Program Learning Outcomes
A graduate with a Bachelor of Science, Nursing degree will:
1. Utilize established and evolving disciplinary knowledge and ways of knowing, from a variety of disciplines including liberal arts and natural and social sciences to inform clinical judgement and innovative practice.
2. Implement person centered care that is holistic, individualized, and reflects an understanding of human growth and development, the determinants of health, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and medical and nursing management across the spheres of care.
3. Create action plans, interventions, and influence policies, towards health equity and improved health spanning the healthcare delivery continuum from public health prevention to disease management of populations.
4. Synthesize, translate, apply, and disseminate knowledge to improve health and transform health care.
5. Employ quality care, established and emerging principles of safety, and improvement science through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
6. Engage in professional collaboration across disciplines and with other stakeholders including patients, families, and communities, to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes that recognize the unique contribution of all members.
7. Coordinate resources to provide cost-effective, safe, quality, equitable care to diverse populations within complex systems of health care.
8. Utilize patient care technologies, information systems, and communication devices to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services.
9. Cultivate and sustain a professional identity through the acquisition of expertise and assertion of leadership that reflects professional characteristics and values.
10. Foster personal health, resilience, well‐being, self-awareness, and a capacity to adapt to ambiguity and change.
11. Demonstrate characteristics of a mindful and present leader proficient in asserting influence, and power in professional and personal contexts.
Continuance in the Nursing Major
Successful completion of the previous session (semester) is required to move into the successive session. A failure of any course in a session does not allow the student to progress to the next session on the ASBSN or PL roadmap. Only applies to Nursing Pre-Licensure and Nursing B.S. Accelerated Second Degree Option (ASBSN).
With approval, a student may repeat a nursing course once. If class enrollment is limited, priority will be granted to students according to the School of Nursing Progression Policy. Students repeating nursing courses must earn grades of C- (73%) or better to remain in the program and may not progress until these have been successfully completed. (See Nursing Student Handbook for additional information.)
A student whose pattern of behavior is found to be unsafe or unprofessional may be terminated from a clinical practicum at any time during the semester and receive a non-passing grade for the course. The consequence of unsafe practice may result in expulsion from the program. See Nursing Student Handbook and Student Code of Conduct Policy for current information.
Additional Program Requirements
From the time a student enters the program and until graduation, the student must have the following:
- Physical examination verified on the Health Evaluation Form
- Continuous Health Insurance
- Current American Heart Association CPR Certification for Healthcare Providers
- Initial two-step then annual TB skin test or X-ray, with evidence of freedom from tuberculosis
- Influenza annually
- Measles, Rubella, HBV, Varicella, Tdap and flu vaccination, or proof of immunity
- Current California RN license (for RN to BSN track only)
- Background check
- Drug screening
- COVID Vaccinations
In addition, some agencies may have additional requirements such as fingerprinting and clearance from the Department of Justice. See the Nursing Student Handbook for additional information on other liability and health requirements.
The University reserves the right to limit the enrollment of students in the nursing major to available space and clinical facilities.