student handbook 2013-2014 - UCLA School of Nursing

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BS) DEGREE PROGRAMPROGRAM GOALSGraduates of the UCLA Bachelor of Science (BS) program are able to assume responsibilityfor organizing, implementing, and evaluating hospital-, population- and/or community-basedplans of nursing care for a highly complex and culturally diverse society. The Pre-licensureprogram prepares students with a focus on primary, secondary and/or tertiary prevention andtreatment. This program integrates concepts of multiculturalism and prepares students wellfor the changing healthcare system and the healthcare needs of California’s demographicallydiverse population. Students successfully completing this program are prepared as nursegeneralists with special skills to provide nursing care across the lifespan and the graduate iseligible to take the National Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX) to be certified as an RN.Students successfully completing the BS degree also acquire an educational foundation forentry to the graduate program, which at the master’s level prepares advanced practitioners,clinical specialists and administrators in primary and acute care and, at the doctoral level,prepares nurse scientists and scholars.After completing the BS program, graduates achieve the following objectives:1. Select, evaluate and apply appropriate theory and research findings concerningindividual- and population-based health promotion and disease prevention,biobehavioral and health systems, social-environment and cultural and humandiversity to the nursing process with a variety of clients, families and communitiesfrom ethnically diverse cultural backgrounds2. Utilize the nursing process to promote biopsychosocial health and disease preventionand to support the resources of culturally diverse clients and families in communityand/orhospital-based settings3. Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills with clients andtheir families, research participants, other health professionals, colleagues andpolicy makers4. Identify practice-based problems and hypotheses and critique research on issues ofimportance to nursing and health care delivery within culturally diverse hospital- andcommunity-based settings5. Participate in professional and community organizations and/or interest groupsrelevant to health care delivery and modify nursing standards and practices in keepingwith current trends6. Demonstrate leadership as a member of the health team to plan, manage and evaluatecare of individuals, families and communities for culturally diverse populations7. Practice hospital- and community-based nursing based on the principles of ethicsand lawF13-S14 | page 6
BS PROGRAM CURRICULUM PLANBS Sample Course ScheduleSequence is only a sample and subject to change.First YearFallUnitsN10 2Chem 14A (GE) 4Math 3A or 31A 4English 3/Writing I 5WinterUnitsN20 2Chem 14B (GE) 4Life Science 2 4Liberal Arts GE 5SpringUnitsChem 14C 4GE (Com or Psych) 5N13 Anatomy (GE) 5SummerUnitsTotal 15Total 15Total 14Second YearFallUnitsN50 4Life Science 3 4GE (Com or Psych) 5WinterUnitsBiostat 100A 4Liberal Arts GE 5N3 Physiology 5SpringUnitsN54A 3N173 4Microbiology 10 4GE (Com or Psych) 5SummerUnitsTotal 13Total 14Total 16Third YearFallUnitsN54B 2N152W 5N150A3 T+1 CN162A3 T+1 CWinterUnitsN174 4N115 4N150B3 T+1 CN162B4 T+2 CSpringUnitsN160 4N162C4 T+4 CSummerN164N165Units3 T+2 C3 T+2 CTotal 15Total 19Total 12Total 10Fourth YearFallUnitsN1613 T+2 CElective 4Liberal Arts GE 5WinterUnitsN168 5N1713 T+3 CN162D3 T+1 CSpringN169Units12 CSummerUnitsTotal 14Total 15Total 12T: Theory UnitsC: Clinical UnitsThe Bachelor of Science degree must be completedwithin the 180-216 unit limit.F13-S14 | page 7
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