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Nursing

Felician University is recognized globally as a nursing education leader. The following degree programs prepare nurses to assume leadership roles within the global society of professional nursing and health care. The nursing programs are fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

Undergraduate Programs

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing for High School Graduates and Transfer Students (Prelicensure)
  • Accelerated Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (ABSN): Cohort Based
  • Hybrid Accelerated Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (Hybrid ABSN): Cohort Based

BSN Degree: High School Graduates and Transfer Students (Prelicensure): 120 credits

The four-year full time BSN Program provides students with a broad education grounded in the liberal arts, sciences, nursing theory and practice. As a nursing major, you will apply your nursing knowledge in a variety of laboratory and health care facilities under the guidance of qualified faculty. The curriculum culminates with a Senior Clinical Immersion in your senior year. Graduates of the program are eligible to apply to the State Board of Nursing to take the RN-NCLEX examination and qualify for admission to graduate study.

Accelerated Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (ABSN): 70 Credits

The Accelerated BSN Tracks are full-time nursing programs designed for those with a prior bachelors degree or 60 college credits. Graduates of both tracks to eligible apply to the State Board of Nursing to take the RN-NCLEX licensing examination and qualify for admission to graduate study.

  • Campus based ABSN: Classes meet in person on our Lodi and Rutherford campuses.
  • Hybrid ABSN: Classes are fully on-line with labs and testing in person on our Parsippany campus.

Accreditation/Approvals

The baccalaureate degree in nursing program, master’s degree in nursing program, the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, and post graduate APRN certificate programs at Felician University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

655 K Street, NW, Suite 750

Washington, DC 20001

Phone: 202-887-6791

Mission

The Felician University School of Nursing and Health Sciences, within the framework of Catholic tradition and commitments to Franciscan values, strives to educate innovative health care practitioners, leaders, and scholars dedicated to promoting access to safe, evidence-based, high-quality, equitable, and inclusive health care for diverse populations.

Graduates of the Felician School of Nursing and Health Sciences are prepared to advance health and practice as integral interprofessional team members to meet the challenges of the 21st century in an evolving global and technologically advanced health care environment.

School of Nursing and Health Sciences Goals

  1. Create, with intentionality, a caring, diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment that is responsive to individual learning needs and is based on the principles of social justice and human rights.
  2. Use informatics, and information and communication technology ethically to support safe, high quality, equitable healthcare processes to positively impact healthcare outcomes.
  3. Develop students’ core (leveled) disciplinary nursing knowledge, grounded in liberal education, integrating current evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences as the basis for clinical judgment.
  4. Facilitate ongoing professional identity development for academic mobility and career advancement.
  5. Develop and maintain academic-practice partnerships that ensure student’s clinical preparation and competency in healthcare delivery in the four spheres of care across the lifespan.
  6. Contribute to the improvement of access and care quality for the vulnerable, underrepresented, and medically underserved through the provision of healthcare for individuals, families, and populations across a variety of settings.
  7. Advocate for the profession of nursing within a global perspective.
  8. Foster student preparation for systems-based practice in complex systems of care
  9. Advance the Scholarship of Nursing

Baccalaureate Nursing Program Outcomes: Graduates of the program will:

  • Formulate a philosophy of nursing which is holistic and focused from a health perspective. (Nursing Practice)
  • Provide health care to clients and support for colleagues which demonstrate a personal commitment to the value of caring. (Caring)
  • Evaluate knowledge from sciences, humanities and nursing to form a framework for nursing practice. (Critical Thinking)
  • Implement the nursing process with clients (individuals, families, groups in community) presenting complex health problems in structured and unstructured health care settings, using concepts of selfcare. (Self-Care)
  • Incorporate therapeutic interpersonal processes when interacting with clients, communities and colleagues. (Interpersonal Processes)
  • Provide health care rooted in the concepts of altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity and social justice. (Ethics)
  • Adhere to legal standards of practice. (Legal Dimensions)
  • Design and manage professional nursing care as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team.(Professionalism/Leadership)
  • Integrate cultural competence into the delivery of nursing care. (Sociocultural Influences)
  • Effect change in health care delivery within specific health care systems. (Health Care Systems)
  • Integrate economic, political, technological, and social trends that influence health care policy. (Political Influences)
  • Apply evidence based findings to nursing practice. (Evidenced Based Practice)
  • Actualize a commitment to professionalism and lifelong learning. (Teaching Learning)

Policies

Programs in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences follow the general University policies and regulations in addition to academic policies and regulations consistent with professional standards of nursing education and practice. It is the student’s responsibility to know and comply with all current academic policies and regulations of the University, School, and the Department. Programs in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences reserve the right to change, modify or improve program requirements or policies at its discretion without prior notice.

Professional Conduct Policy

The School of Nursing and Health Sciences asserts that members of the nursing profession must adhere to standards in order to ensure quality, safety and maintain the trust of the public we serve. The Felician University Community asserts that students must adhere to the Franciscan Values of respect, honesty, and integrity and the ANA Professional Code of Conduct to insure high standards in our academic and everyday lives.

Faculty and students have a cooperative responsibility to ensure that these standards are upheld by everyone.

Felician University nursing students shall abide by and be held accountable for maintaining the high standards of “professionalism” as determined by personal responsibility, Felician University, and the Health Care System. Any single student incident or pattern of “unprofessional behavior” across courses may be referred to the “Professional Nursing Development Committee” for review and potential disciplinary action.