Basic Baccalaureate Program

 
Program Overview

The nursing curriculum leads to the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Nursing. Students begin the nursing major after completing two years of pre-admission, general education coursework, either at Stony Brook University or another accredited institution. The nursing major applies principles from the sciences, art and humanities to patient-centered nursing practice. Graduates of the program are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam.

Pre-Admisson Requirements: (For applicants WITHOUT a baccalaureate degree on admission)

• Minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.8 is required
• 57 credits with a grade C or higher
  in the following courses

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)

*Stony Brook University students who satisfy the language requirement(communicate in a language other than English) will fulfill the foreign language admission requirement for the School of Nursing. However, the number of required elective credits must increase from 9 to 12 in order to meet the minimum requirement of 57 credits.

These courses together with the School of Nursing curriculum satisfy Stony Brook curriculum requirements and  provide our students with a diverse educational foundation that will facilitate lifelong active and adaptive learning and inspire engaged global citizenship.

Pre-Admission Requirements: (For applicants WITH a baccalaureate degree on admission)

• Minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.8 is required
• Grade C or higher
  in the following courses

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
• Evidence of health insurance
• 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 student malpractice insurance
• All preadmission coursework 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 first two years may be completed at Stony Brook or another accredited college or university. All admissions required coursework must be completed prior to beginning the nursing major.

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

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