Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Welcome to the undergraduate program, preparing students with a well-rounded general education and a strong foundation in nursing. Students graduate with the communication, computer, leadership, and critical thinking skills that are vital in today’s complex health care environment. In addition, our graduates consistently achieve pass rates on the NCLEX licensure exam that exceed the state and national averages. Alumni are successful in all areas of nursing and in graduate education.

Curriculum
Students are accepted as freshmen into nursing and remain in the nursing major as long as they meet progression requirements (See nursing undergraduate handbook). While freshmen are introduced to the nursing profession in their first semester at Clemson through a nursing specific CU 101 course, they primarily take general education and science courses during their first two years. During the remaining two years, studies focus more specifically on nursing. Students have the opportunity to work closely with faculty and students on research and service projects through Creative Inquiry, the Honors Program, and interdisciplinary courses.

Clinical facilities
Students obtain clinical practice in a variety of settings. Initially, and at intervals throughout the curriculum, students learn nursing skills in our Clinical Learning and Research Center. This center offers a hospital-like environment with high tech equipment, including virtual reality IV simulators and high fidelity human patient simulators. The Center houses human patient simulators, representing different age groups, which provide students with opportunities for practice of critical thinking and hands-on skills in a non-threatening environment. This practice allows students to feel more comfortable in actual clinical areas and helps them identify and intervene in “low occurrence, high risk” situations more quickly.

For their hospital based experiences, students have clinical rotations in a variety of settings including medical centers, regional hospitals, and community hospitals. In these experiences, student work closely with the faculty member. The ratio of students to faculty is eight to one. Students obtain public health experiences in health departments, hospices, schools, and community centers.

For information you can contact the Nursing Advisor Ms. Kristin Goodenow at (864) 656-5123 or via email at kristig@clemson.edu

BS Curriculum
Undergraduate Handbook (PDF)

Each Nursing major is required to carry, throughout the period of clinical laboratory assignments, a current and valid student nurse's professional liability insurance policy with minimum liability limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $3,000,000 in aggregate. Documentation thereof must be provided to the Director of the School of Nursing. No student may participate in clinical learning experience without this insurance coverage.

To comply with clinical agency contract requirements and South Carolina law, students enrolled in nursing courses with a clinical laboratory must meet specific requirements listed in the School of Nursing Student Handbook.