Nursing, B.S.N.

WVUIT offers the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). The BSN program offers three options:

1. The RN option for the Associate Degree or Diploma nurse who wishes to earn the BSN degree. The student earns lower division credit for previous educational and work experience and enters the BSN program at the upper division level. The RN to BSN program is offered on line.
2. The joint program between WVU School of Nursing/Glenville State College/and WVUIT is a program whereby students complete the first two years of study on the Glenville campus and transfer as juniors to WVUIT to complete the upper division.
3. Basic BSN students are admitted to the Department of Nursing at the sophomore level after completing pre-requisite general education requirements. While freshman level general education requirements are generally completed at WVUIT, students may complete these courses at other accredited institutions and transfer to WVUIT upon admission to the BSN program. For example, WVUIT and West Virginia State University (WVSU) have an agreement that WVUIT will admit a minimum of 10 WVSU students who qualify to the BSN program. Students who meet admission criteria may also transfer from other accredited schools pending space available in a given class.

Candidates who are selected for the limited number of openings in the nursing program must meet the admission requirements of the College of Business, Humanities, and Sciences as well as the Department of Nursing. Admission is on a competitive basis. Individuals who have a felony conviction are NOT guaranteed entrance to health agencies for clinical experiences and are not guaranteed to be approved by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses to take the National Council for Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX).

ACCREDITATION

The West Virginia University School of Nursing BSN curriculum is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and is approved by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (BSN)

Outcomes of the BSN Program

In addition to the general education learning outcomes described elsewhere in the catalog, this program has the following specific learning outcomes:

1. Critical Thinking - Employs reasoning and creativity in the process of assessment, interpretation, analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and inference as a basis for professional nursing practice.
2. Nursing Interventions - Applies theory-based clinical judgment decision-making in the delivery of skilled nursing therapeutics with persons across the life span in health promotion/risk reduction, health maintenance, and health restoration setting.
3. Professional Role - Demonstrates attitude, values, personal qualities, and behaviors consistent with professional nursing practice.
4. Caring - Provides empathetic, sensitive, and compassionate care for individuals, families and aggregates that upholds moral, legal, and ethical humanistic principles.
5. Communication - Integrates effective, interpersonal, therapeutic and informatics communication processes in professional nursing practice.

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program accommodates both high school and college students who aspire to a career in nursing and registered nurses (RN's) who are licensed graduates of associate degree or diploma nursing programs who want to continue their professional development by earning the BSN. Nursing requires a broad knowledge base. The course of study, therefore, includes classroom and laboratory experience in the liberal arts, physical, behavioral, and social sciences as well as nursing science. Planned, supervised clinical experiences take place in diverse health care settings in a multi-county area. Students must provide their own transportation to clinical and other learning experiences.

Sharing the University's commitment to West Virginia Rural Health Education Partnerships (WVRHEP) WVUIT nursing students participate in the WVRHEP program to promote health care for all West Virginians. All health sciences students in state supported schools are required to complete a rural health rotation prior to the completion of degree requirements. WVUIT Nursing students will complete this rotation at a designated WVRHEP site during the senior year.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

*Meeting the minimum requirements to apply does not guarantee admission.

Freshman Admission

Freshmen may be directly admitted to the Nursing program. Requirements will be based on a combination of high school grades-point average (GPA) and composite ACT or total SAT scores. While preference is given to West Virginia residents, qualified students from other states are encouraged to apply. Direct admission space is limited and highly competitive. *High school students eligible for admission to the University may be admitted directly into nursing if they meet the following criteria:

GPA	ACT	or SAT
3.6	25	1140
or higher	or higher	or higher

Sophomore Admission

The majority of students are admitted at the Sophomore level. Applicants are eligible for review by the Admissions, Progression, and Graduation Committee. Students may apply for admission after one semester or more of college course work. Admission consideration in this case is dependent upon a minimum of 2.8 GPA on all college work attempted, completion of all pre-requisite general education requirements from any accredited college or university with a grade of C or better, and space available in the class. Application forms can be obtained from the Department of Nursing at www.wvutech.edu/nursing or in Orndorff Hall room 2401 or email request to jwood002@wvutech.edu.

RN-BSN Students

Registered nurses are admitted directly to the WVUIT upper division option. Acceptance into the program is dependent upon:

• The individual's academic record; a grade point average of 2.5 or better on all college work attempted
• An unrestricted West Virginia license to practice profession nursing or eligibility to acquire one
• The number of spaces available
• Applicants with a restricted license will be considered on an individual basis.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (BSN) PROGRESSION

To be in good academic standing, students must:

1. Maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.8 or better in all work attempted and
2. Pass all courses with a grade of C or better.
   1. A student who receives a grade of D, F, WU, or W in a required nursing course may repeat that nursing course ONCE.
   2. A student may repeat ONLY ONE nursing course
   3. Students must complete, with a grade C or better, any nursing course in which a grade of D, F, WU or W has been received.
   4. Students who do not maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.8 or better after one semester will be dismissed from the program.
   5. Nursing courses and pre-and co-requisite courses in which students earn a grade of D,F, WU, W must be repeated prior to the student's progression to the next courses in the nursing sequence.
   6. Students who repeat a nursing course and earn a grade of D, F, WU, or W will be dismissed from the program
   7. Any general education course that is not a pre-or co-requisite of nursing courses and in which a grade of D has been earned must be repeated prior to graduation if it is to be counted toward graduation requirements.
3. All students must successfully complete the required standardized testing in order to progress.
4. Students must complete all requirements of a given level prior to progression to the next level.

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree is conferred upon completion of all required courses.