Nursing (BSN)
Develop your love for God and people as you pursue your calling into the nursing profession. Through Corban’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, you’ll prepare to become a registered nurse through a rigorous, Bible-centered education that equips you to provide care with skill and compassion.
Your degree will include a liberal arts core that will help you develop the analytical, communication, and resourcefulness skills that are essential as a nurse and a Bible minor, giving you a solid foundation in God’s Word as your guide for life. The rest of your BSN program will focus on core nursing theory, labs, and clinical experiences that will enable you to care for a wide variety of patients and their unique needs.
With hands-on clinical experience, expert faculty mentorship, and a strong foundation in science, you’ll graduate ready to take the national licensure exam and to make a difference in a high-demand career field.
Completion
4 Years
Credits
128
Major
Nursing
Delivery
On Campus
Featured Courses
Intro to Nursing as Ministry in Professional Practice
Explore how faith shapes the heart and practice of nursing. Examine the historical and theological roots of Christian nursing, reflect on your own worldview, and begin forming a personal philosophy of care. Learn to provide holistic, patient-centered nursing that integrates spiritual and cultural sensitivity with clinical excellence.
Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
Explore the heart of Christian nursing as ministry. This course introduces the essential values, standards, and foundational skills of the profession while equipping you to care for individuals with compassion, safety, and excellence. Through classroom, lab, and clinical settings, you’ll build psychomotor competencies and use relationship-based care and clinical reasoning to meet patient needs across the lifespan.
Nursing Care of Adults & Families I
Build a foundation for compassionate, evidence-based care across the lifespan. Learn to care for adults, women, and children with common health conditions, applying the nursing process and professional standards in both classroom and clinical settings. Practice skills in the campus lab and provide holistic, culturally sensitive care rooted in a biblical worldview.
Nursing Capstone: Caring in Practice
Step confidently into your calling as a professional nurse. Integrate your knowledge, skills, and faith as you transition into practice. Through hands-on clinical experience, collaborate with healthcare teams, apply evidence-based care, and reflect on your growth in compassion, character, and calling.
For a complete list of courses in this program, view the program overview.
For official course descriptions, refer to the academic catalog.
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197,200
new nursing jobs open each year in the U.S.*
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900+
hours of hands-on experience through lab, simulation, and clinical internships and practicums
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$93,600
median salary for nurses*
*according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Corban’s nursing program celebrates the foundational truth that every human being is created in the image of God and therefore worthy of love, respect, and quality care. In this major, you’ll learn to navigate the tough issues and ethical dilemmas in the medical field from a biblical perspective while also getting practical, hands-on training.
Career Opportunities
Your education and training in Corban’s BSN program will give you a wide range of career options to choose from, including working in hospitals, schools, assisted living facilities, military bases, or missions and relief organizations. Some common career paths include:
- Staff Nurse
- Nurse Manager
- Clinical Research Nurse
- Public Health or School Nurse
- Occupational Health Nurse
- Nurse Midwife
- Travel Nurse
- Medical Missionary
Guaranteed Acceptance Pathway
After completing the pre-clinical phase of the BSN program (typically the first two years), students wishing to major in nursing are required to apply for acceptance to the clinical phase of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. This helps ensure that nursing students have the foundation to excel in this rigorous program.
Students who demonstrate academic excellence in high school may be eligible for guaranteed admission into phase two of the BSN program and a streamlined pathway into clinical coursework.
You are eligible for the Guaranteed Acceptance Pathway (GAP) if you meet all of the following requirements:
- Three years of natural sciences (including one chemistry and one biology course)
- Cumulative high school GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- ACT score of 27 or higher or RSAT of 1250 or higher
- Successful completion of high school coursework that includes:
- Four years of English
- Three years of math (including algebra)
If you meet the above criteria, you will be invited to submit a BSN GAP application after you are admitted to Corban University.
Featured Faculty
Dr. Christine Sommers
Director of Nursing | Associate Professor of Nursing
csommers@corban.edu(503) 375-7095
