UT, BS, Nursing

Nursing is a challenging career that incorporates a theoretical foundation for planning and implementing health care. In addition to meeting the technological demands of increasingly complex care, nurses focus on providing individuals with assistance needed to become active participants in their own health care. Students are admitted to the College of Nursing as pre-nursing students. On completion of the nursing prerequisites and university-required courses, there is a separate competitive admission process to the BSN upper division professional major. Nursing courses are taken on The University of Toledo Health Science Campus; clinical experiences are provided in numerous quality health-care agencies throughout northwest Ohio. Admission to the upper division major is summer, fall or spring semester. Registered nurses with associate or diploma degrees are eligible for admission to the RN-BSN program. On completion of the nursing prerequisites and university-required courses, there is a separate competitive admission process for the upper division professional major. Nursing course work is online, with preceptored clinical experiences in the local community. Admission to the upper division major is fall or spring semester.