Overview

As life-long learners, graduates are prepared to deliver quality health care for increasingly diverse populations. Graduates will lead, supervise, delegate, manage, and evaluate care outcomes, as well as demonstrate the ability to act as consumer advocates in promoting wellness and facilitating change.

The scope of nursing practice is changing significantly. The professional nurse uses theory and research-based knowledge to provide direct and indirect care to individuals, families, groups, and communities.

In the role as designer, manager, and coordinator of care, nurses collaborate with patients and interdisciplinary care teams.

The Department of Nursing at California State University, Fresno, offers a program that leads to the Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN). The degree requires a minimum of 125 semester units, and the nursing curriculum sequence covers six semesters.

What You Can Learn

• An understanding of the principles underlying the techniques, procedures, and activities required while caring for clients with common health conditions

• A knowledge of health assessment, communication skills, and noninvasive nursing procedures in the care of elderly patients

• The nurses' role as a teacher in the health care setting

• The application of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention in the community with individuals, families, and groups