Nursing, B.S.N. (Pre-Licensure)

Nursing Program Handbook (PDF)

NCLEX First-Time Pass Rates

Trinity prepares professional nurses at the undergraduate and graduate level to practice from an ethical, holistic, caring framework in the delivery of safe, competent and quality care. Nursing is committed to fostering an environment for learning which respects, nurtures, and celebrates social justice and cultural diversity among students, faculty, and staff. Trinity provides the local community and the larger global society with graduates who will be able to help alleviate nursing workforce shortages especially from underrepresented minority groups in the health care profession. In turn, graduates will help meet the health care needs of underrepresented, vulnerable populations in diverse communities.

Caring is a central aspect of nursing and nursing care. Caring practices impact the health and well-being of individuals. A professional caring nurse demonstrates qualities of altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice. Nurses participate with members of other disciplines to advance human understanding to enhance personal and societal living within a global environment. The well-being and wholeness of persons, families, groups, communities, and populations are nurtured through caring relationships.

Professional caring nurses take into consideration not only their clients’ disease processes, but also their clients’ personal values and illness experiences. Holistic caring practice recognizes the need to address the mind, body, and spirit, as well as emotions. Nurses engage in care of themselves in order to care for others.

Caring nurses reflect on their own beliefs, attitudes, and values as they relate to issues that impact professional practice, such as the health care needs of vulnerable populations, unethical practices, and diversity in a multicultural healthcare environment.  A supportive environment for learning is a caring environment, in which all aspects of individuals are respected, nurtured, and celebrated. Nursing education prepares graduates to practice within a holistic, caring framework. These fundamental beliefs concerning caring express  values and guide the professional practices and teaching of the faculty.

To facilitate our unique mission, we will:

• Promote academic excellence in the teaching and scholarly activities of our faculty
• Provide for a positive, nurturing, and caring educational environment that fosters independent learning, critical thinking, self-reflection, and the desire for continuing personal and professional growth
• Promote interactions and partnerships with our surrounding health care agencies and communities in the Washington DC Metropolitan area
• Build educational offerings and tracks that meet the evolving needs of the local students and health care communities
• Provide for innovative, supportive, high quality, and accessible academic programs
• Extend faculty expertise and interest through service to communities and professional organizations
• Promote and support diversity within the student population and university staff and faculty

The expected student learning outcomes for the Nursing Program are derived from a variety of established professional nursing standards, including the American Association of Colleges of
Nursing’s (AACN) documents, The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (2021), the ANA Code of Ethics, and the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations
for Nursing Schools (2015).

BSN Essentials: BSN program outcomes are consistent with professional standards and they are congruent with the program’s mission, goals, and objectives.