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Bouvé College of Health Sciences - Curriculum Guide

School of Nursing

Eileen H. Zungolo, EdD, RN, FAAN, Dean of the School and Associate Dean of the College
Lea A. Johnson, MS, MSN, RN, Assistant Dean of Administration
Rosanna DeMarco, PhD, RN, ACRN, Director of the Baccalaureate Program
Margery Chisholm, EdD, RN, CS, Director of Graduate Programs
Carol Patsdaughter, PhD, RN, ACRN, Director of Research

Professors
Patricia J. Hollen, MS, PhD, RN
Patricia Maguire Meservey, MS, PhD, RN, FAAN
Eileen H. Zungolo, EdD, RN, FAAN

Associate Professors
Jane F. Aroian, MSN, EdD, RN
Michelle A. Beauchesne, MS, DNSc, RN, PNP
Olivia M. Breton, MEd, RN
Margery M. Chisholm, MS, EdD, RN, CS
Rosanna DeMarco, PhD, RN, ACRN
Mary Anne Gauthier, MSN, EdD, RN
Carol Glod, MS, PhD, RN, CS
Dorett Hope, MSEd, EdD
Elizabeth M. Howard, MS, PhD, RN, ANP
Barbara R. Kelley, MS, MPH, EdD, RN, PNP
M. Marcia Lynch, MSN, DNSc, RN
Magdalena Mateo, PhD, RN, FAAN
Carol A. Patsdaughter, PhD, RN, ACRN
Susan J. Roberts, MS, DNSc, RN, ANP
Mary Suzanne Tarmina, MS, PhD, RN, FNP
M. Delaine Williamson, MS, MPH, RD
Rachel Zachariah, MS, DNSc, RN

Assistant Professors
Anne L. Bateman, MSN, EdD, RN
Rhonda M. Board, MS, PhD, CCRNxxxx
Margaret H. Christensen, PhD, RN
Margaret A. Mahoney, MS, PhD, RN
Joan A. Masters, MS, PhD, RN, CS
Abraham N. Ndiwane, MS, EdD, RN

Assistant Clinical Specialists
Cynthia L. Dakin, MSN, RN
Ann M. Kennedy, MS, RN
Patricia A. Kiladis, MS, RN
Carolyn O¹Brien, MS, RN, ANP

The School of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program designed to prepare students to become professional nurses for practice in a variety of health-care settings, such as hospitals, community health centers, schools, and homes. The school aims to provide all students‹including those with diverse backgrounds and changing career goals‹with a broad-based education that will foster ongoing personal and professional growth.

Nursing is both a science-based process and a caring art. The curriculum offers instruction in the sciences with opportunities in the humanities. Since nursing practice focuses on promoting, preserving, and restoring the health and well-being of individuals, families, groups, and communities across the life span, the curriculum emphasizes a community-based primary care approach, which starts in the freshman year and builds throughout the program. This approach requires knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to health care that are comprehensive, culturally sensitive, continuous, effective, compassionate, and collaborative. Because the vast majority of people's lives are spent in the community, a significant part of the clinical program takes place in the community where people live, work, eat, rest, play, vote, and pray. Recognizing the equally important need to prepare nurses to care for ill patients in institutions, the program provides ample opportunities for nursing practice in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and long-term care facilities. The curriculum is capped by courses that enable students to put leadership and management skills into action, and to synthesize the complete role of the professional nurse in a clinical practicum.

In addition to completing academic course work, students must meet the cooperative education requirement, which gives them the opportunity to integrate the theory and practice of nursing in selected settings. Through more than seventy community and institutional health-care agencies in Greater Boston and across the country, students gain experience in providing nursing care to a variety of patients and families. Students learn that nurses have major roles in wellness and health promotion, acute care, and long-term care.

The baccalaureate nursing program provides the educational background needed for graduate study in nursing specialties. Successful completion of the baccalaureate program allows graduates to take the National Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX-RN) to become registered nurses.

The program is accredited by the National League for Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and is approved by the Board of Registration in Nursing of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Accreditation and approval indicate that the program meets educational standards for faculty, curriculum design, student quality, and overall University support. The school subscribes to the standards established by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, of which it is a member.

See course descriptions for more information.

Special Requirements

Each year students must receive a health clearance. Students in the School of Nursing are required to wear the approved school uniform in some clinical laboratory areas during academic quarters. All students assigned to a clinical nursing course must be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); annual recertification is required; in addition Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) is required and updated contingent to clinical requirements. Students enrolled in the clinical courses must have access to a car to travel to assigned agencies and are responsible for their own transportation costs.

Transfer Student Track

The School of Nursing welcomes transfer students and students planning a career change who have a degree in another field, or who have completed a minimum of 60 quarter hours of transfer credits that are appropriate to curriculum requirements. These credits must include two anatomy and physiology courses (with labs) and one chemistry course (with lab) and reflect a minimum overall QPA of 2.5. A microbiology course (with lab) is strongly recommended. Students are accepted into this track for the fall quarter only. Once accepted, the transfer student follows a fixed curriculum plan that includes a minimum of two quarters of cooperative education experience. Students may complete baccalaureate program requirements in approximately two years and six months.

RN to BSN Option

The School accepts registered nurses who wish to complete requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree into the part-time University College evening section. The length of the program varies, depending on the individual's previous educational experience and ability to achieve advanced placement through the development of a portfolio to validate prior learning. The RN to BSN curriculum option has been revised to reflect the need for community-based primary-care learning experiences with emphasis on management and leadership.

Bachelor of Science Curriculum

Quarter 1	BHS 1101, Transitions, Decisions, the University and You; BIO 1162, Integrated Anatomy and Physiology 1; BIO 1652, Anatomy and Physiology 1 Lab; CHM 1107, Basic Chemistry for the Nursing Professional; ENG 1110, College Writing 1; and MTH 1101, Applications of Algebra.
Quarter 2	BIO 1163, Integrated Anatomy and Physiology 2; BIO 1653, Anatomy and Physiology 2 Lab; COM 1105, Computer Science and Its Applications; COP 1370, Introduction to Nursing Career Management; ENG 1111, College Writing 2; and NUR 1110, Nursing Health Assessment.
Quarter 3	BIO 1164, Integrated Anatomy and Physiology 3; BIO 1654, Anatomy and Physiology 3 Lab; PSY 1111, Foundations of Psychology 1; NUR 1102, Introduction to Human Nutrition; NUR 1107, Nursing Process and Skills.
Quarter 4	BIO 1122, Basic Microbiology; BIO 1622, Basic Microbiology Lab; NUR 1206, Promoting Healthy Childbearing and Childrearing; and NUR 1307, Influences of Health and Illness.
Quarter 5	NUR 1202, Pathophysiological Concepts for Clinical Nursing; NUR 1208, Promoting Healthy Adulthood and Aging; and PCL 1306, Pharmacodynamics 1.
Quarter 6	ENG 1350, Writing for the Professions; PCL 1307, Pharmacodynamics 2; PHL 1165, Moral Problems in Medicine; and SOC 1100, Introduction to Sociology.
Quarter 7	NUR 1308, Promoting Health Restoration in Adults; NUR 1312, Professional Development Seminar; and one humanities elective.
Quarter 8	NUR 1306, Promoting Health Restoration in Children; one history elective; and one free elective.
Quarter 9	NUR 1408, Promoting Mental Health Restoration; POL 1301, Research Methods; and one elective.
Quarter 10	NUR 1406, Promoting Healthy Communities; NUR 1502, Introduction to Research in Nursing; and one elective.
Quarter 11	ECN 1130, Health Care and Medical Economics; NUR 1507, Comprehensive Nursing Practicum; and NUR 1508, Managing and Leading in Nursing.

Electives

The College of Nursing offers electives that enable students to satisfy their personal objectives. They include Independent Study; Health-Care Informatics; and Wellness.

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