At CIU, nursing is a ministry. You will be part of a supportive, Christ-centered community where you will be challenged to think and grow as a moral nurse leader. Experienced clinical faculty will guide your learning towards systems leadership and efficiencies, continuous care improvement, and Christ-like caring and professional growth.
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing does not provide licensure. Upon completion of the BSN program students will be eligible to sit for RN licensure.
All students should be aware that states vary in their educational and professional requirements depending on the profession. Some states require specific educational requirements, clinical requirements, accreditation requirements, or exam requirements.
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Columbia International University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (www.ccneaccreditation.org).
Campus
January 3, 2025
129
School of Nursing
CCNE, ABHE, SACSCOC
Integrate theory and scientific knowledge into holistic nursing care planning and patient education.
Deliver culturally competent and safe population care to patients in diverse environments as a valued interprofessional team member.
Exhibit ethical, moral, spiritual, professional and positive, caring behaviors as a Christian nurse.
In addition to the undergraduate core and other related courses, here is a glimpse at a few of the courses you will be taking in this program.
For a full list of courses related to this program, visit the Academic Catalog at one of the options below:
This course generates the growth mindset needed in the baccalaureate prepared registered nurse to minister through nursing care in multifaceted situations and adaptive environments as ministry. Concepts and theories i.e. servant leadership, loss, ethics, advocacy, funding sources and resources, rural and inner-city community, culture and ethnicity, family structure, disaster response, and mentoring, along with others are interwoven to reflect the complex nature of the nurse-patient (individual, family, community) relationship. The care needs of vulnerable populations i.e. those in long term care, the homeless, and those with substance disuse disorder are a special focus. The lens of a Biblical worldview is incorporated into the analysis. Includes didactic instruction.
Biblical truths regarding authority, power, love, and money are the cornerstone of this course. Strategies for effective communication and the organization and safe interprofessional delivery of quality, ethical care needed by multiple patients with varying levels of acuity are presented. Systems thinking is used to analyze operations and budgetary constraints. Mentoring and precepting skills are developed. Includes didactic instruction.
Measures of community and population health and the nurses role in health promotion and disease prevention for families and diverse vulnerable populations across the lifespan in the community are explored. The determinants of health, surveillance of epidemiological data, interprofessional collaboration, sanctity of life, the dying process and salvation care, and the impact of faith on health are explored. Interviews of nurses and/or health leaders in various community settings are incorporated. Includes didactic, skills/simulation lab, and clinical instruction.
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