Pre-Licensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Prepares students to enter the Pre-licensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing major.

Our Philosophy

Nursing academics at Belmont Abbey reflects a scientific and liberal arts foundation, encompassed within a faith-based setting. Concurrent with professional nursing standards and the mission, vision, and philosophy of Belmont Abbey College, nursing faculty believe that professional nursing practice is grounded in knowledge, theory, research, and evidence. Nursing education is an integrated process through which students attain knowledge, understanding, and competencies necessary for quality and evidenced-based nursing practice. Nurses are in the privileged position of witnessing life's most intimate events when patients, families, and communities are at their most vulnerable. Therefore, Belmont Abbey’s nursing faculty teach the practice of nursing’s art and science to create an atmosphere of mutual respect, trust, and holistic views. Fundamental beliefs concerning teaching and learning, critical thinking, diversity, nursing science, and the Rule of Saint Benedict guide the faculty’s endeavors.

 

The Rule of St. Benedict Inspires and Informs Us

St. Benedict mandated, “Care of the sick must rank above and before all else.” (RB 35:1). St. Benedict’s Rule and Catholic healthcare directives encompass tenets critical in ethical decision-making, integrity, and the nursing profession. These principles permeate Belmont Abbey’s nursing curricula, emphasizing the Department of Nursing’s core values in conjunction with the Benedictine values of hospitality, respect for the person, prayer, service, moderation, and community. These values guide students to integrate spiritual, emotional, physical, and intellectual characteristics into their personal and professional lives.

 

Code of Ethics

The BAC Department of Nursing has adopted the following codes of ethics: the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) Code of Ethics, the North Carolina Nursing Practice Act for Registered Nurses, and the 2015 American Nurses Association Code of Ethics. These codes and standards provide a foundation and guidance for RN students at all degree levels to agree that they will uphold their academic, clinical, lab, and practice environments within all stages of their nursing career. Furthermore, the development and growth of the holistic self or persons are supported throughout these codes and standards. 

 

 

Freshman Year Fall Semester

Term

Course

Term

Course

Freshman Year, Fall

Semester:

16 - 19 credit

hours

FYE101: First Year Experience –

1 credit hour

Freshman Year, Spring Semester: 18 credit hours

FYE102: First Year Experience –

1 credit hour

BI108 & BI108L: Anatomy & Physiology I – 4 credit hours

Nursing Prerequisite

BI110 & BI110L: Anatomy & Physiology II – 4 credit hours

Nursing Prerequisite

RH104: Rhetoric, Logic, Grammar, & Writing – 4 credit hours

PC300: Statistics for Psychology – 3 credit hours

Nursing Prerequisite

PC201: Introduction to Psychology – 3 credit hours

Nursing Prerequisite

PO201: The American Constitution – 3 credit hours

TH105: Introduction to Scripture –

3 credit hours

PH200: Intro. to Philosophy –

3 credit hours

(Courses may be adjusted to include math prerequisite(s) if needed)

Fine Arts Core Requirement -

3 credit hours



**Students must complete all courses by the end of Spring semester Senior for NCLEX success

40


Fall Semester

FYE101First Year Experience

1

BI108Anatomy & Physiology I

4

BI108LAnatomy & Physiology Lab

0

RH104Rhetoric and Writing

4

PC201Introduction to Psychology

3

TH105Introduction to Scripture

3

Spring Semester

FYE102First Year Experience

1

BI110Anat & Phys II

4

BI110LAnat & Phys II Lab

0

PC300Statistics for Psychology

3

PO201The American Constitution

3

PH200Intro to Philosophy: Ancient & Medieval

3

One Three Credit Fine Arts Course

Sophomore Year

Sophomore Year, Fall Semester:

18 credit hours

CH103: Principles of Chemistry –

3 credit hours

Nursing Prerequisite

Sophomore Year, Spring Semester: 16 credit hours

TH332: Catholic Bioethics -

3 credit hours

PC301: Developmental Psychology – 3 credit hours

Nursing Prerequisite

BI200 & BI200L: Microbiology

4 credit hours

Nursing Prerequisite

EN211: Literary Classics –

3 credit hours

HI101: Western Civilization I –

3 credit hours

HI102: Western Civilization II -

3 credits hour

PH250: Ethics –

3 credit hours

EN212: Literary Classics -

3 credit hours

TH205: Intro. to Theology -

3 credit hours

SO201: Principles of Sociology –

3 credit hours

Total Hours: 66 - 69 hours

Spring Semester

TH332Catholic Bioethics

3

BI200Essentials of Microbiology

4

BI200LEssent Micro Lab

0

HI102Western Civilization II

3

EN212Literary Classics of the Western Trad II

3

SO201Principles of Sociology

3

Fall Semester

CH103Principles of Chemistry

3

PC301Developmental Psychology

3

EN211Literary Classics of the Western Trad I

3

HI101Western Civilization I

3

TH205Introduction to Theology

3

PH250Ethics

3

Junior Year

Term

Course

Term

Course

Junior Year (J1), Fall Semester:

14 credit hours

NU 101: Foundations of

Professional Nursing Practice–3 credit hours

Junior Year (J2) Spring Semester- 15 credit hours HC 201 Healthcare Informatics - 3 credit hours

NU 205: Nursing Therapeutic Interventions–2 credit hours (This class has a clinical component)

NU 301 Nursing Care of the Adult with Acute and Chronic Conditions I- 6 credit hours. (This class has a clinical component)

HC 204: Concepts of

Pharmacology

/Pharmacokinetics–3 credit hours (This class has a lab component)

 

Nu 306 Nursing Care of Persons with Psychiatric and Mental Health Conditions- 3 credit hours. (This class has a clinical component)

NU 201: Health Assessment and Promotion in Nursing Practice–3 credit hours

HC 302W* Research for Healthcare Practice - 3 credit hours

 BI 211: Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology –3 Credit hours

 

Fall Semester

During the first semester of the nursing program students will take 4 nursing classes and 1 biology class = 14 credit hours. All classes are face-to-face. NU 101, BI 211 didactic, NU 201 is a combined lab/didactic, NU 204 didactic with a lab component, NU 205 is skills lab for first half of the semester and clinical second half of the semester.
NU101Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice

3

NU201Health Assessment and Promotion in Nursing Practice

3

HC204Concepts of Pharmacology

3

NU205Nursing Therapeutic Interventions

2

BI211Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology

3

Spring Semester

During this semester students will have 4 nursing classes= 15 credit hours. 2 online:  HC 302W & HC 201 and 2 face-to-face classes: NU 306 & NU 301 which consists of didactic, lab and clinical components.
HC201Healthcare Informatics

3

NU301Nursing Care of the Adult with Acute and Chronic Conditions I

6

HC302WResearch for Healthcare Practice

3

NU306Nursing Care Persons with Psychiatric and Mental Health Conditions

3

Senior Year

Senior Year (S1), Fall Semester:

15 credit hours

*NU 300: Clinical Nutrition for Nursing Practice–1 credit hour

Senior Year

(S2), Spring

Semester:

15 credit hours

NU 307: Population Health: Public, Community, and Global–3 credit hours

NU 303: Nursing Care of the Family–Maternity 4 credit hours (This class has a clinical component)

HC 403*: Leading in Complex

Situations–3 credit hours

 NU 304 Nursing Care of the Family- Pediatrics- 4 credit hours (This class has a clinical component)  NU 405: Transitions to Professional Practice 6 Credit hours (This course is your capstone and has a clinical component)
NU 401- Nursing Care of the Adult with Acute and Chronis Conditions II- 6 credit hours (This class has a clinical component)   NU 305 Nursing Care of the Aging Population- 3 credit hours.

Total Credits for Nursing Major:

59 credits (44 NU, 12 HC, 3 BI)

*Students may choose to take course in the summer between their junior and senior year

 

Fall Semester

This semester students will have 4 nursing classes = 15 credit hours. 1 online- NU 300 and 3 face-to-face: NU 303, NU 304 & NU 401 which all have a didactic, lab and clinical components.
NU300Clinical Nutrition for Nursing Practice

1

NU303Nursing Care of the Family - Maternity

6

NU401Nursing Care of the Adult with Acute and Chronic Conditions II

6

NU304Nursing Care of the Family - Pediatrics

4

Spring Semester

This is the final semester of the nursing program.  This semester consists of 4 courses = 15 credit hours.  3 online classes: NU 305, NU 307 and HC 403 and 1 face-to-face NU 403 which consists of didactic and clinical/capstone.  NU 307 also has some clinical hours attached to the class.
NU305Nursing Care of the Aging Population

3

NU307Population Health: Public Community and Global

3

HC403Leading in Complex Situations

3

NU405Transitions to Prof Practice I

6

Faculty:

Chair/Program Director: Lee-Ann Kenny

Vice-Chair/Assistant Program Director: Emily Nishiyama

Professor:  Elizabeth Elkind

Assistant Professors: Lee-Ann Kenny, Emily Nishiyama, Alex Sellers, Lauren Mault, Margaret Hunter, Lourdes James, Alaina Duncan, Suzanne Campoli, Angel Whitlow, Kristin Monza, Melissa Horstman, Christa Cowen

 

Welcome to the Belmont Abbey College Department of Nursing. The Department of Nursing supports the mission of Belmont Abbey College. As you begin your nursing education, remember that you are the future of the nursing profession and a representative of the professional image of nursing at Belmont Abbey College and other community settings. 

Department MISSION 

Belmont Abbey College's Department of Nursing offers excellence in ethical healthcare through professional nursing education, service, and practice. In this work, we are guided by the college's Benedictine spirit and Catholic intellectual tradition as expressed in the Benedictine Hallmarks and the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services. 

Department VISION 

To be a leader of academic excellence and values in professional nursing. 

Department CORE VALUES 

The Department of Nursing’s core values at Belmont Abbey College represent vital concepts to guide students, faculty, staff, and leaders. As Department of Nursing representatives, we adhere to these tenets while in our community, on-campus, and within our interactions with each other.

 

C

Compassion, Caring, and Commitment

We will perpetuate an atmosphere of empathy, kindness, and duty through our commitment to learning, practice, and service.

A

Accountability

We will hold ourselves and others responsible for competence and professionalism.

R

Respect and

Resilience

We will recognize the innate worth of others and ourselves.

E

Excellence

We will persistently contribute to and seek quality in academics, service, practice, and nursing science.

S

Sincerity and

Service

We will pursue opportunities to serve and uphold honesty, promote trust, and engage in ethical practice.

 

OUR PHILOSOPHY  

Nursing academics at Belmont Abbey reflects a scientific and liberal arts foundation, encompassed within a faith-based setting. Concurrent with professional nursing standards and the mission, vision, and philosophy of Belmont Abbey College, nursing faculty believe that professional nursing practice is grounded in knowledge, theory, research, and evidence. Nursing education is an integrated process through which students attain knowledge, understanding, and competencies necessary for quality and evidenced-based nursing practice. Nurses are in the privileged position of witnessing life's most intimate events when patients, families, and communities are at their most vulnerable. Therefore, Belmont Abbey’s nursing faculty teach the practice of nursing’s art and science to create an atmosphere of mutual respect, trust, and holistic views. Fundamental beliefs concerning teaching and learning, critical thinking, diversity, nursing science, and the Rule of Saint Benedict guide the faculty’s endeavors. 

THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT INSPIRES AND INFORMS US 

St. Benedict mandated, “Care of the sick must rank above and before all else.” (RB 35:1). St. Benedict’s Rule and Catholic healthcare directives encompass tenets critical in ethical decision- making, integrity, and the nursing profession. These principles permeate Belmont Abbey’s nursing curricula, emphasizing the Department of Nursing’s core values in conjunction with the Benedictine values of hospitality, respect for the person, prayer, service, moderation, and community. These values guide students to integrate spiritual, emotional, physical, and intellectual characteristics into their personal and professional lives.

 

CODE OF ETHICS 

The BAC Department of Nursing has adopted the following codes of ethics: the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) Code of Ethics, the North Carolina Nursing Practice Act for Registered Nurses, and the 2015 American Nurses Association Code of Ethics. These codes and standards provide a foundation and guidance for RN students at all degree levels to agree that they will uphold their academic, clinical, lab, and practice environments within all stages of their nursing career. Furthermore, the development and growth of the holistic self or persons are supported throughout these codes and standards. 

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS 

The following professional standards guide the curricula content for the BSN program at Belmont Abbey College: 

THE ANA CODE OF ETHICS (ANA, 2015)  

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (AACN, 2008) 

The Quality and Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN) Quality and Safety in Nursing: A Competency Approach to Improving Outcomes. (QSEN, 2020) 

The following professional standards guide the curricula content for the MSN program at Belmont Abbey College: 

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing (AACN, 2011) 

The National League for Nursing (NLN) Core Competencies for Academic Nurse Educators (NLN, 2020) 

The American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) Nurse Leader Competencies (AONL, 2022)