The Georgia Regents University Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree is a blending of two well-established baccalaureate nursing programs using the best practices from both the Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University BSN programs.

Noted for quality instruction and clinical experiences, the BSN program provides students the knowledge, skills, and abilities to function effectively in all areas of nursing practice. The program provides students the opportunity to apply didactic knowledge in a variety of hands-on and simulated clinical settings, and lays the groundwork for continuing one’s professional education at the graduate level.

Upon successful completion of the BSN program, graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX) offered by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

Course of Study

The BSN program is an upper-division offering that requires completion of the core curriculum courses (see core courses link to right) prior to matriculation. Each August, new junior students enter the 4 semester course of study (see curriculum link to the right).

Instruction progresses from simple to complex, and the curriculum is sequentially organized using core and process concepts. The core concepts that are central to content development are the person, environment, health, and nursing. Interwoven with the core concepts are those process concepts that nursing uses to maintain and improve the health of persons in their environment.

Connecting the core and process concepts is the overarching desired outcome of quality health care that should be safe, effective, patient/client-centered, timely, efficient, equitable, and evidence-based.

Accreditation

• The ASU-BSN Program is accredited by:
  National League of Nursing Accrediting Commission
  3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850
  Atlanta, GA 30326
  (404) 975-5000 / Fax: (404) 975-5020
  www.nlnac.org.
  
  
• The GHSU BSN Program is accredited by:
  Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
  One Dupont Circle, NW Suite 530
  Washington, DC 20036
  (202) 887-6791 / Fax: (202) 887-8476
  http://www.aacn.nche.edu/ccne-accreditation.
  

• All programs are approved by:
  Georgia Board of Nursing, Secretary of the State
  Professional Licensing Boards Division
  237 Coliseum Drive, Macon, GA 31217-3858
  (478) 207-1300 / www.sos.state.ga.us/plb/rn.

• GHSU BSN CURRICULUM
• ASU BSN CURRICULUM
• Exit Survey*
• Graduate Survey*
• Employer Survey*

   *for ASU-BSN students