Accelerated Career Entry into Nursing (CEIN) is one-year program designed for individuals with baccalaureate degrees in other areas.

A second baccalaureate degree in nursing is awarded at the successful completion of the Accelerated CEIN/BS in Nursing track.

Location(s)

• Avery Point Campus
• Storrs Campus
• Waterbury Campus

Modality

• In Person

Requirements

Students complete 45 credits of didactic and clinical experience. To progress in the program, students must complete the following coursework with a “C” or better:

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
NURS 4300	Clinical Science: Pharmacology and Pathophysiology	3
NURS 4301	Concepts and Theories of Nursing Practice	3
NURS 4304	Health Assessment and Fundamentals of Nursing Praxis	12
NURS 4305	Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice - CEIN/BS	3
NURS 4414	Theory and Nursing Practice for Behavioral Health	4
NURS 4424	Theory and Nursing Practice for Perinatal and Women's Health	4
NURS 4434	Theory and Nursing Practice for Child Health	4
NURS 4544	Theory and Nursing Practice for Community Health	4
NURS 4554	Theory and Nursing Practice for Adult Acute Care	8
Total Credits		45

Learning Objectives

1. Synthesize knowledge from the arts, sciences, humanities, and the discipline of nursing into the professional practice of nursing.
2. Demonstrate initiative, self-direction, and resilience generated by a spirit of inquiry and integrity that fosters professional role development and leadership through lifelong learning.
3. Formulate and articulate a philosophy of nursing that incorporates PRAXIS, caring, moral courage and all ways of knowing for practice as a global citizen in order to promote social justice and health equity for all.
4. Demonstrate professional comportment and related skills needed to practice safely, artfully, responsibly, and accountably within caring, sociopolitical, ethical, and professional parameters.
5. Apply the nursing process to co-create person-centered care that reflects individual preferences, values, needs, and contexts while addressing the determinants of health across health care settings.
6. Integrate knowledge, skills, and current research evidence in the implementation and evaluation of holistic person-centered compassionate care of individuals across the lifespan.
7. Lead intra-professional and inter-professional teams in response to emerging health care challenges with collaboration from clinical partners and community stakeholders for the provision of safe and quality health care access across the lifespan.
8. Understand and apply health informatics, communication skills, and evidence- based processes to compassionately address human, fiscal, and physical resource demands for the provision of high value health care with interprofessional partnerships and community stakeholders.
9. Advocate for patients, families, communities, and the nursing profession by participating in the development and implementation of health care processes and policies that promote health equity.
10. Design, organize, deliver, and continuously improve systems of health promotion and disease prevention to improve the care of individuals, families, and/or the community using innovative, data-informed, and cost-effective health care.