Accelerated Second-Degree CEIN/BS Program Campuses: Storrs*Waterbury*Stamford*Avery Point

1. Accelerated Second-Degree CEIN/BS Program Campuses: Storrs*Waterbury*Stamford*Avery Point

2. Accelerated Second-degree CEIN/BS is available at four UConn campuses: • Avery Point (Groton, CT) (16 miles from RI) • Stamford (< 10 miles from Westchester County NY) • Storrs • Waterbury

3. The UConn CEIN/BS Program … • An Accelerated Second-degree program. • Designed for those with a Bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field • Earn a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing. • Recognizes achievement and previously earned credits • https://youtu.be/cgzflusRT5s

4. Ease the Nursing Shortage • Increase in healthcare jobs • Rapidly aging population • Nurses are retiring

5. More About The Program … • Program takes twelve months (full-time only). • Awarded a BS degree & a certificate in nursing • Eligible to take the NCLEX (the licensure examination for nurses in the United States). • Starts once per year in January • Applications accepted November to July 15th • Rolling admissions

6. Why Choose UConn? • Since 2003, this program has graduated over 1,500 students. • We are CCNEaccredited • Our faculty develop outstanding mentoring relationships. • Graduate and student mentoring program • We have strong links with area facilities and community-based healthcare resources. • Excellent NCLEX pass rate • Valued by employers – Strong post-program employment rate

7. What is nursing? • Nursing’s Social Policy Statement: The Essence of the Profession: “Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” (ANA, 2015, p. 1).

8. Nurses • Highly skilled caregivers • Nurses today have taken on new roles and expanded their responsibilities

9. Responsibilities: • Perform physical exams and health histories • Provide health promotion, counseling and education • Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions • Interpret patient information and make critical decisions about needed actions • Coordinate care, in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals • Direct and supervise care delivered by other healthcare personnel like LPNs and nurse aides • Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes http://www.nursingworld.org/EspeciallyForYou/What-is-Nursing/Tools-You-Need/RNsAPNs.html

10. Career Opportunities • They are endless….. • You can work in hospitals, nursing homes, medical offices, clinics, schools, workplaces, specialized institutions, homeless shelters, prisons, sporting events, cruise ships, camps, the armed forces, home and community settings • Also work as forensic nurses, nurse health coaches, managers, counselors, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetist, educators, researchers, and many more options

13. Certificate Entry into NursingPre-Licensure ProgramTotal of 45 credits • Starts once each year in January • 3 semesters - Spring, Summer, Fall • 45 didactic and clinical credits in basic nursing • 2 Mandatory Orientation Days in the fall prior to start date

14. Schedules • Classes - one day a week from 8:30 am - 6 pm & some hybrid classes • Clinical hours: • 21 hours a week, not including preparation time • With exception of class day, any day of the week is a potential clinical day • Clinical times vary by group; 6:00 a.m.-12:00 Midnight • Clinical resource lab – one day a week in the Spring semester and then variable times throughout the rest of the year • Schedules are known 3-4 weeks before each semester begins

15. Example of Schedule

16. Pre-Licensure Course Information

17. CEIN/BS Calendar • 2 Mandatory pre-program sessions: • Friday, second week in October in Storrs & 1 day in November at home campus • Pre-program work assigned • Program starts in January • Spring break (1 week) • Two weeks off – last week in April - first week of May • Summer session starts beginning of May • Two weeks off in August • Fall semester starts last week of August • Thanksgiving break – 1 week • Graduation – mid-December • Post-graduation – 3-day live NCLEX review

18. Problem-Based Teaching and Learning • Nursing history • Culture • Health assessment • Nutrition • Pharmacology • Clinical science • Nursing science • Independent / dependent / interdependent nursing actions • Disease science • Information technology • Patient safety • Health care finance • Nursing theory • Nursing ethics • Leadership

19. Pedagogy • Problem based learning • Case studies • Interactive exercises • Clinical experiences • Simulated laboratories

20. What is Clinical? CCNE defines clinical practice experiences as planned learning activities in nursing practice that allow students to understand, perform, and refine professional competencies at the appropriate program level. Clinical practice experiences are not limited to clinical patient care settings. Clinical practice experience also refers to any nursing intervention that influences health care outcomes.

21. More on Clinical Experiences • Groups of 6-8 students to 1 faculty • Increasing responsibility for total patient care • Technical as well as cognitive process • Thinking as well as doing • Beginning level practitioners

22. Clinical Experiences • Inpatient and outpatient • All age groups • Long term care, inpatient and outpatient behavioral health, maternal/newborn settings, inpatient and well-visit pediatrics, hospitalized adults, community/public health, critical care

23. More on Schedules & Expectations • Guaranteed clinical placement • No guarantee of specific site or specific days or hours • Agencies can be within 75 miles of campus

24. Clinical Agencies • Apple Rehabilitation, Guilford • Backus Home Health Care, Norwich • Backus Hospital, Norwich • Camp Harkness, Waterford • Camp Horizons, South Windham • CCMC, Hartford • CT Valley Hospital, Middletown • Department of Corrections • Evergreen Rehabilitation, Stafford Springs • Greater Bridgeport Mental Health, Bridgeport • Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich • Griffin Hospital, Derby • Harrington Court, Colchester • Hartford Hospital, Hartford • Hospital for Special Care, New Britain • Institute of Living, Hartford • Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs • Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London • Manchester Memorial Hospital, Manchester • Masonicare, various locations • Middlesex Hospital, Middletown • Mt Sinai Behavioral Health, Hartford • Natchaug Hospital, Mansfield

25. Clinical Agencies • Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk • Outpatient centers • Rockville General Hospital, Vernon • St. Francis Hospital, Hartford • St. Joseph’s Living Center, Windham • St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury • Stamford Hospital, Stamford • Staywell Health Center, Waterbury • The Hospital of Central CT, New Britain • UConn Health Center, Farmington • UConn Soccer Camp, Storrs • VA CT Health System, West Hartford • Visiting Nursing Associations (VNAs) • Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury • Westfield Rehabilitation, Meriden • Westport Behavioral Health, Westport • Westport Health Department, Westport • Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven • And More!

26. To think about…Graduate Tracks • Master’s Specialty Tracks • Adult/Gerontology Acute Care • Adult/Gerontology Primary Care • Family Nurse Practitioner • Neonatal Acute Care • Clinical Nurse Leader • Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) • BS to DNP • PhD (PhD in Nursing) • BS to PhD

27. BS to DNP … BS to PhD • Please see website at www.nursing.uconn.edu • PhD – Full-time 4 years; Part-time 6 years • DNP • Full-time 2 years; Part-time 3+ years

28. Admission Requirements • Bachelor’s degree from accredited institution with an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or better • Required science courses (grades of B or better) • B- will not be accepted. • Undergraduate statistics course (grade C or better) • Official transcripts of ALL colleges/universities attended • Current curriculum vitae/resume • Three references (at least one academic and one professional – no personal references) • TOEFL/IBT exam & foreign transcript analysis - if applicable

29. New Information about Prerequisite Courses! • Starting with the Class of 2019 • All prerequisite courses except for Genetics must be taken within 8 years of application to the program. • (Human) Genetics must be taken within 5 years of application to the program • For example: For a student applying to the Class of 2020, a Genetics course could be taken in 2014 or more recently. A Biology course could be taken in 2011 or more recently.

30. B or better in college level courses (B- will not be accepted) Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II with “in person” labs Chemistry with “in-person” lab Biology (no lab required, however Biology with a lab may be a prerequisite for A&P) Microbiology (no lab required) Human Genetics (no lab required) Required Science Courses -Prerequisites

31. If you are not sure if a course is acceptable: • Check our “Accepted Courses” list on the CEIN/BS website • See http://transfer.uconn.edu/search.php • E-mail cein@uconn.edu with: • Where you took/are taking the course • The course number and name • The course description and/or a link to the course • The course syllabus may be required

32. Human Anatomy and Physiology: 8 credits total • A & P I and A & P II (8 credits total with labs) • Labs can NOT be online • If there are separate grades for the class and lab portion, you have to earn at least a “B” or better in both class and lab (the grades will not be averaged by the CEIN/BS Admission Committee). • Content must be human anatomy and physiology, not animal A & P. • Must be taken within the last 8 years

33. Chemistry: 4 credits • Lab is required and can NOT be online • If there are separate grades for the class and lab portion, you must earn at least a “B” or better in both class and lab (the grades will not be averaged by the CEIN/BS Admission Committee). • The content must be at least the equivalent of CHEM 1122 at UConn: Brief but comprehensive survey of important chemical theories and applications of chemistry. Preparation for one-semester courses in organic chemistry and biochemistry. Atomic structures, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, states of matter, and theories of solutions. • Must be taken within the last 8 years

34. Biology: 3-4 credits • No lab is required, but many are linked with a lab. Bio with lab can be an A&P prerequisite • If there are separate grades for the class and the lab, you have to achieve a “B” or better in the class grade. The lab grade will not be recorded by the CEIN/BS Admissions Committee. • If a course is not on our list, the content needs to be the equivalent of BIOL 1107 at UConn. • Topics covered should include molecular and cell biology, animal anatomy and physiology. • Must be taken within the last 8 years

35. Microbiology: 3-4 credits • No lab is required, but most courses do have lab • Required microbiology content: • Biology of microorganisms, especially bacteria. Includes: cellular structure, physiology, genetics, and interactions with higher forms of life and/or includes the structure, function, growth and transmission of viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and helminths as well as vectors of pathogenic agents. • If there are separate grades for the class and the lab, you have to achieve a “B” or better in the class grade. The lab grade will not be recorded by the CEIN/BS Admissions Committee. • Must be taken within the last 8 years

36. (Human) Genetics: 3-4 credits • No lab required, but some courses do have a lab • Must be taken within the last 5 years • This course can be taken online (even if it has a “lab” component). • The content focus has to be human genetics. • If there are separate grades for the class and the lab, you have to achieve a “B” or better in the class grade. The lab grade will not be recorded by the CEIN/BS Admissions Committee.

37. Statistics: 3-4 credits • C or better in college level courses • (C- will not be accepted) • Must be the equivalent of STAT 1000Q or 1100Q at UConn. Example: Standard and nonparametric approaches to statistical analysis; exploratory data analysis, elementary probability, sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing, one- and two-sample procedures, regression and correlation. Learning to do statistical analysis on a personal computer is an integral part of the course. • Must be taken within the last 8 years

38. Computer and Writing LiteracyRequirements / Expectations • Computer and information literacy • Writing literacy is required • A laptop with wireless capability is required for the program

39. TOEFL Exam • Permanent residents of the United States who attended English-speaking US schools beginning in the 9th grade (and through 4 years of college) are waived from this requirement. • Applicants born and educated in an English-speaking country, such as Canada (except Quebec Province), Australia, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland & New Zealand are usually waived from taking the TOEFL IBT exam. However in countries where dialects are often spoken a TOEFL IBT will be required. • Passing scores are as follows - A total score of 92 with the following breakdown: a minimum of 26 in both the listening and speaking sections and a minimum of 20 in both the reading and writing sections. Must be taken within last 2 years! • Upload an official copy of your scores to CAS • Foreign transcripts must be evaluated

40. Three letters of recommendation are required (at least one academic and one professional) No personal recommendations are reviewed. Should address your background, independence, perseverance, potential for academic success, ability to balance academic workload, flexibility, potential as a nurse, and ability to successfully work independently and in groups. Please follow directions on the nursing Centralized Admissions Service (CAS) site Start early – these can take time to complete. Letters of Recommendation(References)

41. Write a Personal Statement • In addition to questions & answers in CAS… • Tell us about yourself. • Talk about why you want to be a nurse and what influenced your decision. • Write about qualities you have that will contribute to your success in the program, and in nursing. • Relate some of your work & life experiences to nursing. • Describe your short and long-term goals. • Suggested length - about 500 to 1000 words.

42. You’re Ready to Apply! • Apply online using the Nursing CAS system: http://www.nursingcas.org/ • Allow extra time for references and transcripts! • Pay application fee to CAS - $50.00 • Submit a separate application fee of $75.00 directly to UConn School of Nursing. • Make check payable to UConn School of Nursing. • Mail to: • UConn School of Nursing – Storrs Hall • AES Office, CEIN/BS Program • 231 Glenbrook Road, Unit #4026 • Storrs, CT 06269-4026

43. More about Admissions… • Submit all college transcripts to CAS so that your academic record can be evaluated. • After submitting your application, check back to make sure that transcripts have been uploaded and references completed. • Missing documents will prevent review of your application! • Admissions applications are reviewed on a rolling basis starting in February. • The earlier you apply, the greater the chance that you will have your first campus choice. • Plan to have your application ready by July 15th

44. What about Prerequisite Courses? • Applicants may have 1 or 2 prerequisites left to take when applying. For July applicants, up to 4 prerequisite courses may be outstanding as long as grades for 2 prerequisite summer courses will be submitted in August. • Submit proof of enrollment for any outstanding prerequisites by uploading documentation into the “Applicant Uploaded Documents” section in CAS. • Proof of enrollment can be a Bursar’s receipt or a screen shot of your course schedule. • Must be completed by December prior to the January start. • Once a prerequisite class is completed an official transcript must be uploaded to CAS or sent directly to the AES office at the UConn School of Nursing.

45. Example… • If you are taking 2 prerequisite summer classes that will not be finished until the end of August, and still have 2 prerequisite fall classes to take. • Submit application by July 15th with proof of enrollment for all 4 of these classes. • Upload a letter of explanation with proof of enrollment for all classes. • Application will be held for review until final grades for 2 summer classes are submitted to the AES office and uploaded to CAS.

46. Application Submission • Applications are submitted through the Nursing Centralized Admission Service. • http://www.nursingcas.org/ • For prerequisites that are not completed, upload proof of registration for courses & submit course grades when completed (by December before program start). • CAS takes several weeks to verify an application. Once verified it is reviewed by the Admissions Committee. This process can take up to 6 weeks.

47. How to Submit Transcripts • Official transcripts from all institutions of higher learning showing evidence of prior degrees and other courses completed, must be sent directly to NursingCASfor processing. • Request transcripts to be mailed from the Registrar’s office of the school attended toNursingCASat the following address: • NursingCASTranscript ProcessingPO Box 9201Watertown, MA 02471 • Electronic transcripts sent via Parchment or Credential Solutions only are also acceptable

48. Non-refundable Deposit • Upon acceptance to the CEIN/BS program, payment of $1,000. deposit is required • This deposit will be applied to first semester’s tuition.

49. Financial Aid • Considered a 5th year student (not a graduate student). Must fill out FAFSA form for the Spring semester, and a second FAFSA for the Summer & Fall semesters. • https://financialaid.uconn.edu/cein/ • Some scholarships are available • Specific to CEIN/BS • You can learn about eligibility for these scholarships and for financial aid on our web site. • Scholarship opportunities are also sent to you via email once you are admitted to the program

50. Program Costs • $36,450 for 2020 – not including University fees, equipment, uniforms, books, travel, criminal background checks, other miscellaneous costs. Tuition is the same in or out-of-state! • Non-refundable deposit $1,000. applied to tuition. • University fees – set by UConn • Equipment & Uniforms cost approximately $320 • Personal equipment – stethoscope, BP cuff, penlight, etc. • Only approved uniforms may be worn • Equipment fee $75.00 – spring semester only • Books cost approximately $1900+ for the program • Parking at UConn – approximately $110/year • Travel & parking at clinical sites – parking fees site dependent • Could be as high as $4,872. for parking & travel to clinical sites • Criminal background checks, fingerprinting, drug screening, etc.(additional cost) - $135 to $310 • Reliable transportation required to attend varied clinical sites!