Bemidji State University
Department of Nursing
Greetings and Welcome to the Bemidji State University Department of Nursing web page!
The Department of Nursing is delighted to offer two unique approaches or "tracks" for students to earn a baccalaureate degree in Nursing here at BSU. One track is designed specifically for students who are already Registered Nurses desiring to complete a Baccalaureate degree in Nursing. We refer to this approach as the R.N. to Baccalaureate track. This particular program is designed to expand upon the knowledge of nurses who already have an RN license to practice Nursing. Each student's learning experience is organized in or near their home community so that they may continue to work and live in their home town while completing their degree. The R.N. to Baccalaureate track has been successfully issuing degrees to nurses from all over Minnesota for greater than 20 years now.
The second option for obtaining a baccalaureate degree is a more traditional approach; one we are referring to as the "4-year track". The 4-year track program is designed for those students entering Bemidji State University as freshmen. The 4-year track student will begin their university education with foundational course work and journey into nursing courses during their sophomore year. Students will be accepted into the Nursing major prior to the start of spring semester of their sophomore year. The junior and senior year provide a comprehensive educational experience along with great opportunities to practice nursing in a variety of clinical settings. The overall goal of our faculty involved in creating learning experiences for the 4-year track student is to help prepare these students to become the best professional nurse possible and provide these students with a variety of clinical practice opportunities prior to graduation..
Both the R.N. to Baccalaureate track and the 4-year track offered by the Department of Nursing have expert instructors who focus on making the student experience a quality one. The curriculum provides a strong nursing base with emphases in rural health, the sciences, evidence based practice, a state of the art skill component (for the 4-year track), palliative care, transcultural nursing, and a high technology connection. The technology component central to the educational experience of the 4-year track student supports safe, quality care at the point of care. The rural population is a priority for educational programming in the acute care, ambulatory care, and community settings.
Bemidji State University Nursing Department programs create the opportunity for each student to have a quality, individualized learning experience. The small campus community ensures access to instructors and educational opportunities that are structured to the knowledge level of each student.
Go ahead....I encourage you to take a look at the BSU difference! Click on the buttons below for further information about each unique track! Please feel free to contact me or any of our faculty with questions you may have about either track. We'd love to talk to you further by phone, e-mail, or in person! We look forward to meeting you! |
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| Jeanine Gangeness, PhD, RN Chair, Department of Nursing |
Department of Nursing
1500 Birchmont Drive NE
#15
Bemidji, MN 56601
Telephone 218-755-3860
E-mail for office specialist Marlene Erickson:
merickson@bemidjistate.edu
