School of Nursing

For more information on degree programs offered by the faculty of the School of Nursing, visit the School of Nursing webpage.

Accreditation

The baccalaureate nursing program is approved by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing and accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326. The School of Nursing is a member of the National League for Nursing and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs are approved by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing. The DNP Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP) programs are accredited by the ACEN.  The DNP Nurse Anesthesia program is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA), 222. S. Prospect Avenue, Park Ridge, IL,  60068-4001, 847-692-7137.

Undergraduate Academic Programs

The faculty of nursing offer a pre-licensure curriculum track leading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.)  degree. The curriculum provides a broad general education and a solid professional program based on a nursing model (the Roy Adaptation Model) rich in content and applicability.

Program Goal

The goal of the undergraduate nursing program is to produce an educated individual who is a professional nurse.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the undergraduate program in nursng will:

1. Value the dignity and worth of humans acknowledging biopsychosocial and cultural stimuli that influence adaptation.
2. Utilize adaptation theory in decision making and assisting individuals, families and communities to achieve their maximum level of adaption.
3. Use problem-solving skills, critical thinking, independent judgment and continual evaluation to improve nursing care.
4. Evaluate and utilize research and theoretical and empirical knowledge from the humanities and physical and behavioral sciences in nursing practice.
5. Utilize leadership skills, accepting responsibility and being accountable for choices of nursing interventions to promote adaptation.
6. Collaborate with colleagues on the interdisciplinary health team and serve as an advocate to promote health and welfare of patients through the political and professional process.
7. Participate in identifying local, state and national health needs and effective changes to improve health care.
8. Pursue further development of self and the profession in order to promote quality health care. 

Faculty

Programs

• Nursing, B.S.N.

Courses

• AHS 2013 Statistics for the Health Sciences
• AHS 2122 Normal Nutrition
• AHS 2123 Folk Healing
• AHS 2133 Life Span Processes
• AHS 2223 Microbiology for Health Professionals
• AHS 4043 Introduction to Applied Health Care Research
• AHS 4113 Health Management Techniques

• NSG 1012 Overview of Nursing
• NSG 2103 Human Sexuality
• NSG 2233 Pharmacology and Metrology
• NSG 2254 Applied Science I
• NSG 2264 Nursing Science I
• NSG 2273 Nursing Interventions I
• NSG 3154 Applied Science II
• NSG 3164 Nursing Science II
• NSG 3174 Nursing Interventions II
• NSG 3254 Applied Science III
• NSG 3264 Nursing Science III
• NSG 3274 Nursing Interventions III
• NSG 4133 International Nursing and Technology
• NSG 4154 Applied Science IV
• NSG 4164 Nursing Science IV
• NSG 4174 Nursing Interventions IV
• NSG 4213 Challenges of Childhood
• NSG 4232 Nursing Trends
• NSG 4263 Nursing Science V
• NSG 4275 Nursing Interventions V
• NSG 4903 Understanding Electrocardiography