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Bachelor of Science Major in Nursing

Earning a bachelor's degree from George Fox University takes four years. Students take general education and nursing prerequisite courses their first two years at the university. Those interested in the nursing major must apply and be accepted into the program.

Once admitted, it will take five semesters to complete the nursing major. The curriculum will prepare students to become professional registered nurses and include the following essential components for all baccalaureate nursing programs, as outlined in The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education For Professional Nursing Practice (American Association of Colleges of Nursing 1998): a liberal education, professional values, core competencies, core knowledge, and role development.

Classes will be taught on the Newberg campus. Clinical experiences will be offered at a variety of off-campus settings, including community hospitals, home-care and extended-care facilities, service agencies, and schools. Students accepted into the nursing major should expect and plan that they will be required to travel to clinical experiences in and out of Newberg; given this fact it will be necessary for ALL students to make transportation arrangements for all assigned clinical experiences.

Upon graduation, students will be eligible to take the NCLEX-RN state licensing exam.

Space to Learn

The nursing department is housed in the Hoover Academic Building, which added 14,500 square feet of space in 2005-06 to accommodate the program. Forty students are admitted into the nursing major each year. The nursing program is seeking accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).