Nursing, Bachelor of Applied Science

Students who successfully complete all Nursing, Bachelor of Applied Science degree requirements will be able to: 

• Generate nursing knowledge integration and translation, defined as the process of communicating, combining, and applying established and evolving knowledge, to make clinical judgments and innovate nursing practice.
• Evaluate the scientific body of knowledge regarding patient-centered care focusing on the individuals’ whole person, including physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs providing respectful and compassionate care.
• Participate in population health to improve health for everyone, not just the sick, using a collaborative approach that includes public health, health care, and other organizations generating equitable health outcomes for all. Students will generate, synthesize, translate, apply and disseminate nursing knowledge to improve health and transform health care.
• Evaluate established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science to enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers.
• Analyze collaborations across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.
• Respond to and lead within complex systems of healthcare to effectively and proactively coordinate resources to provide safe, quality and equitable care to diverse populations.
• Analyze information and communication technology (ICT) and informatics to provide care, gather data, make decisions, and support healthcare professionals.
• Create a sustainable professional identity by being accountable, open-minded, collaborative, and professional reflecting on values and characteristics of the professional nurse role.
• Engage in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, and well-being contributing to life-long learning, and supporting the acquisition of nursing expertise and assertion of leadership.

Program Course Requirements

Pre-Application Courses

Program Courses

Approved Electives