First Layman Endowment winner credits experiences that fostered career path
“It’s our community, and I feel very proud to be a part of it and to be able to help. I’ve built my skills as someone who speaks Spanish and English," says Elisa Jenks.
Are you inspired to work on the front lines of the health care industry?
Nurses provide the compassionate care and clinical reasoning that improves the lives of the sick and the hurting.
Augusta University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree provides students with the opportunity to apply didactic knowledge in a variety of hands-on and simulated clinical settings. Study at our Augusta or Athens campus to become tomorrow’s health care professional today.
An accelerated BSN program is also available. Qualified applicants will graduate in 16 months as opposed to two years.
Nursing is for you if you consider yourself
A Calling
like no
other.
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The BSN program provides students the knowledge, skills, and abilities to function
effectively in all areas of nursing practice through quality instruction and clinical
experiences. Clinical experiences encompass not only acute care settings, but also
community and home care, ambulatory care, and primary care settings. The program provides
students the opportunity to apply didactic knowledge in a variety of hands-on and
simulated clinical settings. It lays the groundwork for continuing one’s professional
education at the graduate level. This program is two academic years, excluding summer
session.
The Accelerated BSN program of study is an abbreviated track over four semesters or
16 months.
Course List | BSN Track Sheet | Accelerated BSN Schema (Athens) | Prerequisites & Deadlines
Experience-based Education
In addition to the four semesters of required coursework, nursing students are required
to complete 765 hours in a clinical, laboratory or simulation environment, which prepares
them to encounter a wide range of clinical settings and challenges.
The state-of-the-art simulation center features patient rooms, classrooms, debriefing
rooms, and equipment to simulate real-world health care conditions.
Through the Center for Nursing Research, students can engage in cutting-edge research,
and as part of a larger health sciences university, exciting opportunities exist to
collaborate with other health care disciplines.
Whether you’re an undergraduate or graduate student, you’ll have opportunities to create your own research projects or work with faculty to tackle some of the world’s most complex and pressing challenges.
Academic health centers like Augusta University teach tomorrow’s health care professionals, and the only way to do this is to stay on top of the latest treatments and tools for a culture of continuous learning.
Your Future
Nurses can be directly involved in patient care and case management, or seek health care leadership roles by pursuing graduate degrees in nursing.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects nearly 195,000 average annual openings for registered nurses over the next decade, with employment projected to grow 6%.
Opportunities to enhance classroom knowledge in a variety of hands-on and simulated clinical settings.
A collaborative health sciences environment that values interprofessional research and provides high-value clinical experiences.
Graduate with the knowledge and skills necessary to immediately impact patient care while applying evidence-based research to reduce health disparities.
Awarded the Diversity, Inclusion, and Sustainability in Nursing Education Lectureship Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
“It’s our community, and I feel very proud to be a part of it and to be able to help. I’ve built my skills as someone who speaks Spanish and English," says Elisa Jenks.
"We know we can’t do it alone, but with this community behind us, the future for Augusta University is incredibly bright," says AU President Russell T. Keen.
"It's an authentic outreach initiative for the workers and their community to have these resources and education for free," says Jessica L. Stewart, PhD.
Each college’s alumni society board selects its recipients based on their outstanding contributions to their profession, positive impact in their community and dedication to their alma mater.