BSN Educational Outcomes

The core of Detroit Mercy Nursing is the undergraduate Nursing curriculum, which is built on a strong foundation of the sciences and liberal arts.

Our aim is to educate students to become caring and compassionate nurses, able to provide safe and competent nursing care utilizing critical thinking and ethical decision making, effective communication, leadership skills, and promotion of risk reduction and illness management.

Educational Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of one of University of Detroit Mercy's BSN tracks, students are expected to meet the following program outcomes:

1. Provide compassionate care with a commitment to social justice.
   
   
2. Evaluate culturally sensitive person-centered care practices in health promotion, risk reduction, disease prevention and illness management for the health of people across the lifespan.
   
   
3. Manage the delivery of person-centered care through effective delegation, prioritization and leadership practices.
   
   
4. Use transparent person-centered nursing interventions in assessing the client’s environment, prioritizing care and following established health care (institution/agency) policies and procedures.
   
   
5. Use quality improvement models to analyze health care delivery systems and policies that affect the health of people.
   
   
6. Implement knowledge driven actions in professional nursing practice derived from a variety of theoretical perspectives.

Explore your BSN options

You have several choices for the best way to earn your Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Detroit Mercy:

• Traditional freshman track - Detroit
  For students entering as freshmen who wish to study in Detroit
  
  
• Traditional freshman track - Grand Rapids
  For students entering as freshmen who wish to study in Grand Rapids at our partner institution, Aquinas College
  
  
• Second Degree Option (SDO) track
  An accelerated program for students who already have a bachelor's degree
  
  
• RN to BSN
  Macomb Community College students can receive admission right at Macomb's University Center
  
  
• Transfer students - Detroit Mercy’s transfer options allows for full time or part time flexibility. You may also begin with Admissions' transfer student page.
  
  
• Current Detroit Mercy student transfer
  For Detroit Mercy students wishing to move into the BSN program