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Nursing

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree in the Lydia Green Nursing Program is an upper-division nursing program that builds on a strong liberal arts foundation while preparing you for entry-level nursing practice in acute care and community health settings.

ºù«ÍÞÊÓÆµ’s undergraduate Nursing Program is known for developing competent, compassionate registered nurses (RNs) through rigorous academics and relationship-centered learning grounded in Christian faith and values. SPU BSN graduates are highly sought-after for their expertise, ethical leadership, and commitment to serving diverse communities in acute care and community health settings.

With clinically relevant coursework and hands-on nursing science training, SPU’s nursing degree program challenges you to excel in both the classroom and clinical settings. Faculty members bring real-world nursing experience, providing personalized mentorship to prepare you for success in the professional health care field. The program:

  • Emphasizes both health promotion and illness care.
  • Fosters the development of critical thinking, ethical thought and action, judgment, collaboration, and caring.
  • Integrates the Christian faith with scientific knowledge and clinical expertise.
  • Works with patients as whole beings, considering their mind, body, spirit, and surrounding environment.
  • Seeks to graduate people of competence, character, and caring.

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Most undergraduate students entering ºù«ÍÞÊÓÆµ follow the standard General Education curriculum to complete their undergraduate degrees. Requirements include completion of , , and requirements. Refer to your graduation checklist to ensure that you’re taking the required courses and credits you need to earn your degree in a timely manner.


Nursing Program Mission and Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Generalist: Integrate concepts of liberal arts and sciences to promote wellbeing and manage complex nursing care, incorporating sound clinical judgement through nurse generalist practice.
  2. Health care leader: Employ leadership principles, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement strategies to influence health policy and regulations for provision of safe and quality care across the lifespan. 
  3. Health information manager: Use patient care technologies and manage clinical information to deliver safe, effective, and quality care in a variety of settings across diverse populations. 
  4. Collaborator: Collaborate in the management, coordination, and delivery of inter-professional care for diverse individuals, families, and communities. 
  5. Professional: Demonstrate professional behaviors that reflect values consistent with lifelong learning, spiritual awareness, cultural humility, and ethical standards. 
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