Overview

URI’s baccalaureate nursing program is designed to prepare students academically and personally to become professional nurses. It aims to develop knowledgeable, compassionate, and insightful graduates who are poised to become leaders in healthcare delivery. As future clinicians and scholars, the URI Baccalaureate nursing student will be vested in foundational theory and contemporary practice while being given the opportunity for clinical experiences with individuals, families, and communities, across populations, both locally and globally.

Nursing is the largest discipline in healthcare delivery and our program prepares students for collaborative, interdisciplinary, practice. Working with faculty who are expert clinicians, scholars, and innovators, students will be challenged to have a deep appreciation of factors that impact patient wellbeing and forward creative, contemporary approaches in patient-centered care.

Upon graduation, students are eligible to take the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) which is required for licensure as a Registered Nurse.

Bachelor of Science Degree  Program Outcomes

• Knowledge for Nursing Practice: Integrate and apply nursing knowledge supported by knowledge from liberal arts and sciences to enrich nursing practice
• Person-Centered Care: Implement holistic, just, compassionate, person-centered, evidence-based nursing care to individuals and families across the lifespan and spheres of care.
• Population Health: Use principles of social justice, advocacy, and collaboration to promote equitable care for individuals, families, communities, and populations, from prevention to disease management, through partnerships that address social determinants of health and improve population health outcomes.
• Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline: Engage in scholarly inquiry and critically appraise research as the foundation to deliver evidence-based nursing practice.
• Quality and Safety: Use principles of quality and safety as core values of nursing to enhance practice and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers.
• Interprofessional Partnerships: Engage with individuals, families, communities, health care professionals, and other colleagues to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and improve outcomes.
• Systems-Based Practice: Coordinate and utilize resources in healthcare settings to provide safe, quality, equitable, and value- based care to diverse populations.
• Informatics and Healthcare Technologies: Use healthcare technology to gather and interpret data, form information to support clinical judgment, provide care, and improve interprofessional communication that enhances healthcare delivery in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards.
• Professionalism: Cultivate a professional identity and conduct grounded in nursing core values of compassionate caring, a collaborative disposition, civility, accountability, ethics and social justice for exemplary practice.
• Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development: Engage in wellness by participating in activities and self-reflection that fosters personal health, resilience, and well- being; contributes to lifelong learning; and supports the acquisition of nursing expertise and leadership.

Admission

All new students should refer to the University of Rhode Island admission website for specific admission requirements. Currently, transfer students are not admissible to the pre-licensure nursing program.  If you attended the University of Rhode Island as a degree seeking student in the past you must apply for readmission.

Readmission Requirements:

Readmission applications are reviewed by the Scholastic Standing Committee (SSC) at the end of the fall semester for entry in the following spring semester only. The SSC looks for strength in the sciences and a grade point average over 3.0. Applicants must complete the following courses with a ‘C’ or better: Writing (WRT 104 or 106), Introductory Chemistry (CHM 103), Introduction to Organic Chemistry (CHM 124), Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology I, II, Lab I and II( BIO 220, BIO 221, BIO 222, BIO 223). Admission is not guaranteed even if pre-requisites are met. To apply for readmission, please click here – Readmission Form

Please contact nurse@uri.edu for more information.

Curriculum

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing requires 120 credits for graduation consisting of program specific courses, as well as, general education requirements. The program is designed to be completed in four years, and courses must be completed in the appropriate sequence. The curriculum provides students with the opportunity to work with expert nursing faculty and to explore the health needs of diverse populations.

The clinical courses include experiences in numerous hospitals, community health agencies, nursing homes, schools and clinics throughout Rhode Island. From the very first clinical experience to the final semester, students will gain the competence and confidence needed to practice nursing in a constantly changing health-care arena.

Graduates are  prepared to begin their careers in a number of practice areas, including but not limited to medical-surgical, gerontology, maternity, pediatric, psychiatric-mental health, or community health nursing.

Curriculum Sheets

Course Descriptions