Nursing, Bachelor of Science

Nurses are the largest single group of healthcare providers in the United States, and over the years, professional nurses have become caregivers on the frontlines of healthcare. Purdue’s four-year, direct-admit baccalaureate nursing program prepares you to excel as a registered nurse, working with diverse patients and teams in any setting. Purdue’s BSN program combines a passion for helping others and a love of science to offer real-world experience practicing interdisciplinary healthcare in clinical settings. In the Nursing Center for Education and Simulation, you’ll participate in real-life situations using state-of-the-art simulators that respond to prescribed treatments and learn from award-winning faculty with a range of specialties. You’ll also have the opportunity to participate in a variety of clinical experiences in the School of Nursing’s Family Health Clinic as well as many other clinical agencies, including hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities and more.

Baccalaureate Program Goals

1. Provide safe, quality, client-centered, evidence-based, compassionate nursing care in a variety of healthcare settings.
2. Use critical thinking/clinical reasoning consistent with that of the registered nurse.
3. Contribute to quality improvement for the purpose of optimizing patient outcomes.
4. Identify the impact of personal strengths, challenges, and values on the intra- and interprofessional teams and care of individuals, families, and communities.
5. Use information and technology to communicate, support, and provide quality care across the health care continuum.
6. Demonstrate leadership to improve outcomes in a variety of settings.
7. Assimilate professional, ethical, and legal principles consistent with that of the registered nurse in a dynamic healthcare system.

Note: Purdue’s BSN program is a highly competitive and selective program with limited space. Students interested in applying should submit their application early in their senior year of high school and no later than the Nov. 1 early action deadline.

Career Opportunities

• Work in the emergency room of a large metropolitan hospital.
• Help people in underdeveloped countries as a nurse in the Armed Forces or Peace Corps.
• Deliver home healthcare to older adults or lower-income families as a community health nurse.
• Work in hospitals all over the world as a nurse employed by one of many traveling nurse agencies.

Learning Experiences

Gain clinical experience one of the more than 200 agencies with which the School of Nursing has arrangements. In addition to hospitals and clinics throughout North Central Indiana and Indianapolis, examples include:

• Lafayette Transitional Housing
• M.D. Steer Speech and Language Clinic
• Roudebush VA Medical Center
• Riley Children’s Hospital

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