Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing | Baldwin Wallace University

ACCELERATED PATH TO A NEW CAREER

If you have a bachelor's degree, BW's accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program can put you in a rewarding new career in just 15 months. BW combines classroom rigor with comprehensive clinical rotations. You'll gain leadership, communication and critical thinking skills suited to today's complex health care system. Upon completion, you'll be prepared to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).

Students enter the program with many academic and professional backgrounds. However, all students must have successfully completed specific prerequisite coursework.

BW's intensive program combines rigorous classwork and lab-work with extensive clinical experience that starts your first semester. BW nursing students complete a clinical rotation at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights, Ohio.
Working with patients in a variety of settings will prepare you for employment in this diverse career field. A nursing student completes blood pressure and glucose assessments at the annual BW health fair.
BW nursing faculty are registered nurses with decades of experience ranging from emergency room nursing to community health care. Nursing students with assistant professor Sandra Harris explain the importance of colon health with a giant walk-through colon display.

Outstanding NCLEX-RN Pass Rates

Graduates of the Baldwin Wallace University accelerated BSN program enjoy a superior passage rate on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN). The average first-time pass rate for BW's last five graduating classes is 95.74%.

First-time pass rate on the NCLEX-RN licensure exam:

Class of 2016 - December	100%
Class of 2016 - August	92%
Class of 2015	100%
Class of 2014	92.31%
Class of 2013	94.74%

By comparison, in 2016 the Ohio first-time pass rate was 82.02% and the national average was 88.1%.

Innovative Approach, Workplace Focused

BW employs concept-based learning, a dynamic approach that focuses on key concepts that can be applied to multiple clinical settings. As a result, nursing students develop a deep understanding of interrelated concepts and how to organize information in logical ways. In the workplace, they are collaborative, team-oriented problem solvers. BW graduates enter health care organizations as nurses who are versatile and skilled across multiple platforms – care provider, designer and manager – and are poised for career advancement.

Curriculum

BW's nursing program is an intensive 15-month program that requires 60 credit hours. Students complete the program in just four semesters, including summer. New cohorts start in August and January.

This is an intensive, full-time program with a demanding schedule of courses and clinical experiences throughout the 15-month program. Due to the rigor and demands of the didactic coursework and laboratories, clinical practice experiences, ongoing homework and studying, accelerated BSN students should not plan to work outside the program during their enrollment.

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Alumni Success

BW nurses are employed in health care organizations across Northeast Ohio, including Southwest General Health Center, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Guidestone Berea Children's Home, MetroHealth Medical Center, Akron General Medical Center and Akron Children's Hospital in such specialties as medical surgical nursing, trauma nursing, burn care nursing, neonatal intensive care nursing, pediatric nursing, skilled nursing, coronary intensive care nursing and psychiatric nursing. Other graduates are enrolled in nurse practitioner graduate programs.

Approval and Accreditation Status

The Baldwin Wallace University Accelerated BSN program is fully approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

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