Goals and Objectives

  • To offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) based in the liberal arts.
  • To prepare a generalist nurse who demonstrates competent clinical skills and leadership qualities through the use of transfer of learning, critical thinking and decision-making.
  • To provide opportunities for individuals with degrees and/or nursing licensure to further their educational preparation.
  • To graduate professional nurses who are responsive to the changing health care needs of society.

NOTE: The Cumberland University Rudy School of Nursing offers a B.S.N. degree, not an associates degree (A.D.).

Program Outcomes

At the conclusion of the B.S.N. program of study, the graduate will be prepared to Use critical thinking skills to plan and provide care for individuals, families, communities, and populations at risk based on the application of knowledge, evidence based practice (EBP), research from nursing science, behavioral science, and natural sciences as well as the humanities.

  • Perform nursing care utilizing Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in accordance with a biopsychosocial framework to assure the patient/client community to their highest level of wellness.
  • Use the nursing process to design care that promotes, maintains, and/or restores the optimal functioning of clients' on the wellness-illness continuum in a variety of health care settings.
  • Communicate effectively, using a variety of strategies and teaching/learning techniques in collaboration with the client, family caregiver, and interdisciplinary healthcare teams to promote optimum health outcomes.
  • Advocate a standard of care integrating, principles of law, ethics, and recognizing cultural and spiritual diversity within the global marketplace.
  • Practice nursing utilizing principles of information technology, health care policy and health care economics within a regulatory environment.
  • Demonstrate leadership for quality care and patient safety with emphasis on improved patient outcomes.
  • Display a personal commitment to the advancement of professional nursing.

Graduation Timeline

If you are admitted for the fall semester, you will take nursing classes in the fall, spring (year 1); fall, spring (year 2) and graduate after the fall semester (year 3). If you are admitted in the spring semester, you will take nursing classes in the spring (year 1), fall, spring (year 2) and fall, spring (year 3) and graduate in the spring. Students may choose to attend full-time or part-time. Part-time attendance will extend the graduation timeline.