The College offers two pathways to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). A 1st degree BSN Traditional Pathway is available for students who are new to nursing. A 2nd degree BSN Accelerated Pathway is available to students who already have a bachelor's or higher degree not in nursing. The BSN curriculum prepares the professional nurse through extensive study in the concepts and skills of patient assessment, patient care management, and evaluation of patient care outcomes, and the impact of ethical, legal, and technological strategies. The 1st degree BSN student begins the upper-division nursing major (junior and senior years) after completion of required college level prerequisite courses and freshman/sophomore general education courses. The 2nd degree BSN student begins the 14-month curriculum with an earned non-nursing baccalaureate degree and completion of required college level prerequisite courses.
Two Graduate Certificate nurse practitioner specialties: Family Nurse Practitioner and Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner are available to post-master's students. Each specialty is a 4-semester, part-time opportunity for the working RN. Web delivery of course content is supplemented with campus experiences for learning and demonstrating health assessment skills.
The College offers two online doctoral programs. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) with a major in nursing. U.S. News & World Report (2008) ranked the College of Nursing’s graduate programs among the top 6% in the United States.
The "First in Arizona" Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) prepares the nurse at the highest level of advanced nursing practice. The DNP is similar to other practice doctorates such as the MD, JD, DPT and Pharm D. The DNP offers three advanced practice specialties for students seeking nurse practitioner preparation: Adult Acute Care, Family and Pediatric. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has called for the adoption by 2015 of the DNP as the terminal nursing practice degree.
The state-of-the-art PhD program is designed to prepare scientists to conduct theory-based research in nursing, to engage in scholarly dialogue, and to contribute to the development of nursing knowledge. The PhD curriculum is designed as a full time, three-year, 64 credit post-master’s program, or a full time, four-year, 79 credit post-baccalaureate program. The PhD program provides a learning matrix of course work, collegial relationships, community networks, mentored research, and collaboration in scholarship.
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