Program Details

Bethel’s post-baccalaureate nursing program offers top-notch nursing education, preparing students to provide holistic care with compassion, integrity, and excellence. Upon graduation, you’ll be equipped for entry-level nursing positions and eligible to apply for the NCLEX® licensure examination. This program requires that you already possess a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field. Depending on your chosen cohort, you'll be able to finish your program in as few as 15 months (summer cohort) or 20 months (fall cohort).

Total credits

50-51

Finish in as few as

15-20 months

Courses

During the program’s seven practicum courses, students complete over 500 clinical hours at clinical agencies in the Twin Cities area. This includes hospital units, transitional care units, and population/community settings. Students work with diverse patients across the lifespan—maternal/newborn, pediatrics (infants to teens), adults, and older adults—and care for individuals, families, and communities, addressing holistic needs including health promotion/disease prevention and acute and chronic illnesses. Simulation and on-campus clinical experiences are also a part of the practicum courses.

Mission and values

The mission of Bethel Nursing is to provide transformative academics in nursing education, leadership, practice, and scholarship that reflect the values of a Christ-centered community as we prepare nurses to serve, with excellence, a diverse and changing society.

• We value the perspectives of a Christian worldview that emphasize caring, service, integrity, the pursuit of excellence, and the inherent worth of all life.
• We value the liberal arts as the scholarly foundation for nursing education and practice.
• We value education that is evidence-based, relational, active, holistic, and promotes clinical judgment and lifelong learning.
• We value nursing as a collaborative profession that fulfills multiple roles and requires a unique and expanding body of knowledge and skills to promote the health and safety of diverse individuals, families, communities, and systems.
• We value nursing leadership that influences the quality of healthcare for all, respecting the uniqueness of individuals, with an emphasis on vulnerable and underserved populations.

Nursing department goals

1. To prepare nurses with skills in critical thinking, with the ability to function in both structured and unstructured nursing positions, and with the background necessary for advanced education.
2. To prepare students for lifelong learning with a theoretical foundation based on Judeo-Christian principles and the liberal arts and sciences.
3. To demonstrate within the nursing profession Christian values and leadership through excellence in professional practice, scholarly endeavors, and community service.

Baccalaureate program outcomes

1. Integrate nursing knowledge, the liberal arts, and a Christian worldview to fulfill nursing roles.
2. Promote client health in a culturally relevant manner through collaborative processes.
3. Provide competent care and meaningful comfort to clients who are healthy, ill, or dying.
4. Use clinical judgment, health care information technology, and evidence-based findings to make decisions that promote safety and quality and improve client health outcomes.
5. Communicate through verbal, non-verbal, and technological means with individuals, families, communities, and systems to achieve mutually determined health outcomes.
6. Advocate to increase access to health care and to promote justice for underserved clients.
7. Conduct self as a member of the nursing profession by integrating Christian values, professional standards, and ethical perspectives.
8. Demonstrate collaborative leadership to enhance the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.

Accreditation

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Bethel University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org). 

Licensure 

Bethel University cannot confirm whether courses or programs meet requirements for professional licensure in states outside of Minnesota. Students should contact their program's licensing bureau to determine whether Bethel's program meets requirements for licensure in their state.