- Apply knowledge and principles from the arts, sciences and humanities to the practice of nursing. (Domain 1)
- Provide holistic person- and family- centered care that is culturally responsive, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate. (Domain 2)
- Assess and implement care that spans prevention to disease management, collaborating in traditional and non-traditional partnerships for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes. (Domain 3)
- Evaluate quality of evidence and apply nursing knowledge to maintain best practice and improve health outcomes. (Domain 4)
- Utilize established and emerging quality and safety practices to minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both individual performance and system effectiveness. (Domain 5)
- Collaborate and use shared decision making with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other involved parties to optimize care and improve outcomes. (Domain 6)
- Coordinate resources within complex systems to provide safe, inclusive, high-quality, equitable, and cost-effective health care to diverse populations. (Domain 7)
- Utilize information and healthcare technologies, in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards, to gather data, provide care, inform decision-making, and enhance communication among care team members and patients in the delivery of person-centered care. (Domain 8)
- Cultivate a professional identity, within the scope of professional nursing practice, that reflects nursing’s values of altruism, social justice, accountability, integrity, ethical behavior, empathy, moral courage, and a collaborative disposition. (Domain 9)
- Participate in activities and self-reflection that foster personal and professional wellbeing and resilience, contribute to lifelong learning, and support the development of leadership. (Domain 10)
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Traditional Track option is open to students who have completed their first two years of prerequisite courses. Learn more about our program's prerequisites and application process on the Admissions Information page.
At Jefferson, our College of Nursing students learn clinical skills in a risk-free, simulated-patient environment, the Rector Clinical Skills & Simulation Center (CSSC) — one of the nation’s leading centers.
Combined with their clinical practice at Jefferson Health hospitals, BSN students graduate with excellent clinical skills, and our graduates consistently score among the highest national licensure examination pass rates of all Pennsylvania-based professional nursing programs.
Curriculum
Students complete four semesters of nursing theory and clinical course work for a total of 67 credits.
Program Outcomes
- Apply knowledge and principles from the arts, sciences and humanities to the developmental, psychosocial, spiritual, and physical care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. (Essential I)
- Integrate knowledge and skills in leadership, quality and patient safety into the provision of nursing care to individuals, families, communities, and populations across the care continuum. (Essential II)
- Incorporate reflection, critical appraisal, clinical reasoning and current best evidence into the delivery of nursing care to individuals, families, communities, and populations. (Essential III)
- Utilize information management and emerging healthcare technologies in the delivery of quality nursing care. (Essentials II, IV)
- Recognize the influence healthcare policies, including financial, legal and regulatory, have on health system functioning and the broader determinants of health. (Essential V)
- Use open communication, shared decision making, creative problem solving, and mutual respect when collaborating with nursing and interprofessional teams. (Essential VI)
Locations
The College of Nursing offers undergraduate nursing programs at the Center City Campus in Philadelphia and the Dixon Campus in Horsham, PA.