WHERE COMPASSION AND COMPETENCE MEET HUMAN NEED Bachelor of Science in Nursing
STATE OF THE HEART
The Donald H. Argue Health and Sciences Center (HSC), is a state-of-the-art, 45,000-square-foot building that is home to the School of Nursing and some of the most caring, kindhearted students and faculty you’ll find. It also houses classrooms and laboratories complete with a protein/DNA imaging machine, research/student-grade UV spectrometers, and high-fidelity simulation manikins.
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING The desire to serve as a nurse begins in the heart—a deep response to needs seen all around. As important as passion may be, it takes training and rigor to become an exceptional nurse. At Northwest University, our nursing program will uniquely prepare you to meet human need with compassion and competence. Here, you’ll find professors who have high expectations because they care about you and the patients you will one day serve. Our faculty members are prepared by years of education and specialized clinical work.
Our program is further distinguished by its emphasis on cross-cultural nursing. During their senior year, our nursing students complete an intensive clinical, spending one month in places like Kazakhstan, Kenya, Taiwan, the Philippines, India, and Alaska. This unique experience prepares students to care for people around the world. You have the heart. You have the desire. At Northwest University, we’ll give you the knowledge and experience to become an exceptional nurse. We are state of the heart.
WHY CHOOSE NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY? Prepare for Excellence A rigorous, comprehensive array of courses prepare you to care for a wide variety of patients in innumerable settings. Highly qualified instructors, guest speakers, and clinical mentors coach you to meet today’s health care needs and to address tomorrow’s possibilities.
Confirm Your Call You are challenged to explore the nature of God’s call on your life. Caring faculty members, fellow students, chapel speakers, and international hosts ask vital questions to guide you in clarifying your personal mission in life. Experiential learning opportunities help you to see where you are most gifted to share the love of Christ.
Serve While Learning Clinical experiences in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, schools, and community agencies enable you to serve humanity at life’s progressive developmental stages and diverse crisis points. One day you’ll care for someone with an infectious disease; another day you’ll be playing a game with children that teaches them oral hygiene. You’ll serve. You’ll learn.
Become Culturally Competent In our connected world, you will care for patients from around the world as a registered nurse. Consequently, this program emphasizes cross-cultural understanding and effectiveness. Experience gained on short-term mission trips or long-term assignments may allow you to work abroad as a nurse.
Gain Expertise You’ll be surprised at the skill, knowledge, and confidence that you acquire to treat patients with both common and rare ailments. Your expertise will grow as you are guided in the care of patients with a variety of diagnoses, socio-economic disparities, and emotional stressors.
Make Friends Going through the program as a member of a cohort enables you to make friends for a lifetime. You’ll learn together. Laugh together. Pray together. Encourage one another. And after you walk across the commencement stage, there’s a good chance you’ll stay in contact for decades to come.
Learn to Lead You’ll learn and practice principles of leadership in the classroom, patient room, boardroom, State Capitol, and at a distant global location. Investigate the impact of research, communication, integrity, compassion, and faith upon your ability to guide individuals and groups toward healthy outcomes.
Pursue Adventures NU’s nursing program offers many unique experiences not available at other schools. During your school years and after graduation, you will bring light to those in the shadows of discouragement, walk through doors where few people have access, and travel to far-reaching destinations.
Kim Quigely is a graduate of our nursing program and currently works in the childbirth center at Overlake Hospital Medical Center and teaches clinicals at NU. “I am so grateful that I chose NU for nursing. Their commitment to excellence and to Christ produces the kind of nurse you’d like to have caring for you—and the kind that hospitals like to hire.”
ACCREDITED AT THE HIGHEST INSTITUTIONAL LEVELS This Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program is approved by the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission. This approval allows you to take the licensure exam and become licensed as a nurse in the State of Washington and other states throughout the country. The baccalaureate degree in nursing at Northwest University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.aacn.nche.edu/ccne-accreditation). Northwest University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
NU nursing students learn from experienced practitioners such as Judy Anderson. With 27 years of experience as a nurse at Seattle Children’s Hospital, she guides with real-world expertise and knowledge.
PREPARED TO SUCCEED Expert faculty, high standards, and practice tests result in high licensure exam pass rates: • In addition to textbooks and digital media, online study tools are used throughout the two years of nursing coursework to prepare you for success on the registered nurse licensure exam (NCLEX-RN©). • Almost 96% of NU’s nursing graduates from our last class passed the licensure exam on their first attempt. The two who did not pass on their first attempt did so on their second attempt giving NU a total pass rate of 100% Compare this to first-time pass rates in Washington State of 90% and national pass rates of 83%.
DISTINGUISHED. EXPERIENCED. COMMITTED TO YOUR SUCCESS. Faculty members teach, advise, and supervise students. Adjunct faculty are practitioners who teach specialized courses. Dean Carl Christensen, PhD, RN Full-Time Faculty Judy Anderson, MN, RN, CPN Suzanne Barsness, MSN, RN, CCRC Janet Dubois, MN, RN Cheri Goit, MN, RN Dot McKim, BSN, RN Jennifer North, MSN, RN, PHCNS-BC Visiting Professor/Consultant Annalee Oakes, EdD, FAAN, RN Merry VanZoeren, PhDc, MSN, RN
Adjunct Faculty Elizabeth Allen, MN, RN Erin-Joy Bjorge, MSN, RN, CNE Esther Crook, MN, RNC Randy De Jong, ARNP, MSN, RN Vanessa Garey, MSN, BN Danyel Kush, MSN, RN, CEN Colleen Lienau, MSN, RN Laura Monnig, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC Erin Moriarty, MSN, RN Wendy Murchie, DNP, MN, RN, CPNP-AC Karin Olsoe, MS, RN David Peck, ARNP, MSN, RN Kimberly Quigley, MSN, RN Sheryl Rasmussen, MN, RN Terri Ray, ARNP, MSN, RN Ben Sterciuc, MN, MA, RN Carol Stock, JD, MN, RN Gloria Torres, MN, RN
COURSE LAYOUT The first two years of courses lay a solid foundation in the arts, sciences, and biblical studies. Freshman Year Fall Semester Identity and Vocation Old Testament History and Literature Composition I: Expository Writing General Psychology Survey of Chemistry I Survey of Chemistry I Lab
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Spring Semester
Cultural Anthropology Lifespan Psychology Human Anatomy and Physiology II Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab Microbiology Christian Thought
Adult and Gerontologic Health Bio-Psychosocial Nursing Global and Intercultural Health Care Health Care Systems, Care Management, and Nursing Leadership Therapeutic Nursing Interventions II
Once in the major, you’ll experience two years of carefully designed courses that sequentially build your nursing knowledge, skill, and understanding.
Spring Semester Faith in Society New Testament History and Literature Introduction to Statistics Composition II: Rhetoric/Research Writing Survey of Chemistry II Survey of Chemistry II Lab
Sophomore Year Fall Semester Jesus the Messiah Human Anatomy and Physiology I Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab Genetics and Society Diet and Nutrition Fundamentals of Speech Communications
Junior Year Fall Semester Promoting the Health of Populations Social Issues in Health and Nursing Integration of Faith, Service, and Nursing Health Assessment, Pathology, and Nursing Interventions Therapeutic Nursing Interventions I
Senior Year Fall Semester Issues of Graduate Nursing Practice Health of the Childbearing Family Pediatric Nursing Communities and Diverse Populations as Clients Nursing Research: Methods and Applications Maternity Nursing: Therapeutic Interventions Pediatric Nursing: Therapeutic Interventions Community/Population-Focused Nursing Practice
Spring Semester Issues of Quality Improvement, Health Care Finances, and Strategic Planning Nursing Across the Health Continuum and Lifespan Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing Nursing Practice as Ministry Focused Senior Nursing Practice
Website: www.northwestu.edu/nursing Email: nursing@northwestu.edu Local: 425.889.7822