Nursing Program: BSN

For more than 70 years, Avila University’s School of Nursing in Kansas City, Missouri, enjoys an outstanding reputation for preparing leaders in the field – the result of an innovative, 21st-century curriculum. Students at Avila University are motivated and committed to their education. They are taught by faculty with significant clinical experience, causing employers to seek after graduates of Avila’s nursing programs.

• Provide immunization documentation and other Avila and clinical agency requirements prior to the beginning of and continuing throughout nursing clinical courses (these requirements are subject to change).
• Complete criminal disclosure information and background check.
• Hold current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) (Health Professional American Heart Association 2 year)

• Provide proof of the absence of active Tuberculosis (2-step TB screen or IGRA).
• Submit a negative drug screen
• Carry health insurance coverage while in the nursing major (a health insurance form must reflect company and coverage and be on file in the nursing office).

1. Select and use effective and facilitative communication techniques to deliver evidence-based patient-centered care with emphasis on patient safety and positive professional working relationships.
2. Perform professional role competencies with an emphasis on the roles of provider of care, designer/manager/coordinator of care and member of the interprofessional team.

3. Integrate clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision making to deliver patient-centered care in a changing practice environment.

4.Demonstrate personal knowing, spirituality and cultural humility in socially and globally responsible health care