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Nursing, Concentration: Professional Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
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Program Intro
PNW’s College of Nursing maintains a commitment to quality, evidence-based nursing education and has a reputation for nursing excellence. The program keeps pace with the ever-changing healthcare delivery systems and technological advances while being rooted in fundamental humanistic philosophies.
We offer you a program that’s affordable and respected. Gain the credentials you need to advance your career goals at a designated NLN Center of Nursing Excellence that is home to the Indiana Center for Evidence Based Nursing Practice: a Joanna Briggs Institute.
Curriculum Overview
This undergraduate degree prepares a nurse generalist with baccalaureate-level nursing competencies who will be able to provide comprehensive, safe, nursing care for people from birth to death within a variety of healthcare settings.
Explore the profession and the building blocks of care with core classes.
Sample Courses
- NUR 18100 – Introduction To Professional Nursing
- BIOL 21300 – Human Anatomy And Physiology I
Deepen your understanding with the essentials of nursing.
Sample Courses
- NUR 27400 – Essentials Of Safe Medication Administration For Nursing
- NUR 29400 – Essential Pharmacotherapeutics For Nursing
Broaden your understanding of specialty practice in a range of disciplines.
Sample Courses
- NUR 28600 – Mental Health Nursing
- NUR 39000 – Nursing Research
Pursue a capstone project showing your expertise in nursing.
Sample Courses
- NUR 49800 – Capstone Course In Nursing
Highlights
There is a call for America’s nurses to be baccalaureate prepared. To meet this demand, PNW’s College of Nursing offers you a program that’s affordable, accelerated, and respected. Gain the skills, knowledge, and credentials you need to keep pace in the nursing field and advance your career goals.

Outcomes
Gain real-world, practical training and expertise to advance in a career focused on improving the future of health care and making a positive, lasting impact on the quality of patient care.
Scholarships
- Duneland Health Council
- Charlotte Riley Hospice Scholarship
- Donald S. Powers Nursing Scholarship
Beyond the Classroom
We encourage you to get involved in activities like:
- Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society
- College of Nursing Undergraduate Nursing Club
Career Paths
This degree prepares you for a number of careers in the field, including:
- Hospital charge nurse or manager
- Nursing case management
- Nursing informatics specialist
- Nurse navigator
- Community health nurse
Accreditation
- ACEN
- NLN COE

Take the Next Step
See how a PNW degree opens doors, from corporate boardrooms to non-profit leadership.


