Campus Program Details

Fortis College in Largo:
Bachelors of Science in Nursing

If you want to get a nursing education in Florida, the Bachelors of Science program at Fortis College in Largo, FL is designed to allow students who have already earned a degree in a related field to earn a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing in an accelerated program to prepare to become a Registered Nurse. The St Petersburg and Tampa Bay metro area near Largo is a great place to live while pursuing a BSN degree at Fortis College.

The Bachelors of Science in Nursing program at Fortis is designed for students to become professional nursing practitioners and leaders in the nursing profession.

Students who already have a BS, BA, associate, or higher degree in any related subject, with similar educational objectives, may accelerate their progress through the Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree program by transferring applicable general education courses taken in a previous degree program.

Successful completion of the Bachelors of Science in Nursing program at Fortis will enable the graduate to apply to sit for the licensure exam to become a Registered Nurse.

Employment titles that may be held by successful graduates who achieve licensure to become a Registered Nurse include: staff nurse, charge nurse, pediatric nurse, school nurse, geriatric nurse, oncology nurse, ICU nurse, and psychiatric nurse.

Nurses with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing may be employed by hospitals, nursing care facilities, clinics, schools, or physician’s offices.

Graduates of the Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree program will:

1. Be proficient in the core nursing competencies of clinical/critical reasoning, patient safety, and quality improvement principles.
2. Conduct assessments of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations as the basis for planning and delivering care.
3. Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills with patients and inter-professional teams to improve healthcare outcomes.
4. Integrate knowledge of general education, liberal arts, research, evidence-based practice, communication skills, theory, and technological tools to implement the professional nursing roles with and in a complex adaptive system.
5. Function as a leader in healthcare systems, in professional organizations, and within interdisciplinary teams.
6. Provide professional nursing care to individuals and populations that include health promotion and maintenance, illness care, end-of-life care, restoration, and rehabilitation.
7. Use political, economical, organizational, educational, and advocacy strategies to improve health care delivery to individuals, groups, families, communities, and national and global populations.
8. Accept personal accountability for lifelong learning, professional growth, and commitment to the advancement of the profession

Prerequisites apply for Bachelors of Science in Nursing program.  Contact local campus for more information.