Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
| NEW - Franklin Pierce signs
Articulation and Dual Admissions Agreements with New Hampshire
Community Technical College in Claremont and New Hampshire Technical
Institute in Concord. Articulation and Dual Admissions Agreements
have been signed which allow students earning AS degrees in Nursing at
the New Hampshire Community Technical College in Claremont and at the
New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord to transfer in to Franklin
Pierce up to 75 credits in the BS in Nursing Completion degree program.
Students at the sending schools will need to earn a minimum of a 2.8
cumulative grade point average, earn C or better in nursing courses as
well as FPU prerequisites. Upon graduation from either institution,
students must pass the national NCLEX-RN exam and earn an RN license
within 4 months of graduation. For more information students should
contact Dr. Judith Evans, Director, Nursing Program at Franklin Pierce.
Dr. Evans can be reached at
evansj@franklinpierce.edu or by phone in Portsmouth at
603-433-2000 or in Concord at 603-228-2874. The program is scheduled to
be offered at the Portsmouth, Concord and Lebanon Centers of the College
of Graduate and Professional Studies at Franklin Pierce University. |
Franklin Pierce offers nursing program
Franklin Pierce University
is proud to launch a new Baccalaureate of
Science in Nursing program for Fall 2007, designed for practicing
nurses. This new program offers a meaningful course of study that will
enhance nursing careers, prepare practicing nurses to assume new
professional roles, develop leadership skills, and enable nurses with
associate’s degrees to continue their studies in a graduate program.
Courses begin in September, 2007 at the Concord and Portsmouth
campuses. However, students can begin the program by enrolling in
general education courses at any time and at any of the College’s
Graduate and Professional Studies campuses in Portsmouth, Concord,
Lebanon, Keene and Manchester, as well as on-line.
“Starting with Franklin Pierce’s required general education courses is a
good way to begin the program,” said Judith A. Evans, EdD, RN, the
College’s director of nursing programs.
Dr. Evans has practiced in a variety of nursing roles, including
clinical practice, staff development, hospital administration and
nursing academics. She most recently worked with the New Hampshire
Nursing Workforce Center to propose solutions to the current and future
nursing shortage. She was honored by the New Hampshire Nursing
Association as the 2005 Nurse of the Year
“In the new BSN program, a student’s program of study will be
individually designed based on his or her previous education
experiences,” Dr. Evans said. “I recommend that students make an
appointment to meet with me or another faculty member prior to beginning
their general education or nursing courses so that we can review their
transcripts and discuss their specific education plans.”
Program Highlights:
• Program is designed for busy nurses who juggle many commitments,
including family, work, and personal time
• Courses are offered in 8-week terms
• Nursing courses may be completed in as few as 7 terms (less than 15
months)
• Field experiences are arranged individually for each student in
collaboration with a faculty member
• Nursing courses may be taken while students are completing general
education courses
• Supporting courses completed with a grade of C- or better in a
student’s Associate Degree program are transferred into the FP
baccalaureate program
• Nursing credits earned in a student’s Associate Degree program with a
grade of C- or better are transferred into FP
without any testing
• Challenge exam options are available in lieu of selected support
courses
• Some courses are available on-line or in “hybrid” format (part
on-line, part class)
Course Information:
A total of 120 credits must be earned in order to qualify for
graduation. Those credits include
• General education requirements (such as English, History, Sciences,
etc.). These are courses that are required for all Franklin Pierce
students. Students must take at least 4 of the courses at FPC, and they
may transfer in some of these credits from another college if they
earned a grade of C- or higher (for example, the English course that a
student completed as part of his or her Associate Degree Nursing program
may be transferred into FP
as College Writing I).
• Supporting courses for nursing (such as Anatomy & Physiology,
Microbiology, Chemistry, Sociology, Psychology, etc.). Students may
transfer these courses into FP
if they received a grade of C- or higher
when they took them in their Associate Degree Nursing program, or they
may earn credit for some courses by successfully completing challenge
exams. They may decide to take them at one of the community college
campuses before they apply to enter the program at FPC.
• Nursing credits earned in your Associate Degree Program. Nursing
course credits are transferred into the baccalaureate program at FP
as
long the student earned a grade of C- or higher. The student must be a
licensed nurse in order to transfer these courses into the baccalaureate
nursing program FPC.
• Upper division nursing courses. These are the baccalaureate nursing
courses students will take at FPC. The course topics include evidence
based practice, community health, health promotion, leadership, health
assessment and clinical decision making, and health policy. There are 7
required baccalaureate nursing courses (27 credits).
For more information, please call
603-228-2874 |
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