About Bs In Nursing (bsn) in Sacred Heart University

In Sacred Heart University's Davis & Henley College of Nursing, you’ll learn to heal the mind, body and spirit, and connect to your work through compassion, empathy and altruism. Here, you’ll develop the skills and knowledge you need to provide the highest quality care to patients in a variety of clinical settings. 

In this program, you will also:

• Gain a liberal education for Baccalaureate Generalist nursing practice, with knowledge from biological, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences
• Evaluate and provide safe, high-quality health care
• Learn to make clinical judgments based on knowledge and evidence, and developed through the process of clinical reasoning
• Participate in quality and patient safety initiatives that impact patient care
• Gain clinical experience in a variety of settings, including extended care facilities, acute-care hospitals, day care centers, visiting nurses associations, and local community clinics
• Learn from faculty who are active professionals, have received state and national recognition, and hold doctoral degrees or are certified nurse practitioners
• Have opportunities to study abroad
• Use computer information management systems and patient care technology to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of patient care
• Understand health care policy, finance, and regulatory environments
• Improve collaboration and communication skills and understand how these skills improve patient outcomes
• Learn in five state-of-the-art nursing labs and high-fidelity simulation labs
• Study clinical prevention and population health
• Learn to provide effective, patient-centric care by fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making
• Have access to online testing platforms that prepare you for the R.N. licensure examination
• Support health promotion, and disease and injury prevention activities, to improve individual and population health
• Embrace the core values of professionalism that support optimal health and wellness outcomes
• Have opportunities to participate in research projects
• Study in a program that is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

For detailed information about the program, including policies and procedures, download our First Professional Degree & Second Degree Accelerated Student Guide.

• Official scholastic records from all secondary schools and college/universities attended

English Language Requirements

• TOEFL PBT: 550
• TOEFL iBT: 80
• TOEFL iBT® Home Edition: 80
• TOEFL Essentials: 8.5
• IELTS: 6.5
• PTE: 62

Sacred Heart University Annual Cost to Attend