School of Nursing

At-a-Glance

Faculty

Professors: Timothy Gaspar (Dean); Associate Professors: Maureen Mitchell, Joan Niederriter, Joan Thoman, Corinne Wheeler, Sharon Wing; Clinical Associate Professors: Barbara Cavender, Dorothy Hamilton, Michele Kwiatkowski, Karen Pace, Margaret Toukonen; Assistant Professors: Linda Cefo, Mary Gergis, Maria Gibson, Jennifer Hostutler, Raouth Kostandy, William Matcham, Mohammad Othman, Heather Rice; Clinical Assistant Professors: Bimpe Adedipe, Mary Hasenstaub, Janterria Matthews, Tonya Runner; Cynthia Woodfield; Visiting Assistant Professor: Cynthia Woodfield; College Lecturers: Heather Bort, Laurie Brown, Allyson Chicoski, Angela Douglas, David Eyth, Tameika Harris, Lisa Huffman, Ashley Fisher, Tasha McCrimon, Beth Murray, Sarah Nocero, Stephanie Tate.

Overview

Degree granted: Bachelor of Science in Nursing

The program is available to men and women who have been admitted to Cleveland State University and the School of Nursing. High-school graduates and licensed practical nurses who fulfill admission requirements are considered for admission to the program. The RN to BSN track is designed for registered nurses. The accelerated track is open only to students who already have a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field. This track permits qualified students to take nursing major courses at a fast pace to obtain a second bachelor’s degree.

The baccalaureate nursing curriculum includes courses from the liberal arts and sciences and the professional Nursing major. The liberal arts component provides a foundation of knowledge from the natural and behavioral sciences and the humanities. The Nursing major provides students with the opportunity to develop attitudes, values, and skills essential for the practice of professional nursing.

Students develop the ability to use a conceptual framework to implement the nursing process with clients. The baccalaureate nursing program prepares graduates to use critical thinking and therapeutic nursing interventions to provide direct and indirect care to individuals, families, groups, and communities. Clinical experience is provided in a variety of community-based settings: hospitals, ambulatory and long-term care facilities, and community health agencies in the Greater Cleveland area.

The purposes of the programs are to prepare graduates for professional nursing practice, for undertaking graduate study in nursing, and for leadership in health care. Graduates are committed to the health and well-being of people and demonstrate respect for their dignity, worth, cultural diversity, and autonomy. The baccalaureate nursing curriculum provides learning opportunities that foster the development of self-direction, creativity, analytical thinking, and discriminative judgment.

Admission to major, Traditional Entry Level Track: Admission is selective and will be granted only after successful completion of prerequisite courses. The application process uses multiple methods to evaluate candidates including, but not limited to, essays, grade point average, references and interviews. A minimum overall GPA of 2.50 and a 2.75 average in prerequisite courses are required to apply. Applications to the School of Nursing for fall semester must be submitted by March 1. (Students should apply for admission to the university four to six weeks prior to application to the School of Nursing.) For Early Admission: Those students with an overall GPA of 3.25 and prerequisite GPA of at least 3.25 with no prerequisite grade lower than a B may apply for consideration of early admission status. The program admits twice a year (fall and spring). Deadline for receipt of applications for early admission is January 1.

RN to BSN Track: Three semester program for registered nurses with an associate’s degree or diploma in nursing. All theory nursing courses for the RN are online. There are two courses with field experience and the preceptor based clinical in the last semester, which requires a total of 90 clinical hours over a 12 week period. The program admits twice a year (fall and spring). The School of Nursing application deadline is June 1 for fall semester and November 1 for spring semester.

Accelerated Track: Admission is selective and is granted to persons who hold at least a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field and who have completed the prerequisite courses. These students follow the same nursing sequence as the Traditional Entry Level track students. The application deadline is June 1.

Programs

Major

Nursing, B.S.N.