Nursing

Required Courses:

Students must obtain their CPR certification.

Foreign Language: Not Required

Liberal Studies Program: As outlined on the appropriate Liberal Studies Check Sheet.

* Indicates courses that also meet Liberal Studies requirements

**or any Math course that meets Liberal Studies goal I-B

REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION: The student must earn a grade of C or higher in all required support courses, a 2.5 cumulative GPA, and pass (or meet remediation requirements) the ATI Comprehensive Predictor Exam. Nursing courses require a grade of C in each course to progress in the major.

Alderson Broaddus University School of Nursing Accreditation

The baccalaureate nursing program at Alderson Broaddus University, located in Philippi, West Virginia, is accredited by the following:
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
3390 Peachtree Road NE
Suite 1400
Atlanta, GA 30326
404.975.5000
acenursing.org

The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the baccalaureate nursing program is Continuing Accreditation. View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this program at http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programSearch.htm

Alderson Broaddus University School of Nursing will notify prospective students if our curriculum does not meet state requirements of the student’s home state and/or notify enrolled students within 14 calendar days that our curriculum does not meet state requirements. Click here to find professional nursing licensure requirements for any state and jurisdiction.

Approved by: 
State of West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses (WVBOERN)
90 MacCorkle Ave SW #203
South Charleston, WV 25303
304.744­.0900
www.wvrnboard.com
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Preparing for Nursing School

Preparing for Nursing School

The first year of classes is spent acquiring knowledge in the supporting sciences, such as Anatomy & Physiology I, Anatomy & Physiology II, and Chemistry, as well as math and health care terminology. These classes are taken along with required liberal studies courses. Admission Criteria for the School of Nursing include a core GPA (of prerequisite courses) of 2.5, with a C or higher in all, and an ATI TEAS score of Proficient or higher. A five­-year plan for students meeting college admission but needing support courses to take the required courses for nursing admission is available.

AB School of Nursing has attracted high­-quality students and has graduated professionals who excel in many interesting nursing careers. The high quality of nurses graduating from AB relates directly to the fine caliber of students who enter the program, and to the personal commitment of the nursing faculty and the excellence of the total college curriculum. At AB, your liberal studies core requirements will strengthen your general knowledge, improve your learning skills, and give you more confidence to advance in your profession.

The current focus on healthcare reform, culture, diversity, managed care, and the community­-based healthcare system has highlighted the unique contributions that nurses can provide. The nursing curriculum at AB prepares nurses to meet these unique challenges. At AB, your professors will be men and women of high academic and moral standing who are committed to making a difference in the lives of the students they serve as well as to the advancement of their professions.

*See School of Nursing List of Required Courses Below

Field Experience

Clinical experiences for the application of your classroom studies will begin in your sophomore year. These clinical experiences place you in a variety of settings in small groups with a high level of personal attention from the instructor. In addition to clinical experience in inpatient, outpatient, and community settings, our program implements the use of three patient simulator labs on campus. Students participate in scenario-driven clinical experiences with the patient simulators to provide the opportunity to make critical decisions in patient care. If mistakes are made, students learn from the experience of the potential consequences while not harming an actual patient. Additionally, simulated learning experiences with the patient simulators allow faculty to expose students to situations that they may never see in their clinical practicum experiences. This experience better prepares students for actual patient care.

Preparing for a Career in Nursing

Upon graduation, you’ll receive a BSN degree and will be qualified to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination for RNs. As a graduate of the AB School of Nursing, you will be prepared as a generalist in nursing, qualified to provide leadership in a variety of settings such as community health, general hospital care, emergency care, and intensive care. For those interested in school health nursing, students may choose to take the School Nurse Option, a West Virginia Department of Education-approved program, preparing them to apply for certification as a school health nurse.
With a baccalaureate degree in nursing from Alderson Broaddus University, you will join the professionals dedicated to excellence in health care. At AB, you can prepare to make a difference.

School of Nursing Philosophy

The AB School of Nursing faculty believes in and supports the mission of Alderson Broaddus University. The nursing faculty commits to the college, the community, and society to provide quality baccalaureate nursing education. The philosophy of the School of Nursing is derived from basic beliefs about education and professional nursing.

Student achievement is assessed through Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and quality­-based competency behaviors, which progress from simple to complex related to the nursing process, professionalism, and safety. By the final semester, these SLOs culminate in Program Student Learning Outcomes (PSLOs). These Program Student Learning Outcomes and related competency behaviors evolve from ANA Standards of Professional Practice, AACN Essentials, NLN Standards, QSEN Competencies, and the West Virginia Standards for Professional Nursing Practice.

The faculty believes the patient, whether viewed as an individual or collectively as a family, group, community, or society, is unique and holistic, meriting safe quality patient-­centered care as exemplified in the nurse­-patient relationship operationalized by the nursing process. Alderson Broaddus University views nursing as a caring, therapeutic, interpersonal profession that values diversity, and embodies Christian service to holistically address patient health needs in collaboration with the inter-professional healthcare system.

Knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviors, and values associated with the practice and profession of nursing are assessed through seven PSLOs, including:

• Create patient­-centered, safe, quality, evidence-­based nursing care with diverse patients across the life span.
• Design a caring environment for the patient, family, and community to promote wellness, prevent disease, and facilitate healing.
• Generate critical thinking necessary to provide quality patient care.
• Professionally communicate/collaborate with members of the inter-professional team, the patient’s family, and the community to provide and improve patient care.
• Exemplify leadership in a variety of healthcare settings for diverse patient populations.
• Synthesize information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Assimilate professional, ethical, and legal guidelines in practice as a baccalaureate-­prepared professional nurse.

The faculty believes a baccalaureate nursing education grounded in the liberal arts must provide learners with the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviors, and values to become safe, responsible practitioners of professional nursing. The teaching-­learning relationship between faculty and learner is central to education no less, so when, despite the student’s valiant investment, remediation needs emerge requiring focused teaching­-learning interventions. Throughout, learners are expected to demonstrate integrity and be self­-disciplined, self-­directed, and accountable for their own learning. The faculty is responsible for creating a caring environment in which knowledge is shared, and role development is enhanced.

Approved Dec. 15, 2011
Edited: Dec 8, 2013

Mission Statement:

The School of Nursing seeks to provide an educational environment that encourages students to regard professional nursing as a service to humanity, respect scholarly endeavors, become responsible citizens, and apply moral and ethical integrity to every phase of life.

Identity Statement:

The School of Nursing shares the overall aim of the University, which is to help students respect scholarly endeavors, gain skills in growth and learning, and develop moral and ethical integrity in every phase of life. Building on a liberal arts foundation, students are encouraged to become responsible citizens who regard their vocation as a service to humanity stemming from a basic commitment to God and offered for the benefit of the client.

The purpose of the curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing is to prepare the student to function in any healthcare setting as a competent beginning professional nurse. Graduates of the program will value scholarly endeavors and become life­ling learners.

College Core Values/Program Goals:

Congruent with the mission and purpose of the institution, the goals of the nursing program are to prepare graduates:

1. Who, as professional nurse generalists, possess the knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviors, and values necessary to assist the client experiencing a crisis to meet human needs.
2. Who assume professional nursing roles to provide competent professional nursing care to individuals, families, groups, communities, and society within a rapidly changing environment.
3. Who are eligible to apply for licensure as registered nurse?
4. Who critically think, effectively communicate, therapeutically intervene, and faithfully pursue life-long learning.
5. Who are accountable to the ANA Standards of Practice and the Standards for Professional Nursing Practice of the WV State Board of Nursing.

International Nursing Program

Alderson Broaddus University is helping to curb the national nursing shortage by entering into a partnership with Arellano University, Manila, Philippines. This collaborative effort will prepare students to be licensed as professional nurses in the United States and other underserved regions of the world.

On June 14, 2006, more than thirty freshmen at Arellano University enrolled in this international nursing partnership. These Arellano students will complete the first three years of their work in Manila, with the opportunity to complete the last phase of their education on the AB campus.

Through this partnership, students enrolling in the international nursing program will be admitted to AU under AB’s admissions standards and will have to maintain AB’s academic standards in order to remain in the program.

Like AB, Arellano University has a rich history in nursing. AU has the oldest and largest baccalaureate nursing program in the Philippines. They compete with other well-­prepared professional nurses to become globally employable in other cultures, cope with the fast pace of nursing practice and are influenced by the changing needs of health care.