he bachelor's degree program is designed to provide the high school graduate with the opportunity to obtain a baccalaureate degree in nursing. The bachelor's degree program is the basic preparation for professional nursing practice and leadership positions in nursing. After completing the program, the graduate is qualified for nursing positions in public health agencies, schools, hospitals and other health-care providers. Nursing school graduates may also earn commissioned status in the military services, as well as admission to graduate education. The bachelor's degree program major is four semesters with admissions occurring both spring and fall semesters.<br><br>The baccalaureate degree program is approved by the Nevada State Board of Nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).<br>Students will be able to:<br>Integrate concepts from the arts and sciences in promoting health and managing complex nursing care situations.<br>Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision, and oversight of nursing practice in a variety of settings.<br>Translate principles of patient safety and quality improvement into the delivery of high quality of care.<br>Appraise, critically summarize and translate current evidence into nursing practice.<br>Integrate knowledge, processes, and skills from nursing science, information and patient care technologies, and communication tools to facilitate clinical decision-making, and the delivery of safe and effective nursing care.<br>Describe the effects of health policy, economic, legal, political, and socio-cultural factors on the delivery of and advocacy for equitable health care.<br>Demonstrate effective professional communication and collaboration to optimize health outcomes.<br>Deliver and advocate for health promotion and disease prevention strategies at the individual, family, community and population levels.<br>Demonstrate value-based, professional behaviors that integrate altruism, autonomy, integrity, social justice and respect for diversity and human dignity.<br>Demonstrate critical thinking, clinical decision making, and psychomotor skills necessary for the delivery of competent, evidence-based, holistic, and compassionate care to patients across the life span.