St. Petersburg College
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN NURSING
Welcome!
We are so delighted that you are
here to find out more about our
RN to BSN Program!
Birth of the SPC
RN to BSN Program
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Need for Program
• Extreme shortage of registered nurses
• SPC BSN was projected to and has
increased enrollment in the SPC AS so
we are graduating more RNs
• BSN provides a higher level of critical
thinking needed to make increasingly
complex nursing judgments
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
NURSING
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RN Completion Program Only
• Students must already be registered
nurses
• Can be either AS or hospital diploma
graduates
Seamless articulation with prior
nursing education
Delivered at HEC, or off site
locations - Morton Plant Mease
Hospital, Oakhill Hospital, BayVista,
and currently at Bayonet Point
Admission Criteria
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Registered Nurse
Current, valid, unrestricted,
unencumbered nursing license
Completion of SPC and
Baccalaureate applications
St. Petersburg College
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Enrollment goals initially were
50 students for the first two
admissions
Actual enrollments exceed
projections by 15 to 50 students
per admission
Current enrollment numbers are
~ 330
College of Nursing Faculty
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Dean - PhD in Nursing
All full time faculty - PhD in
Nursing
Adjunct faculty - PhD and MSN
Curriculum
• Transfer lower division credits
• 40 upper division credits to be
taken by student (may transfer 10)
• Must meet SPC AA general
education requirements
• Must meet foreign language
requirement
• 121 credits for degree
RN to BSN Coursework
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Professional Roles
and Dimensions
Pathophysiology
Nursing in a
Multicultural
Society
Health Assessment
Family Theory
Family Practicum
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Nursing Research
Community Health
Community Health
Practicum
Legal Ethical
Leadership Theory
Leadership
Practicum
Nursing Elective
Course Delivery
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HEC home campus for BSN
students
Classroom August 2002
Totally Online August 2003
Classes at HEC or other sites
• Bayonet Point Fall 2006
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Designed for working adults
Adult Learning Model
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Courses taken one at a time
Attend all day
Each course will last 4-10
weeks depending on number of
credits
Assigned outcomes used to
guide clinical experiences
Financial Aid
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Available to all students via the
SPC web site; and at HEC
Nursing specific Scholarships
available via the SPC general
web site; and on the nursing
web site and Commons
Tuition reimbursement
Accreditation
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Regionally Accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools (SACS)
Nationally Accredited by the
National League for Nursing
Accrediting Commission, Inc.
(NLNAC)
CCNE Accreditation visit was fall
2006 – decision pending until 4/07
American Association of
Colleges of Nursing
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AACN endorsed a position statement
in October 2005
Supports the move by community
colleges to offer BSN degrees and
increase access to the
baccalaureate.
The position paper can be viewed
online at
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Publicatio
ns/positions/ccbsn.htm.
Advantages
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Advance your Career while
maintaining your current
position
Flexible Class Schedules – Face
to Face or Totally Online
Enhance Management Skills
Increase your employment
opportunities
Career Opportunities
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Mid-manager
School nursing in K-12
Home health
Public health
Military
Travel nursing
Nursing Education
Questions??