BSN program options at a glance
Below are options for your Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. All are based on completion of prerequisite courses.
A newly accelerated 4-semester program over 2 years with no summer classes. Part-time options.
An intense 12-month program for excellent students with a bachelor's degree in another field.
An online advancement program for current registered nurses (RNs) with an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or a Diploma in Nursing. Full-time (1 year) or part-time (1.5 to 3 year) options.
Visionary, progressive, student-centered
and exceptionally comprehensive
Under the leadership of Dean Virginia Tilden, Associate Dean for Academic Programs Dr. Sarah Thompson and Undergraduate Program Director Dr. Louise LaFramboise, the UNMC College of Nursing has fully recalibrated its baccalaureate curriculum to reflect the fast-changing demands of modern nursing.
New classroom and clinical education standards incorporate recommendations by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, The Institute of Medicine, the Carnegie Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — all leading advocates of progressive, evidenced-based health care education.
The result: An accelerated, gold-standard, exceptionally comprehensive BSN curriculum focused tightly on student learning, progression and advancement to a nursing career.
Curriculum enhancement will continue full speed ahead as part of the College's commitment to continuous quality improvement.
and exceptionally comprehensive
Under the leadership of Dean Virginia Tilden, Associate Dean for Academic Programs Dr. Sarah Thompson and Undergraduate Program Director Dr. Louise LaFramboise, the UNMC College of Nursing has fully recalibrated its baccalaureate curriculum to reflect the fast-changing demands of modern nursing.
New classroom and clinical education standards incorporate recommendations by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, The Institute of Medicine, the Carnegie Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — all leading advocates of progressive, evidenced-based health care education.
The result: An accelerated, gold-standard, exceptionally comprehensive BSN curriculum focused tightly on student learning, progression and advancement to a nursing career.
Curriculum enhancement will continue full speed ahead as part of the College's commitment to continuous quality improvement.
The learning environment:
yesterday, today and tomorrow
yesterday, today and tomorrow
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Yesterday |
U.S. nursing education was largely linear, nonintegrated and decontextualized — heavy on memorization, focused on unrelated classes, separate from other health professions training, without holistic patient context, without knowing the patient's full health care circumstance or provisions.
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Today |
Nursing students encounter more information in one year than their grandparents over a lifetime. Scientific information now doubles every year.
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Tomorrow |
Nurses face challenges undreamed of just a few years ago. Health problems are more complex, treatment is a new, ever-changing world of medical technology, and care is compressed into shorter periods. As health care must anticipate change, so must nursing education.
A modern, evidence-based, interdisciplinary,
holistic approach to nursing education
holistic approach to nursing education
At UNMC, the focus is on dynamic learning, critical thinking, independent clinical judgment, interprofessional training, evidence-based treatment and the 360-degee patient. Tomorrow's nurses must be nimble leaders — ready for change, quick to adapt, fast to respond. They must be sentinels of care quality and patient safety, ever alert to prevent, spot and remedy errors within their patients' entire health care delivery. Read more.
Questions?
If you have questions after reviewing our BSN section, please contact a student services representative.
Meet the director of the bachelor's program
Dr. Louise LaFramboise, director of our undergraduate program, has vast background in critical care nursing with emphasis on heart failure management and has been awarded the UNMC Outstanding Teacher Award. Her research interests are focused on heart failure patients and their family caregivers.
BSN program Q & A with Dr. LaFramboise.
BSN program Q & A with Dr. LaFramboise.
| DR. LaFRAMBOISE's GUIDING QUOTATION FOR NURSING STUDENTS "A caring professional will be recognized by demonstration of compassion, competence, confidence, conscience and commitment." — Sr. M. SIMONE ROACH |
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