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Bachelor of Science in Nursing

A four year program leading to licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse.

Application deadline: January 30th

Program of Study

Nursing Program Admission Requirements

All applicants to the BS in Nursing Program must have completed the following prerequisites with regents scores (if NY State resident):

• High School Diploma or GED
• Two units of defined Mathematics (Algebra, Geometry, Sequential I, II, III, Math A Math A/B, or college algebra).
• Biology with Laboratory (Regents score 75% and above)
• Chemistry with Laboratory
• NLN PAX-RN preadmission exam (Please do not take the NLN test unless you are put on the nursing waitlist).

Please note:

• Completion of the minimum prerequisite courses does not guarantee admission. Applicants are ranked according to grades. The nursing program is highly selective and competitive. Students who are typically admitted have a minimum grade of “B” in all of their courses.
• To continue in the nursing program a grade of 75.0 (C+) or better must be maintained in all nursing courses, as well as 70 (C) and above in science courses. • Applicants must be eligible for licensure and employment at the time of application.
• Free tutoring is available for select prerequisite classes for Farmingdale State College students. Visit the Farmingdale homepage and under quick links click on “tutoring”. Also, NLN books are available for reference in the library as well as the tutoring center.
• Nursing information sessions are offered every Tuesday morning at 10:00am in Laffin Hall. Evening nursing sessions are also available on select Tuesdays. Please refer to www.farmingdale.edu under the “Spotlight” section of the homepage.

Admission and Retention Requirements: Safety and Technical Skills
Candidates seeking enrollment into the Nursing Programs at Farmingdale State must meet the safety and technical skills in the following areas:  observation-communication, motor, intellectual-conceptual, and behavioral-social attributes.

Observation-Communication:  The student must possess the ability to communicate effectively and read, write and use the English language.  In addition, the student must have the functional use of the senses of vision, touch, hearing, and smell which are essential in assessing patients, gathering data, and maintaining their safety.  Examples of observation-communication include but are not limited to:

• Listening to heart and breath sounds
• Responding to alarms
• Visualizing early signs of distress/complications, e.g. changes in skin color; assessing surgical wounds
• Detecting the presence of a foul odor or drainage
• Feeling pulses
• Effectively obtain a patient’s history
• Accurately interpret data from medical records
• Document pertinent observations
• Interact effectively with members of the health care team

Sensory/Motor: The student is required to perform gross and fine motor movements, maintain consciousness and equilibrium, and possess the physical strength and stamina which are necessary to provide safe nursing care.  Examples of sensory/motor skills include but are not limited to:

• Transferring patients
• Perform skills requiring dexterity (insertion of tubes, medication injections, instilling injections, inserting suppositories, tracheostomy care)
• Responding rapidly to emergency situations (cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, falls)
• Protect and remove patients from an area in the event of a fire or disaster

Intellectual-conceptual:  The student must possess the ability to problem solve, establish a plan of care, set priorities, calculate, measure, analyze and synthesize objective as well as subjective data.  These critical skills are demanded of nurses in today’s complex health care settings. Examples of intellectual-conceptual skills include but are not limited to:

• Calculate medication dosages, IV flow rates
• Measure intake and output
• Develop teaching plans for individual patients

Behavioral-social attributes:  The student must possess emotional stability and flexibility, which will enable him/her to develop the ability to function effectively in stressful situations.  This includes the ability to adapt to changing environments, exercise sound judgment, complete assessment and intervention activities and develop sensitive interpersonal relationships with patients, families and others responsible for health care.

Examples of these behavioral and social attributes include but are not limited to:

• Ability to express empathy
• Ability to think and act rationally during a crisis
• Demonstrate appropriate behavior towards staff, peers and patients according to societal norms
• Maintaining confidentiality
• Accepting constructive criticism

Program of Study

The BS program takes 4 years to complete and consists of 125 college credits.

Nursing Curriculum Pattern Generic BS Program

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