BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

FALL 2025 ADMISSION APPLICATION WILL OPEN MARCH 26, 2025 AND CLOSE MAY 1, 2025

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FALL 2025 ADMISSION CYCLE

The Application for Fall 2025 Admissions will open on March 26, 2025 and close on May 1, 2025

Think. Work. Serve.

Nurses are essential in the healthcare field today. They collaborate with other healthcare professionals providing high quality patient care in multiple settings.

The Traditional B.S.N. Program at Tennessee State University provides an instructional environment that teaches students how to provide holistic, ethical and culturally sensitive care to clients across the lifespan.

Strong/Effective leadership qualities will also be developed through participation in professional and community-based collaborative projects. With exceptional education and a bright career outlook, the Traditional B.S.N. Program at Tennessee State University is one of the best steps you can take towards a successful and fulfilling future in healthcare. You will complete the program ready to Think. Work. Serve your community.

quotes TSU made me well prepared to become a nurse. One thing each professor I encountered taught me was to be fearless and compassionate no matter what I am facing. quotes

-Akelah Earl, Class 2015

Upon completion of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree, the graduate will be able to:

Manager/Coordinator of Care: Develop and execute coordinated plans of care that incorporate the provision of holistic, ethical, cultrually sensitive care for persons across the lifespan.
Clinical Decision Making: Use a systematic framework for making clinical decisions to deliver safe and effective nursing care for the health promotion, maintenance, and restoration of individuals, families, and communities.
Evidence-Based Practice: Critique current research evidence to promote the provision of safe delivery of care to clients.
Professional Nursing: Demonstrate leadership through participation in professional and community-based collaborative projects.
Communication: Use effective oral, written and current technology to collaborate with health care and transdisciplinary teams in establishing relationships that promote appropriate client outcomes.
Ethical Practice: Appraise ethical situations to promote engagement in activities that support advocacy, collaboration, social justice, and leadership as health care professionals.

Program Outcome data for the most recent three years:

	2024	2023	2022
NCLEX-RN Pass Rate	93%	100%	100%
Completion Rate	30.2%	10.4%	12.5%
Employment Rate	TBD	100%	100%