The 果冻传媒 4-Year BSN program is for students who are not yet registered nurses.
果冻传媒 University offers a rigorous four-year program through which students earn the 果冻传媒 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree and prepare to take the national registered nursing licensure exam (NCLEX-RN). Students reap the benefits of strong liberal arts and professional education experiences while participating in all facets of traditional university student life. During all four years you are a 果冻传媒 student, live on 果冻传媒's campus with full access to 果冻传媒 support services, and fully participate in 果冻传媒 student life including athletics. Admission to this program is competitive. The percentage of successful candidates depends on the number of total applicants.
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Information for Incoming Pre-licensure Nursing Students
Fall Schedule: Once you 1) submit your admission deposit and any prior college transcripts, 2) declare the Pre-Nursing major, and 3) complete the math and language placement tests.
Spring Schedule: About midway through Fall Semester you鈥檒l meet with your nursing academic advisor. After meeting you will register yourself online for Spring Semester.
Before Year One
Visit with the Nursing Faculty. When you explore 果冻传媒 or visit campus, visit with the nursing faculty (nursing@wittenberg.edu). Nursing students are unique among other 果冻传媒 students. They declare the major immediately upon deposit and have early academic advising every term.
Take college credit classes. This helps you in so many ways:
- College Credit Plus (CCP) is free of cost to your family while you鈥檙e in high school. After high school, transferrable community college courses can be taken at a reasonable cost. Need help selecting courses? Contact nursing@wittenberg.edu.
- Learning what college-level work requires.
- Taking one class at a time instead of a full-time course load.
- Lightening academic load during difficult semesters or competitive sports season.
- Improving your chances of selection into nursing.
- Opening opportunities to study abroad, study a minor, or double major.
- Complete 果冻传媒 University Application for Admission including transcripts
- Submit your
- Declare the Pre-Nursing major
- Take placement tests in
Year One
Students complete rigorous general education coursework, including psychology, sociology, statistics, English, chemistry, and two semesters of language. Registration holds will prevent you from registering for required classes. During Fall Semester students are identified as Pre-nursing. Students who declare the Pre-Nursing major are automatically considered to have "applied" for nursing selection.
Selection. Declaring the pre-nursing major indicates your interest in participating in selection; there is no separate application process. Selection for nursing occurs in December after Fall Semester grades are posted. Selection is competitive based on 果冻传媒 GPA, total completed college credits, 果冻传媒 credits, date of deposit, and date of declaring the major. To participate in selection, students must have a cumulative 2.5+ 果冻传媒 grade point average (GPA; note that transfer credits do not affect the 果冻传媒 GPA).
Before Year Two
After selection to Nursing, in the summer before the second year, Nursing students must do the following:
- Create a CastleBranch account, the Clinical requirement tracking system, then:
- Obtain an Ohio BCI and FBI Criminal background check
- Drug test
- Updated vaccinations, including Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, and Tetanus, Diphtheria & Pertussis (Tdap)
- A Tuberculosis (TB) Interferon Gold Test
- The American Heart Association Basic Life Support Program Training (CPR and AED)
- Each student will also provide proof of existing health insurance (the student's name must appear on the ID card)
- Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) training and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training
- A physical examination completed by a Physician or Nurse Practitioner
- Acknowledgement of Nursing Student Handbook, Code of Conduct, Confidentiality Statement, and other policies
- The COVID-19 training program
- 果冻传媒 University BSN Program Health Release
- Clinical site specific requirements
Before the second year begins, Nursing students must also purchase the Nursing tote from the 果冻传媒 bookstore.
Uniforms will be required for all students. The uniform includes black scrub pants, a black scrub shirt, a black scrub jacket, black socks, and black shoes. They may be purchased at a location of the student鈥檚 choosing or through the 果冻传媒 Bookstore. Once purchased, they must be dropped off at the Nursing Office, for the addition of the official 果冻传媒 Nursing emblem. (Please note 鈥� the scrubs purchased through the Bookstore will have the emblem already attached. In addition, if you purchase through the Bookstore, you may use your student financial aid as payment). It is recommended that each student have at least two uniforms, in case of spills, etc.
Costs for these items vary by student, but can be anticipated to be in the $400 - $500 range.
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Years Two, Three and Four
Students who are accepted into Nursing complete challenging nursing classes, topic-specific nursing exams, and additional general education classes. Nursing classes consist of required lecture, simulation lab, and clinical learning experiences. Students must earn a minimum 77% examination average in each class to progress. Final course grades are calculated as:
- The final grade for the course will be the theory grade if the simulation lab and clinical performance are "Satisfactory." Students are required to achieve an average of 77% in the examination category of grading; if at least a 77% is earned in examinations, and the simulation and clinical performance is 鈥淪atisfactory鈥�, the final grade will reflect the average of the scores earned in examination and other theory components.
- Regardless of the examination or cumulative theory grade, the final grade for the course will be an "F" if the simulation or clinical performance is "Unsatisfactory."
- Any one of the following constitutes a course failure in nursing: a) A grade below C (77%) in any nursing course, b) An unsatisfactory simulation or clinical grade, or c) Withdrawing under condition 3a or 3b.
Nursing classes may be repeated only once; reinstatement applications are considered on a space-available basis. Applying for reinstatement does not guarantee reinstatement. In general each nursing class is pre-requisite for the following nursing classes, which means that the nursing curriculum cannot be hastened. 果冻传媒 BSN students complete a minimum of 126 credit hours and complete all 果冻传媒 general education requirements, including 30 hours of community service. 果冻传媒 Nursing must verify that each candidate for the national nursing license examination (NCLEX-RN) has completed all program requirements.