St. Petersburg College BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

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St. Petersburg CollegeBACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
NURSING
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Welcome!

• We are so delighted that you are here to find out
  more about our RN to BSN Program!

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Birth of the SPC RN to BSN Program

• Need for Program
• Extreme shortage of registered nurses
• SPC BSN was projected to and has increased
  enrollment in the SPC AS so we are graduating
  more RNs
• BSN provides a higher level of critical thinking
  needed to make increasingly complex nursing
  judgments

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

• RN Completion Program Only
• Students must already be registered nurses
• Can be either AS or hospital diploma graduates
• Seamless articulation with prior nursing
  education
• Delivered at HEC, or off site locations - Morton
  Plant Mease Hospital, Oakhill Hospital, BayVista,
  and currently at Bayonet Point

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Admission Criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Current, valid, unrestricted, unencumbered
  nursing license
• Completion of SPC and Baccalaureate applications

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St. Petersburg College

• Enrollment goals initially were 50 students for
  the first two admissions
• Actual enrollments exceed projections by 15 to 50
  students per admission
• Current enrollment numbers are 330

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College of Nursing Faculty

• Dean - PhD in Nursing
• All full time faculty - PhD in Nursing
• Adjunct faculty - PhD and MSN

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Curriculum

• Transfer lower division credits
• 40 upper division credits to be taken by student
  (may transfer 10)
• Must meet SPC AA general education requirements
• Must meet foreign language requirement
• 121 credits for degree

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RN to BSN Coursework

• Professional Roles and Dimensions
• Pathophysiology
• Nursing in a Multicultural Society
• Health Assessment
• Family Theory
• Family Practicum

• Nursing Research
• Community Health
• Community Health Practicum
• Legal Ethical
• Leadership Theory
• Leadership Practicum
• Nursing Elective

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Course Delivery

• HEC home campus for BSN students
• Classroom August 2002
• Totally Online August 2003
• Classes at HEC or other sites
• Bayonet Point Fall 2006
• Designed for working adults

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Adult Learning Model

• Courses taken one at a time
• Attend all day
• Each course will last 4-10 weeks depending on
  number of credits
• Assigned outcomes used to guide clinical
  experiences

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Financial Aid

• Available to all students via the SPC web site
  and at HEC
• Nursing specific Scholarships available via the
  SPC general web site and on the nursing web site
  and Commons
• Tuition reimbursement

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Accreditation

• Regionally Accredited by the Southern Association
  of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
• Nationally Accredited by the National League for
  Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc. (NLNAC)
• CCNE Accreditation visit was fall 2006 decision
  pending until 4/07

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American Association of Colleges of Nursing

• AACN endorsed a position statement in October
  2005
• Supports the move by community colleges to offer
  BSN degrees and increase access to the
  baccalaureate.
• The position paper can be viewed online at
• http//www.aacn.nche.edu/Publications/positions/cc
  bsn.htm.

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Advantages

• Advance your Career while maintaining your
  current position
• Flexible Class Schedules Face to Face or
  Totally Online
• Enhance Management Skills
• Increase your employment opportunities

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Career Opportunities

• Mid-manager
• School nursing in K-12
• Home health
• Public health
• Military
• Travel nursing
• Nursing Education

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Questions??