Newman Division of Nursing
Emporia State University, Newman Division of Nursing (ESU NDN) offers a four year baccalaureate nursing program requiring 128 credit hours to earn the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. The nursing curriculum requires three years for completion once admitted into the major. Students generally apply for admission to the nursing program at the sophomore level. The program has education tracks for not only generic and registered nurse students but also licensed practical nurses. Graduates of ESU/NDN are eligible to take the national licensure examination for registered nursing (NCLEX-RN).
A maximum of 44 generic students and 10 licensed nurses may be admitted to the nursing major each year in the fall semester.
Why nursing at ESU?
- Smaller classes taught by caring faculty
- Scholarships and financial aid opportunities available
- Clinical experiences emphasized
- Conveniently located close to computer labs, nursing library, clinical sites and parking
- Opportunity to gain clinical experience in rural and urban settings
- Articulation programs available for LPNs and RNs
The Mission of the Newman Division of Nursing is to offer a quality baccalaureate nursing program that prepares graduates with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to function as professional nurses.
In fulfilling the Mission of the Newman Division of Nursing, the faculty is guided by the Mission of Emporia State University and the Mission of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The faculty subscribes to Boyer’s tenets of teaching, integration/creativity, and application/service. The primary responsibility of faculty is the scholarship of teaching. Faculty also recognizes the contributions of the scholarships of integration/creativity and application/service to the processes of education and learning.
The faculty believes education and learning are continuous, evolving processes. The arts, sciences, and humanities provide the foundation for education and learning. This foundation is strengthened by the addition of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are specific to the profession of nursing. It is in the synthesis and application of the obtained empirical and theoretical knowledge that the student demonstrates higher order problem solving. The student is the center of the learning environment and has the primary responsibility for learning. The student benefits from diverse learning experiences.
The organizing framework for the NDN curriculum is based on a modification of the Roy Adaptation Model. The five concepts of the organizing framework are nursing, Person, adaptation, health, and environment.
Nursing is an art and a science. Nursing is delivered within the health care system through the use of nursing process to promote health, reduce risk, prevent disease, and manage illness and disease. The goal of nursing is adaptation.
Person is the recipient of nursing. Person is a biopsychosocial, cognitive, and spiritual being that functions wholistically. Person is an individual, family, group, or community; reflects human diversity; and has the capabilities and choices to change or adapt.
Adaptation is the process of using effective coping mechanisms that promote health. Adaptation is the goal of nursing.
Health is a state of being and a process of becoming an integrated and whole Person achieved through adaptation. Health varies throughout the life continuum and is influenced by the environment.
Environment includes all internal and external conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect Person and health. Nursing attempts to alter the environment to ultimately benefit Person.
Faculty believes professional nurses must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes associated with higher order problem solving; professional nursing values; leadership abilities; the promotion of health, reduction of risk, prevention of disease, and the management of illness and disease; and therapeutic nursing interventions (TNIs). These essential components of professional nursing comprise the horizontal threads of the nursing program’s curriculum. Graduates demonstrate proficiency and understanding of these essential components of professional nursing.
Goals for Graduates of the Newman Division of Nursing
Graduates of the Newman Division of Nursing will:
1. Have established knowledge for the discipline of nursing
2. Reflect attitudes of a professional nurse
3. Demonstrate skills to perform the role of a professional nurse.
Educational Outcomes for Student Learning
1. Synthesize empirical and theoretical knowledge from nursing and the arts, sciences, and humanities to demonstrate higher order problem solving.
2. Demonstrate professional nursing values within the frameworks of legal, ethical, and professional standards.
3. Demonstrate leadership abilities in the role of a professional nurse.
4. Provide professional nursing care to promote health, reduce risk, prevent disease, and manage illness and disease.
5. Demonstrate Therapeutic Nursing Interventions necessary to deliver professional nursing care.
Accreditation
The nursing program is accredited by the Kansas Board of Regents and approved by the
Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN). The program is accredited by
the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC). For more information about the program contact NLNAC, 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30326. Telephone: (404) 975-5000.
First Time Pass
Rates for National Licensure Examination
Traditionally the pass rate for students taking the national licensure
examination for registered nurses (NCLEX-RN) has been at or above the
national and state mean for the percent of students passing the NCLEX-RN
on the first attempt. In 2008, the first time pass rate was 96%.
Employment
All graduates of the nursing program seeking employment in the nursing
profession have been able to secure positions in the profession.
Graduate and
Employer Satisfaction
At 6 months and 5 years, graduates report being satisfied or highly satisfied
with the nursing program offered at Emporia State University. Employers
are satisfied with the graduates' performances by indicating they would
likely again hire graduates from our nursing program.
Student and
Graduate Accomplishments
ESU nursing students and graduates have distinguished themselves in many
ways.
- Accepted into competitive undergraduate and graduate internships
- Involved in advanced educational programs or practice (nurse practitioner, nurse anesthetist, nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist, nurse educator, nurse administrator)
- Participated in state and national conventions
- Represented Kansas at an international conference in Brazil through the Helene Fuld Fellowship
- Involved with ESU activities, such as athletics, student government, the Ambassador program and Xi Phi honorary leadership program
Last Updated September 4, 2009