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UB School of Nursing
1040 Kimball Tower
3435 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214
716.829.2537

The UB School of Nursing offers the following degree options in order to obtain a bachelor’s degree in nursing:

Basic BS Program
This program provides the curriculum required for a freshman or transfer student who is pursuing a nursing degree for the first time.

Accelerated BS Program
The accelerated second-degree option offers the undergraduate nursing curriculum as an intensive, full-time, 12-month program designed for the mature, highly motivated, career-minded student who has already completed an undergraduate and/or graduate degree in a field other than nursing.

RN/BS Program
The RN/BS program provides the curriculum needed by students who have completed an associate ’ s degree or diploma program in nursing.

Overview

The baccalaureate program in nursing prepares generalist nurses to work in a variety of health-care settings and meet the diverse health needs of individuals and families across the life span and among all community groups. It is designed for women and men who feel challenged by the complex and ever-changing health needs of society and who have a desire to respond to these needs.

The early phase of the program combines liberal arts studies with biomedical and social sciences to provide a sound knowledge base for upper-division study and an awareness of cultural and societal influences on health and well-being. The curriculum is community-based, initially emphasizing primary health care that includes health promotion, risk reduction and disease prevention, and subsequently emphasizing the care of those with chronic as well as acute and complex illnesses. Upper-division courses focus on the knowledge and skills required to provide comprehensive nursing care in various clinical practice settings, ethical/legal dimensions of the health-care system, pharmacological components of care, nursing research, and principles and techniques of management within a health-system context.

Graduates of the baccalaureate program base their practice on theories, critical-thinking and research findings from nursing science as well as other disciplines such as biological and behavioral sciences.

Advisement

Academic advisement for students applying to the basic nursing program, as well as those admitted to the major, is provided by the Office of Student Affairs and faculty in the School of Nursing.

Transfer Policy

Prerequisite courses may be transferred from other educational institutions if they are equivalent. Students should consult with the School of Nursing Student Affairs Office to determine equivalency.

Honors, Awards, and Scholarships

• Special scholarships for talented high school seniors, upper-division students, and those in the accelerated program.

• Membership in the national honor society for nurses, Sigma Theta Tau International, through the Gamma Kappa chapter, encourages and recognizes superior scholarship and leadership achievement in nursing.

• The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Scholarship has several scholarships for nursing students in the region.

• Faculty who are expert practitioners of nursing with advanced preparation in their specialties; many have achieved national and/or international recognition and can offer research opportunities for undergraduates.

• Honors Research is a tutorial which provides outstanding undergraduate students in nursing the opportunity to enrich their education and gain personal recognition through participation in the scholarly work of a faculty mentor.  

Special Features

• A computer lab for student use, fully staffed

• A fully equipped health assessment lab and a nursing skills lab

• The School of Nursing Simulation Center features two “state of the art” patient simulators; one housed in a virtual operating room and connected to patient monitors and one utilized to simulate ambulatory and acute nursing situations

• The Center for Nursing Research houses a research library and is a repository for information on internal and external sources of funding including guidelines and application forms

• Students have access to educational technology including a wide variety of health-care databases, computer assisted instruction, and electronic mail

For course descriptions, see
http://undergrad-catalog.buffalo.edu/academicprograms/nur.shtml