在IUP的BS in Nursing计划中，您将为注册护士职业做准备。RN是提倡健康和保健，预防疾病以及帮助患者及其家人应对医疗保健问题的患者倡导者。我们的课程为您做好准备，以迎接这一有益的职业的挑战。
In the BS in Nursing program at IUP, youll prepare for a career as a registered nurse. RNs are patient advocates concerned with promoting health and wellness, preventing disease, and helping both patients and their families cope with health care concerns. Our curriculum prepares you to meet the challenges of this rewarding profession.Youll spend your first year taking required science and liberal studies courses. Nursing courses and clinicals begin in the first semester of your sophomore year. Clinical sites utilized in the program include a variety of agencies within approximately a 60-mile radius of Indiana, Pennsylvania, including Greensburg, Latrobe, DuBois, and occasionally the Pittsburgh area.<br><br>The program outcomes include the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) core competencies of baccalaureate nursing education: assessment, communication, critical thinking, and technical skills. Professional role development is added as a fifth outcome.<br><br>The baccalaureate program prepares graduates to:<br><br>Assimilate Evidence Based practice and critical thinking for the delivery of optimal health care.<br><br>Integrate information and technology to achieve optimal health care outcomes.<br><br>Communicate effectively with clients, families, communities, and health care professionals to deliver safe, quality health care.<br><br>Provide safe nursing care across the lifespan for all levels of prevention through individual and collaborative relationships. <br><br>Assume leadership roles that advocate for the client and profession.<br><br>Demonstrate the professional standards of moral, ethical and legal conduct.