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Dr. Barbara Piscopo, Ed.D, RN

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Thank you for your inquiry regarding the degree-completion program at Western Connecticut State University.  WestConn offers courses for the RN-BSN program on both the midtown (Danbury) and Waterbury (Naugatuck Valley Community College) campuses.  You may enroll in courses offered at either location.  Faculty teaching in the program are members of WestConn’s faculty from the Department of Nursing.

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Dr. Barbara Piscopo
RN-BS Coordinator
piscopob@wcsu.edu
The program is accredited by the Collegiate Commission on Nursing Education (CCNE), One Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC, 20036. Phone: (202) 887-6791; fax: (202) 887-8476
  RN - BS Program Overview
 

Registered Nurse (RN) graduates of associate degree programs (AD N – associate degree in Nursing) and diploma programs have been able to earn the baccalaureate degree at WestConn by completing a program of study similar to that completed by undergraduate students, but including some RN-only components that acknowledge and build upon existing knowledge and skills.  These students are enrolled as Registered Nursing students in the RN-BS degree completion program.  In order to receive a degree from WestConn a student must complete a minimum of 30 credits and/or one half of the major (whichever is greater) at the University. RNs may be eligible for up to 28 transfer credits.  In addition AD N graduates may be eligible for additional transfer credit, which may be applied to the General Education, Major, and Free Elective requirements. 

Our program builds on nurses’ previous nursing education and respects the knowledge they have developed in their practice experiences.  The two clinical experiences required for the degree (NUR 330, Nursing in the Community and NUR 375, Nursing Practicum) are designed in collaboration with instructors to ensure an enriching experience that will augment each nurse’s current nursing expertise in clinical areas with which she or he may have had little or no experience.  The Human Health Experience (NUR 336) introduces concepts in holistic nursing practice and Pharmacotherapeutics Across the Life Span (NUR 322) expands knowledge in the ever-changing field of pharmacology and diagnostic modalities.  Students must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours in courses offered through WestConn, including 28 semester hours of required NUR labeled courses, in order to receive a degree from the university.