Description
The
UCLA School of Nursing offers undergraduate study leading to
the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Nursing for students
who are already licensed as a Registered Nurse. The focus of
the curriculum is on community-based nursing care and cultural
and human diversity. The B.S. program provides a bridge for
students who wish to prepare for advanced practice study at
the graduate level.
A
guiding premise of the baccalaureate curriculum is that a professional
program of instruction contains approximately equal portions
of general education and professionally specific courses. The
prenursing curriculum, therefore, is comprised of specified
courses in anatomy, anthropology, English, humanities, microbiology,
nutrition, physics, physiology, psychology and sociology. A
maximum of 74 prerequisite quarter units is transferable from
the community college.
The
baccalaureate program in nursing extends over a period of four
quarters of full time day study and two summers. A total of
180 units is required for the B.S. degree. A minimum of 76 units
must be completed in residence at UCLA. The curriculum is designed
to assist registered nurses in gaining new knowledge needed
for professional nursing in a changing society, and to build
on their earlier associate degree or diploma education. Specifically,
students are prepared to meet the need for community-based nursing
care in a culturally diverse society.
Throughout
the curriculum, emphasis is placed on concepts related to: (1)
contributing to the viability of academic health centers through
responsiveness to community needs, (2) improving care of the
underserved in community clinics in inner city urban and rural
settings, and (3) redesigning the role of public (community)
health care through community outreach, home-based health services,
and population-based health promotion.
Graduates
of the UCLA B.S. degree program are able to assume responsibility
for organizing, implementing, and evaluating community-based
plans of nursing care for a culturally diverse society. The
curriculum's focus on community-based nursing and multiculturalism
has evolved from the changing health care system and the health
care needs of California's demographically diverse population.
Students
successfully completing the B.S. degree also acquire an educational
foundation for entry into the master's program that prepares
advanced practice nurses for roles as nurse practitioners, certified
nurse midwives, clinical specialists, and administrators in
primary and acute care.
After completing the B.S. program, graduates are able to:
- Select and apply appropriate theory and research findings
(concerning biopsychosocial health promotion and disease prevention,
biobehavioral and health systems, cultural and human diversity,
and the environment) to the nursing process with a variety
of clients, families and communities;
- Utilize the nursing process to promote biopsychosocial
health and disease prevention and to support the resources
of culturally diverse clients, families, and communities;
- Identify researchable problems and critique completed research
on issues of importance to nursing and health care delivery
within culturally diverse communities;
- Participate in professional and community organizations
and/or interest groups relevant to health care delivery and
modify nursing standards and practices in keeping with current
trends;
- Demonstrate leadership on the health team to plan, manage,
and evaluate care of individuals, families, and communities
for culturally diverse populations.
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