Southern Connecticut State University

BS in Nursing - Curriculum is an upper-division major. Prerequisite courses in the major are required, followed by clinically focused classes taught at both hospital and community-based sites. Options for full-time study with daytime hours or very limited evening/weekend hours are available

ACE Program - Individuals who have already earned a baccalaureate degree in another field and want to change careers into nursing can enroll in the ACE program. This 12-month program includes all prerequisites for students without any necessary undergraduate coursework. The ACE program is based on the same curriculum as SCSU’s highly successful and nationally accredited traditional nursing program. The distinctions of this program are the opportunities to learn with other adult learners who also have rich life and work experience, and dedicated faculty members working specifically with these students.

RN to BSN - The department offers an accelerated BSN program for licensed RNs who want to earn their bachelor's degree in nursing. The program will be tailored to each individual student as they progress through the coursework.

Clinical Nurse Leader - The Clinical Nurse Leader is a new type of job. It is like an advanced nurse with training at the graduate level. The focus of this job is to manage complex groups of patients in many different kinds of healthcare settings. You need 42-45 credits to be able to do this, which include core courses (24 credits), two clinical courses (12 credits), and either a thesis or special project component (6 credits). You also have to spend 400 hours doing work as a nurse in order to be certified for this role.

Family Nurse Practitioner - Nurses with a bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) are eligible to apply for the FNP program. The FNP program consists of 24 credits in core courses, 18 credits in each from the FNP role courses--3 for regular or 6 if on thesis track-- and either 3 credit special project or 6 credit thesis that applies to both tracks.

The 3 FNP Role Courses require 220 hours of clinical practice each semester, in addition to weekly classroom time. A total of 660 clinical hours is required to complete the FNP program. These hours include practicing women's health, pediatrics, family medicine and internal medicine including practicing with older adults.

Nurse Educator - The Nurse Educator program is a master's degree which develops the knowledge and skills needed to teach nursing. Among those credits are 24 core courses, 15 credits in the role of a nurse educator courses, and much more that prepare experienced nurses who know about curriculum development, teaching strategies, etc.

Courses on student teaching strategies, developing course syllabi and preparing for class presentations are available. Eucation in evaluating effectiveness is part of this. And two courses require practicum experience which involves 12-hours per week or completion of a thesis project to graduate from the program

The nursing school at Southern Connecticut State University is a public institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. Its nursing programs are accredited by ACEN and CCNE.

Degree types you can earn at Southern Connecticut State University include CNL, Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Educator and Registered Nursing, and the school provides its offerings to students via campus formats. The level of nursing programs offered to nursing students include Accelerated BSN, Bachelor Degree, Doctor of Nursing, Master Degree, Post Master's NP Certificate and RN to BSN level degrees.

For nursing students in Connecticut, the state average NCLEX-RN passing rate for ADN programs is 87.00% and for BSN programs is 86.75%. The average national NCLEX-RN passing rate for ADN programs is N/A% and for BSN programs is N/A%.

Out of 22 nursing schools in Connecticut, the nursing program at Southern Connecticut State University ranks #1 in the state, and out of more than 1,700 nursing programs nationally, it ranks #21. It's 3-year average NCLEX-RN passing rate is 98.33%, giving the Southern Connecticut State University an overall grade of A.

Nursing Program Stats at a Glance for Southern Connecticut State University

• Grade: A
• NCLEX-RN Passing Rate Average: 98.33%
• Connecticut State Rank: 1
• National Rank: 21

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