Accelerated BSN

The Student Experience

This is a full-time, five-semester nuring decucation program. After completing all required prerequisites, the 14 credit hour clinical phase of the program will being in May of each year.

In the fall semester, the accelerated second-degree students will join the junior cohort of the traditional ABSN program. Students should expect to attend class or participate in clinical activities five days a week. Courses are primarily taught in a face-to-face format on campus with some non-clinical courses offered in an online or hybrid format. Simulation experiences are integrated throughout the curriculum.

What you will learn

Upon completion of the ABSN program, graduates will:

1. Integrate knowledge, skills, and values from the liberal arts to provide safe, humanistic care as an advocate using the Anderson University School of Nursing conceptual model.
2. Incorporate knowledge and skills in relational leadership, quality improvement and patient safety to provide high-quality health care.
3. Evaluate and utilize research findings to facilitate critical thinking, clinical reasoning and clinical judgment in Evidence-Based Practice.
4. Utilize technologies to deliver high-quality care within a variety of systems.
5. Articulate knowledge of policy, finance, and regulatory environments including local, state, national and global healthcare trends.
6. Facilitate collaboration/communication within an interprofessional system to improve patient outcomes.
7. Utilize the Anderson University School of Nursing conceptual model for health promotion and disease prevention at the individual and population levels.
8. Embrace the inherent values of altruism, autonomy, dignity, integrity, and social justice through professional nursing practice.
9. Provide appropriate patient care across the lifespan in complex environments using a variety of resources.
10. Design nursing care within a Christian framework by integrating the mission and philosophy of Anderson University and the School of Nursing into individual practice.

Clinical Experiences

Nursing students apply their classroom learning in local hospitals:

• St.Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital
• Community Hospital Anderson
• Riverview Health
• Ball Memorial Hospital
• Hancock Health

Students may also gain experience in home healthcare, schools, and long-term care facilities as well as experience in regional hospitals such as Marion General Hospital, Marion, Indiana, and Community Hospital North, Indianapolis, Indiana.