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Â鶹´«Ã½ offers two undergraduate nursing programs—a pre-licensure professional nursing program leading to a BSN and an RN-to-BSN progression track. Both programs integrate knowledge from liberal arts, sciences and the discipline of nursing, and are designed to prepare nurse generalists who comprehend the discipline and the profession of nursing and who are competent to provide, coordinate and evaluate patient care in the multiple social contexts in which health care is delivered.

WMU's pre-licensure BSN program is the right option for you if you are:

• Interested in a dynamic profession in health care working with people

• A high school graduate who is going to college for the first time
• A transfer Â鶹´«Ã½ coming to the WMU Bronson School of Nursing from
  another academic major program, college or university
• A non-traditional Â鶹´«Ã½ without a RN license

WMU's RN-BSN program is the right option for you if you are a:

• Registered Nurse who has graduated from an associate or diploma program
• Student in an associate's degree in nursing, or ADN, program who wishes to continue your nursing education by transferring directly to a RN-BSN program after earning your ADN.

As a nursing Â鶹´«Ã½ at WMU, you will learn to:

• Provide holistic, caring and culturally sensitive nursing care for communities, groups and individuals

• Develop community health partnerships with clients and other health providers in order to shape health policy, promote health and prevent disease

• Analyze and apply nursing research and scholarly inquiry to inform professional practice

• Accept responsibility and accountability for behavior consistent with the profession's code of ethics and standards of professional practice

• Employ critical thinking to guide professional practice

• Utilize effective human and technological communication in professional practice in order to enhance the health and well being of diverse individuals, families and communities

The WMU Bronson School of Nursing is approved by the Michigan Board of Nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The nursing school also has received endorsement from the American Holistic Nursing Certification Corporation, which means that upon successfully completing the program, you will be exempt from prerequisites should you choose to sit for the National Certification Examination in Holistic Nursing.