Basic Baccalaureate Program

Program Overview

The nursing curriculum leads to the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Nursing. Students begin the nursing major after completing two years of prerequisite, general education coursework, either at Stony Brook University or another accredited institution. The nursing major applies principles from the sciences, art and humanities to patient-centered nursing practice. Graduates of the program are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam.

Pre-Admisson Requirements: (For applicants WITHOUT a baccalaureate degree on admission)

• Minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.8 is required
• 57 credits with a grade C or higher
  in the following courses

Undergraduate Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the program the baccalaureate graduate nurse will be able to:

• Utilize clinical judgment when integrating established and evolving knowledge from nursing; liberal arts; natural and social sciences; and other related disciplines in the formation of innovative nursing practice. (Domain 1)
• Integrate evidence-based, compassionate and developmentally appropriate patient-centered nursing care to diverse individuals, families, and communities. (Domain 2)
• Communicate with the community, industry, academia, health care, policy makers and other stakeholders to promote equitable population health outcomes, improve disease management and prevention. (Domain 3)
• Formulate professional, ethical knowledge based on nursing theory and evidence generated, synthesized, translated and applied from nursing and other disciplines to improve practice and transform health care. (Domain 4)
• Apply established and emerging principles of improvement science and safety to enhance individual practice and system effectiveness to provide high quality health care and minimize risk of harm to patients. (Domain 5)
• Demonstrate intentional and effective collaboration across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and stakeholders, fostering mutual respect and shared decision-making to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes. (Domain 6)
• Incorporate communication technologies and informatics processes in coordinating resources to gather data and drive decision making to provide continuity of care, mitigation of error, and optimization of quality patient outcomes for diverse populations. (Domain 7 & 8)
• Demonstrate a professional identity of accountability, perspective, collaborative disposition, and comportment that reflects nursing's inherent values of altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice. (Domain 9)
• Inculcate a spirit of self-reflection that fosters lifelong learning, self-care, well-being and resilience, along with the acquisition of nursing expertise, to promote the development of a professional identity and the assertion of nursing leadership (Domain 10)

*Stony Brook University students who satisfy the language requirement(communicate in a language other than English) will fulfill the foreign language admission requirement for the School of Nursing. However, the number of required elective credits must increase from 9 to 12 in order to meet the minimum requirement of 57 credits.

These courses together with the School of Nursing curriculum satisfy Stony Brook curriculum requirements and provide our students with a diverse educational foundation that will facilitate lifelong active and adaptive learning and inspire engaged global citizenship.

Prerequisite Requirements: (For applicants WITH a baccalaureate degree on admission)

• Minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.8 is required
• Grade C or higher
  in the following courses

If you meet the criteria above and want to apply for this program visit the undergraduate admissions website.

Basic Baccalaureate Program Curriculum

The Baccalaureate degree program in nursing/Master's degree program in Nursing/Doctor of Nursing Practice program and/or advanced certificate program at Stony Brook School of Nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) https://www.aacnnursing.org/CCNE

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