. After completion of an organizational assessment, a thorough review of the literature and collection of evidence-based data, the student participates in the development and implementation of a systematic strategy for improvement and change. An oral and a poster presentation of the process of change, its results, and a self-assessment of the role as a leader, advocate and change agent is presented at the end of the semester to the college faculty, organization staff, and students. This project is used for the oral comprehensive exam mid-semester.
Comprehensive Examination
Satisfactory attainment of the outcomes of each academic program is a degree requirement at the College of Saint Elizabeth. Nursing students meet this requirement by passing comprehensive examinations and through completion of the course requirements for NURS 423 Strategies of Professional Practice.
There are two components of the Comprehensive Examination in the Nursing Program: written and oral. The written component of this examination is a self reflection consisting of a review of all of the completed assignments in their individual portfolio in relation to the expected outcomes of the Nursing Program. Each student will analyze her/his professional development fostered through the nursing curriculum. The student’s attainment of each outcome of the Program will be the prism through which each written assignment will be self-evaluated. The oral comprehensive exam is based on their capstone project.
Requirements for the Bridge to the MSN for the RN with a Non-Nurs ing Bachelor's Degree
- NURS440 Transitional Issues in the Professional Practice of Nursing (3)
- NURS405 Strategies of Professional Nursing Practice in Community/Public Health (5)
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A Special Welcome to Lynne McEnroe Newest Nursing Faculty Member
Posted on November 29, 2012 Lynne McEnroe is CSE’s new faculty member in the Nursing Program, joining the staff in August. The adjustment to the new environment “is in progress, and it is very collegial.” The staff and faculty have been a tremendous support as I am learning the operational processes. Things are beginning to make sense as I transition into a different atmosphere,” stated Lynne McEnroe. As a new nursing faculty member, her duties are primarily teaching, along with service to the College.Events &
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