Great Basin College's BSN Program purpose is to prepare associate degree registered nurses living and working in central and northeastern Nevada for enhanced professional opportunities through their successful completion of a bachelor’s degree in nursing. The Great Basin College Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree is a Registered Nurse-to-Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program for Nevada licensed registered nurses who have graduated from a National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC*) accredited and/or State Board of Nursing approved associate’s degree program. The BSN program provides relevant theoretical content and clinical experiences designed to address determinants of health and health-care delivery within the rural geographic setting.

The BSN Program is approved by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC, 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006, 800-669-1656).

The BSN program is independent of Great Basin College’s Associate of Applied Science Degree in Nursing program, but builds upon this program’s lower-division general education and nursing core course requirements. The BSN program also integrates additional lower-division and upper-division general education courses consistent with Great Basin College’s Bachelor of Arts degrees. Finally, the program includes upper-division nursing core courses in which theoretical content and clinical application incorporate principles relevant to rural nursing and rural health-care delivery.

Admission to the BSN Program is a separate process from admission to Great Basin College. To download and print the complete BSN application packet, please click the button below. The application deadline for Fall, 2008 is April 1, 2008.

The Program Requirements and Suggested Course Sequence below may assist you in planning your course of study and determining course availability. However, if you are currently enrolled in the nursing program, your specific requirements may vary from what's shown here. All nursing students should consult with a departmental adviser in planning course work.

General Education Requirements Upon completion of the BSN Program, students are expected to: Utilize theory and research-based knowledge in the direct, indirect, and collaborative management of complex health-care needs of diverse patients (e.g., individuals, families, groups or communities) in a variety of rural healthcare delivery settings. Apply methods of scientific inquiry in nursing practice as a means of improving health-care delivery. Collaborate with consumers, other health-care professionals, and agencies in the planning, coordination, and delivery of comprehensive, cost-effective health care. Serve as leaders and change agents in the assessment and improvement of health-care delivery within the rural setting. Understand, value, and promote the professional role of nursing including accepting responsibility and accountability for individual nursing practice and for continued personal and professional growth.

Courses General Education Requirements 3 Fundamentals of Speech, or: COM 113 or Oral Interpretation: THTR 221 3 Integrative Humanities Seminar: INT 339 or Integrative Social Science Seminar: INT 349 3 Integrative Mathematics Seminar: INT 359 or Integrative Science Seminar: INT 369 3 Fine Arts General Education 3 Humanities General Education   Capstone (See NURS 440) 15 Total Credits Program Requirements 4 General Chemistry I: CHEM 121 4 Introductory Organic Chemistry: CHEM 220 3 Professional Communications: ENG 333 3 Integrative Research Methodology: INT 301 3 Precalculus: MATH 126 3 Introduction to Statistics: STAT 152 20 Total Credits Nursing Curriculum 4 Self-leadership and Professional Role Transition : NURS 315 3 Health and Physical Assessment: NURS 303 4 Concepts in Professional Nursing Practice: NURS 335 5 Acute Health Nursing (Pathophysiology): NURS 336 7 Acute Health Nursing (Pathophysiology) Practicum: NURS 338 5 Community Health in the Rural Setting: NURS 434 7 Community Health in the Rural Setting Practicum: NURS 436 4 Nursing Leadership in the 21st Century (Capstone): NURS 440 39 Total Credits Note: All BSN students must satisfy the U.S. and Nevada Constitution requirement. If it was not completed in their AAS degree program, it must be completed before graduation from the BSN Program.

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