Accelerated Baccalaureate Program

On-Site, One Year

 
Program Overview

The 12-month Accelerated Baccalaureate Program is designed for students who have already completed a bachelor's degree, either at the State University of New York at Stony Brook or another comparable institution. The concentrated nursing curriculum leads to a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing. Graduates of the program are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam.

This second bachelor's degree draws on the prerequisite courses from the humanities and the natural and social sciences as a means of assisting the student to use theory and utilize nursing process to provide health promotion, health maintenance and restoration of diverse populations of patients. Students are provided learning experiences focused on individuals, families, groups and communities. In addition, students are exposed to various delivery models of professional nursing and health care. Stony Brook University Hospital is utilized as a clinical site along with various other settings.

Undergraduate Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the program the baccalaureate graduate nurse will be able to:

• Utilize clinical judgment when integrating established and evolving knowledge from nursing; liberal arts; natural and social sciences; and other related disciplines in the formation of innovative nursing practice. (Domain 1)
• Integrate evidence-based, compassionate and developmentally appropriate patient-centered nursing care to diverse individuals, families, and communities. (Domain 2)
• Communicate with the community, industry, academia, health care, policy makers and other stakeholders to promote equitable population health outcomes, improve disease management and prevention. (Domain 3)
• Formulate professional, ethical knowledge based on nursing theory and evidence generated, synthesized, translated and applied from nursing and other disciplines to improve practice and transform health care.  (Domain 4)
• Apply established and emerging principles of improvement science and safety to enhance individual practice and system effectiveness to provide high quality health care and minimize risk of harm to patients. (Domain 5)
• Demonstrate  intentional  and effective collaboration  across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and stakeholders, fostering mutual respect and shared decision-making to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.  (Domain 6)
• Incorporate communication technologies and informatics processes in coordinating resources to gather data and drive decision making to provide continuity of care, mitigation of error, and optimization of quality patient outcomes for diverse populations. (Domain 7 & 8)
• Demonstrate a professional identity of accountability, perspective, collaborative disposition, and comportment that reflects nursing's inherent values of altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice. (Domain 9)
• Inculcate a spirit of self-reflection that fosters lifelong learning, self-care, well-being and resilience, along with the acquisition of nursing expertise, to promote the development of a professional identity and the assertion of nursing leadership (Domain 10)

Admission Requirements

• B.A. or B.S. Degree
• Minimum cumulative GPA 2.8 and grades of C or higher in the following courses:
  

  Required Courses	Credits
  English Composition	3
  Microbiology/Lab	4
  Anatomy and Physiology I/Lab	4
  Anatomy and Physiology II/Lab	4
  Chemistry	3
  Statistics	3
  Lifespan Development	3

Additional Application Requirements

• Application and personal statement
• Paid application fee or approved waiver
• Unofficial transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
• Three online letters of recommendation
• Completion of three prerequisite sciences by the application deadline
• Meet the Technical Standards For Admission and Retention

Additional Requirements upon Admission

• Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
• All newly admitted students will receive an email from the SON Required Documentation email address, shown below, with detailed instruction to utilize the required CastleBranch web-based software system. This system requires a one time fee and is where students will upload and manage required documents."son_required_documentation@stonybrook.edu"
• Evidence of health insurance
• Evidence of student malpractice insurance
• All preadmission classes must be completed prior to the start of the program
• Technology Requirements

Notes

• Applications are available after August 1 at https://graduateadmissions.stonybrook.edu/apply/
• Receipt of application, letters of recommendation, paid application fee (or approved waiver) and transcripts due at application deadline
• All foreign transcripts must be evaluated by the World Education Services (www.wes.org) or a comparable institution
• Admission to the Nursing program is highly competitive. Meeting minimum criteria for admission does not guarantee acceptance. The School of Nursing reserves the right to make final decisions based upon the applicant pool each year.

THE SCHOOL OF NURSING RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ADMISSION AND PROGRAM CRITERIA TO MEET PREVAILING ACCREDITATION AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

12 Month Accelerated Basic Baccalaureate Program Curriculum
 

The Baccalaureate degree program in nursing/Master's degree program in Nursing/Doctor of Nursing Practice program and/or advanced certificate program at Stony Brook School of Nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) https://www.aacnnursing.org/CCNE

For more information, please contact:

abp-bbp-nursing@stonybrook.edu