Total: 43 Credits

Total: 15 Credits

Program Information

Undergraduate Learning Program Outcomes (PLOs)

Graduates of the Mercy University Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing will be expected to demonstrate the following program outcomes:

• PLO1 Clinical Reasoning
  Use clinical reasoning to integrate, translate, and apply established and evolving disciplinary nursing knowledge as well as knowledge from other disciplines, including a foundation in liberal arts and natural and social sciences as the basis for professional nursing practice.
• PLO2 Patient Centered Care
  Deliver person-centered care to individuals and families that is holistic, respectful, compassionate, equitable, coordinated, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate.
• PLO3 Social Justice
  Assess and provide care to populations spanning the healthcare continuum from prevention to disease management, collaborating with communities, public health, industry, academia, health care, local government entities, and other partners for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes locally and globally.
• PLO4 Research
  Synthesize, evaluate, apply, and disseminate nursing knowledge to improve and transform healthcare and guide evidence-based nursing practice.
• PLO5 Safety
  Implement principles of safety as core values of nursing practice to enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
• PLO6 IPE
  Collaborate across professions through effective communication with care team members, patients, families, and communities to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and improve outcomes.
• PLO7 Health Equity
  Manage resources to provide safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations within complex systems of health care.
• PLO8 Technology
  Use information and healthcare technologies to gather data, drive decision making, and manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards.
• PLO9 Professionalism
  Develop a sustainable professional identity that includes accountability, responsibility, cultural sensitivity, awareness of implicit bias, a collaborative disposition, civility, and behaviors that reflect nursing’s characteristics and core values.
• PLO10 Leadership
  Participate in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, and well-being, contribute to lifelong learning, and support the acquisition of nursing expertise and the development of leadership qualities. 

Progression Criteria

Once accepted as a B.S. Nursing major, students are required to achieve a ‘C+’ or better in all nursing courses and maintain a GPA of 2.33. Students may only repeat one NURS course.  
Students may only withdraw once from one NURS course. Students may not combine any clinical courses out-of-sequence without approval from the School of Nursing.

Clinical Requirements

All students must complete the following before starting clinical. Copies of these documents/clearances must be submitted electronically to the Clinical Placement Coordinator by the specified due date for facility onboarding requirements.

No one is allowed to begin clinical without the following:

1. Current CPR for Health Care Personnel from American Heart Association
2. COVID vaccination
3. Immunization titers - MMR, Hepatitis B (antibody and antigen), Varicella
4. Hepatitis C antibody test
5. Annual Flu vaccine
6. TdAP/TD vaccination
7. Annual health assessment form (physical examination)
8. Annual N-95 mask fitting
9. TB Blood Test or PPD (chest x-ray for a positive PPD)
10. Background check
11. Drug screen
12. Fingerprints - Depending on agency requirements
13. Health insurance - Depending on agency requirements
14. Any other agency requirements

Program Dismissal Review

In cases which a student has been dismissed from the Accelerated Nursing Program, the student may request a dismissal review when they believe that extenuating circumstances affected their academic performance in the program. The student must follow the School Dismissal Review Policy found in the nursing student handbook. Students dismissed for a second time will not be allowed to appeal to the Program Director, Assistant Dean, or Associate Dean for reinstatement, nor are they permitted to reapply to their nursing program.

Complaints That Fall Outside Existing Policies

The School of Nursing is committed to meeting its mission as it relates to serving our students, potential students, staff, faculty, adjunct faculty, clinical faculty and the public. The School of Nursing and all its Program adhere to Mercy’s existing policies and procedures including but not limited to the Academic Appeals Policy, Policies and Procedures relating to Sexual Misconduct, Policy on Equal Opportunity and Non- grade appeals, student discipline, sexual misconduct complaints, disability accommodations, discrimination and retaliation. In addition to university policies, the School of Nursing, and our accreditor, Commission on College Nursing Education, all have policies and procedures in place that must be followed. If a circumstance arises for which there is no established policy or procedure, we are committed to ensuring that these exceptional complaints are considered and resolved in a timely, fair, consistent and equitable manner.

Procedure: Complaint to the Program: Complaints should be addressed to the Program Director through email. If the program director is the subject of the complaint, the complaint should be addressed to the Associate Dean, School of Nursing.