- High School GPA of 3.25
- “B” grades or higher in math and science courses
Nursing
Nursing
Clinical Care for Individuals, Communities, and the World
Now is a thrilling time to search for a “nursing program near me.” In a rapidly changing health care system, there has never been a more vital time to embrace the critical role nurses play in promoting health and addressing disease prevention. Like a rising tide for all boats, we value your potential and nurture it via an incredibly hands-on, state-of-the-art simulation lab. You’ll also find our small class sizes to be inclusive and engaging. So if you’ve been trying to track down the best “nursing program near me,” you’ve found it.
BS in Nursing
Envision a future of substance, respect, and deep knowledge. Get an impactful career through best-practice knowledge and experiential learning that can continuously improve the quality and safety of health care. Gain pivotal experiences for in-demand careers that make a big difference in people’s well-being. We connect your potential to our solid foundation in nursing to build something truly profound. It’s all about comprehensive skills like:
- Using information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
- Functioning effectively within nursing and interdisciplinary teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, shared decision-making, team learning, and development.
- .Identifying and evaluating the best current evidence coupled with clinical expertise and consideration of patients’ preferences, experience, and values to make practice decisions.
Undergraduate
- B” grade or higher in the four science courses
- Chemistry
- Anatomy & Physiology I
- Anatomy & Physiology II
- Microbiology
- Science GPA of 3.25
- Overall GPA of 3.4
- Successful completion of the Nursing Basic Math Competency
- Eighty percent (80%) of nursing students successfully complete the program.
- Graduates pass the NCLEX-RN on the first attempt at or above the national pass rate for RN graduates.
- Ninety percent (90%) of nursing graduates who pass the NCLEX are employed as registered nurses within twelve months of graduation
- Eighty percent (80%) of nursing graduates who respond to the graduate survey are satisfied with the nursing program.
- Ninety percent (90%) of employers responding to the survey are satisfied with nursing graduate performance.
The Keene State College Nursing Program is fully approved by the New Hampshire Board of Nursing, 121 South Fruit Street, Concord, NH 03301, 603-271-2152.
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Keene State College is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
Find Your Potential
100% of Keene State nursing students are employed as RNs after they pass the NCLEX, with many hired before graduation.
The Keene State College Nursing Program is fully approved by the New Hampshire Board of Nursing, 121 South Fruit Street, Concord, NH 03301, 603-271-2152.
The Nursing Program is also nationally accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.
Career Opportunities
If a hands-on field of study with the chance to help other people thrive means the world to you, then your potential means the world to us. Our close-knit, ultra-supportive culture fosters students to become their best selves. Registered nurses in surgical units, labor and delivery, intensive care and emergency rooms are critical professionals. They know how to strive together for greatness, even when faced with some of humanity's biggest challenges.
Build a meaningful career that matters, starting right here, at Keene State. We’ll support you every single day, every single step of the way.
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603-358-2276
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Keene, New Hampshire 03435