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At Bradley, you’ll build confidence as a caregiver and health advocate through challenging coursework and diverse clinical experiences. Whether you’re starting as a direct-admit undergraduate, an RN, or an LPN, you’ll gain the skills and hands-on practice needed to succeed in the field.

Peoria’s thriving medical community—with two major hospital systems, public health facilities, and nursing homes—provides an incredible variety of clinical experiences, ensuring you explore different medical settings and career paths.

Guided by expert faculty and clinical supervisors, you’ll receive personalized mentorship from professionals who are passionate about teaching and supporting students both on campus and online. By graduation, you’ll have a strong network of connections to launch your career with confidence.

Majors

Nursing

Become an experienced healthcare professional through the entry programs as a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse.
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Accelerated Nursing (ABSN 2nd Degree)

A streamlined program for nursing students who already have a bachelor’s degree and meet program prerequisites.
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Online Programs

Nursing MS, DNP, & Certificate Programs

Build your healthcare skills towards a future in Adult-Gerontology Acute or Primary Care, as a Nurse Practitioner, Family Health Care Nurse, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse and across other specialized areas.
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Department Resources

BSN Program

The graduate will…

Integrate nursing knowledge along with foundational liberal arts, natural, and social sciences to form clinical judgement for application within baccalaureate nursing practice.
Apply the principles of person-centered care to guide nursing practice in all spheres of care.
Utilize population health principles to collaborate with multiple stakeholders to provide diverse, equitable, and inclusive care.
Evaluate and summarize current evidence to improve and transform the delivery of nursing care.
Integrate a culture of quality and safety to improve outcomes and minimize risk.
Collaborate with interprofessional team members, patients, families, and communities to optimize care.
Apply knowledge of systems and evidence-based practice to coordinate resources to provide safe, quality, and ethical care to diverse populations in an ever-changing healthcare environment.
Integrate patient-focused and health information technologies and processes to manage care in accordance with best practice and professional regulatory standards.
Develop a nursing identity that upholds professional standards of legal, moral, ethical, and collaborative practice.
Demonstrate behaviors and attributes that reflect accountability in personal, professional, and leadership skills.

MSN Program

Nursing Administration graduates will…

Synthesize knowledge from nursing and related sciences to fully analyze, design, implement, and evaluate nursing care.
Select and implement appropriate advanced leadership skills and critical decision making in the provision of healthcare team coordination, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery and outcomes.
Appraise and recommend quality improvement methods, tools, performance measures, and standards to ensure patient safety within an organization.
Integrate theory, evidence, clinical judgment, research, and interprofessional perspectives to improve patient outcomes.
Analyze current and emerging healthcare information systems and patient care technology to optimize patient safety, cost-effectiveness, and quality health outcomes.
Interpret the effect of legal and regulatory processes, and ethical principles on nursing practice, healthcare delivery, and quality patient outcomes.
Collaborate directly with other healthcare professionals to improve patient and population health outcomes.
Evaluate the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention interventions that affect individual and population-based health outcomes.
Synthesize leadership theories and evidence-based knowledge in leading the healthcare team in the delivery of quality patient care.

Nursing Education graduates will…

Synthesize knowledge from nursing, related sciences, and education to fully analyze, design, implement, and evaluate nursing care.
Select and implement appropriate advanced leadership skills and critical decision making in the provision of healthcare team coordination, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery and outcomes.
Appraise and recommend quality improvement methods, tools, performance measures, and standards to ensure patient safety.
Integrate theory, evidence, clinical judgment, research, and interprofessional perspectives to improve patient outcomes.
Analyze current and emerging healthcare information systems and patient care technology to optimize patient safety, cost-effectiveness, and quality health outcomes.
Interpret the effect of legal and regulatory processes, and ethical principles on nursing practice, healthcare delivery, and quality patient outcomes.
Collaborate directly with other healthcare professionals to improve patient and population health outcomes.
Evaluate the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention interventions that affect individual and population-based health outcomes.
Synthesize learning and teaching theories and principles to design, implement, and evaluate health education programs for individuals or groups in a variety of settings.

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) graduates will…

Synthesize knowledge from nursing and related sciences to fully analyze, design, implement, and evaluate advanced professional nursing care.
Select and implement appropriate advanced leadership skills and critical decision making in the provision of healthcare team coordination, and the oversight and accountability for advanced professional nursing care delivery and outcomes.
Appraise and recommend quality improvement methods, tools, performance measures, and advanced professional nursing standards to ensure patient safety.
Participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of patient care technologies, information systems, and communication devices to support safe clinical practice.
Appraise the delivery of healthcare in micro and macro systems, and articulate to key decision makers issues that affect the nursing profession and clinical outcomes.
Foster communication between and among professional healthcare teams to optimize quality patient outcomes.
Appraise the healthcare needs of vulnerable populations and collaborate with interdisciplinary groups to develop and manage intervention plans in various settings.
Assume accountability for personal and professional behaviors, while upholding professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct.
Integrate, translate, and apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to improve patient outcomes and foster a culture of safety across the lifespan.
Provide the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling, disease management, palliative, and end of life care to clients across lifespan.

DNP Program

Leadership graduates will…

Synthesize knowledge gained from the humanities, the social sciences, the sciences, and mathematics as the base for advanced professional nursing.
Select and implement appropriate advanced concepts, principles, and theories necessary for application in the delivery of quality health care.
Synthesize and disseminate evidence to effect practice change that will contribute to the nursing profession and safe, cost-effective health care delivery.
Provide leadership in the evaluation of healthcare information systems and patient care technology.
Demonstrate nursing leadership for outcome improvement through strategies for change in policy and practice guidelines.
Collaborate as a member of the health care team to influence health care policy changes that will improve patient and population health outcomes.
Foster change in health care practice that will improve the health and status of individuals and communities through equitable and ethical distribution of resources.
Demonstrate advanced skills in physical assessment, pharmacology, and therapeutic nursing interventions.

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) graduates will…

Synthesize knowledge gained from the humanities, the social sciences, the sciences, and mathematics as the base for advanced professional nursing.
Select and implement appropriate advanced concepts, principles, and theories necessary for application in the delivery of quality health care.
Synthesize and disseminate evidence to effect practice change that will contribute to the nursing profession and safe, cost-effective health care delivery.
Provide leadership in the evaluation of healthcare information systems and patient care technology.
Demonstrate nursing leadership for outcome improvement through strategies for change in policy and practice guidelines.
Collaborate as a member of the health care team to influence health care policy changes that will improve patient and population health outcomes.
Foster change in health care practice that will improve the health and status of individuals and communities through equitable and ethical distribution of resources.
Demonstrate advanced skills in physical assessment, pharmacology, and therapeutic nursing interventions in advance practice nursing.
Provide the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling, disease management, palliative, and end of life care to clients across lifespan.

Mission

The mission of the Department of Nursing is to prepare baccalaureate and advanced practice nurses. Through faculty and student collaboration, dynamic learning environments, and mentoring, nursing graduates are prepared to be the next generation of nursing leaders and lifelong learners that will meet a global society’s health care needs.

Vision

The Department of Nursing is committed to excellence in the preparation of professional nurses for a changing global society. Within the comprehensive university setting, the Department of Nursing provides a dynamic personalized nursing education.

Core Values

Excellence: Students are provided with distinctive educational programs and a supportive environment to fulfill their intellectual, aesthetic, and professional needs.
Leadership: Students are prepared to utilize evidence based practice to manage patient care, promote quality improvement, and to lead interprofessional teams.
Innovation: Students are prepared to integrate knowledge, skills and attitudes to improve patient outcomes and foster a culture of safety.
Globalization: A liberal education provides a foundation for lifelong learning and prepares professional nurses to practice in a global society.
Collaboration: Students are prepared to participate as members of the inter-professional team to deliver patient centered care.
Community: Students are prepared to use evidence based practice in implementation of the nursing process to assist individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations across the lifespan in achieving optimal health.

The Bradley University Department of Nursing values input from students! In order to encourage student feedback on a variety of topics and issues, we have created an Opportunity for Improvement Form. This form will allow you to voice informal comments, questions, complaints or compliments related directly to your experiences within all nursing programs. This form does not replace student course evaluations completed at the end of each academic term. This form can be submitted anonymously or you may provide your contact information for follow up from the Associate Dean of Nursing.

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The Baccalaureate Degree Program in nursing, the Master’s Degree Program in nursing, the Post-Graduate APRN Certificate Program , and the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program are accredited by the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K. Street NW, Washington DC 200001 (202) 887-6791 http://www.ccneaccreditation.org

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