Learn and Grow Within Your Cohort
The Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program offers two start dates tied to a cohort model. This cohort structure imparts the same exceptional preparation to enter the field of nursing while enabling students to build a strong network of fellow healthcare providers. Both the January and August Cohorts share a standardized admissions process, curriculum and nursing faculty.
Future Nursing Leader Scholar Program
Accelerate your path to nursing leadership
The Future Nursing Leader Scholar Program recognizes select, high-achieving and motivated students who aspire to shape the future of healthcare through leadership, innovation and compassionate practice.
Recipients will receive:
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A $10,000 scholarship to support your ABSN studies ($2,500 per semester).
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Access to extracurricular leadership development opportunities designed to support and strengthen your leadership journey.
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The opportunity to take 3 graduate-level credits toward Quinnipiac’s MSN in Nursing Leadership program while completing your BSN, allowing you to graduate with your BSN and three credits already earned toward your MSN.
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Guaranteed admission to the MSN in Nursing Leadership program upon graduating from the ABSN in good standing. No additional application process and no uncertainty.
Learn more about the Future Nursing Leader Scholar Program
Lifting Education and Advancement for Rising Nurses (LEARN) Scholar Program
Accelerate your path to community-based care
LEARN supports second-degree students from disadvantaged backgrounds to earn their BSN while focusing their clinical education on primary and community-based care, rural and tribal healthcare and other medically underserved populations. This program, supported by the Health Recourses and Services Administration (HRSA), provides significant funding, dedicated mentoring and career support to eligible students enrolled in Quinnipiac University’s Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) program.
Recipients will receive:
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A $29,600 scholarship to support their ABSN studies ($7,400 per semester)
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Participation in a specialized success program
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Dedicated mentorship and career development
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Unique clinical placements in rural, primary care, tribal, and/or medically underserved settings
Learn more and apply
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the program, the BSN graduate will demonstrate the following competencies:
- Apply critical thinking skills to analyze information and evidence, enabling effective communication and enhanced decision making.
- Demonstrate adaptive thinking when faced with challenges by exhibiting flexibility, creativity, and critical analysis.
- Utilize ethical frameworks and uphold professional values in nursing practice.
- Deliver equitable, holistic, person-centered, and evidence-informed care coordinated to improve the health of diverse communities and populations.
- Demonstrate the application of quality improvement principles to improve safety and contribute to a culture that prioritizes self, patient, provider, and work environment well-being.
- Apply knowledge of informatics and healthcare technologies to understand their role in data-informed decision-making and the enhancement of secure, efficient, effective, and regulated healthcare delivery.
- Utilize holistic self-care practices that promote well-being and lifelong learning.
- Demonstrate leadership practice that reflects advocacy for patients and the nursing profession.
Accreditation
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, the Master of Science in Nursing program and the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Quinnipiac University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, D.C. 20001, 202-887-6791.
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American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs within Quinnipiac University’s School of Nursing also are endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation. Graduates of these programs are eligible to take the appropriate national exam to become board-certified holistic nurses at the basic or advanced level of nursing (HNB-BC).
Explore Our Facilities
Our state-of-the-art Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences building on the North Haven Campus features sophisticated labs and simulation technology that create real-life work settings. These facilities are at the heart of our interprofessional approach that develops leadership and teamwork skills by placing nursing, medical, health sciences, education and law students in collaborative learning activities.
Learn more about our facilities
Proven Network
With a university alumni network more than 70,000 strong, we have connections with thousands of employers around the world.
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
- Hartford HealthCare
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Northwell Health
- St. Vincent's Medical Center
- UMass Memorial Medical Center
- Yale New Haven Hospital
*Quinnipiac follows NACE First-Destination Survey Standards and Protocols for the collection and dissemination of undergraduate student initial career outcome information six months after graduation. View outcome knowledge rates and learn about Quinnipiac’s standards for statistics and reporting.
