Balancing a career, family, and school can be a challenge. That’s why AIC has created an online RN to BSN program so you can advance your degree without giving up your life.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) require that the Board of Registration in Nursing review annually, each nursing program in the Commonwealth for compliance with the Board’s Regulations. The Division of Nursing has received approval status annually from the Board of Registration in Nursing since 1982.
Department of Public Health
Bureau of Health Professions Licensure
Board of Registration in Nursing
250 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108-4619
Web: http://www.mass.gov/dph/boards/rn
Blog: http://publichealth.blog.state.ma.us
Email: nursing.admin@state.ma.us
In the year 2009, the Division of Nursing was awarded accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, for ten years, through 2023.
The baccalaureate degree programs in nursing, the master’s degree program in nursing, and the post-graduate APRN certificate program at American International College are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).
If you have any program related questions, please contact:
Director of Nursing
Ellen Furman
Ellen.Furman@aic.edu
413.205.3561
Clink link for access to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN):
https://www.ncsbn.org/contact-bon.htm
Click link for access to State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA):
https://nc-sara.org/guide/state-search
This course provides an overview of nursing informatics and electronic modalities that assist in patient and client management. The automation of data management through information systems, expert systems, and telecommunications will be examined in the context of healthcare informatics. The use of technology to help make decisions and to improve the health status of the individual, family, and community will be emphasized. Legal and ethical implications of informatics and technology in healthcare are addressed.
The legal and ethical aspects of the nurse’s role in leading and managing safe and effective patient-centered care are examined in this course The ethical responsibilities of the nurse as well as decision-making models related to healthcare situations will be discussed. The content focuses on the identification and analysis of legal and ethical concepts and principles underlying nursing practice and healthcare. Topics include an exploration of current ethical and legal issues that impact professional nursing and healthcare practice.
This course focuses on the development of nursing knowledge and the improvement of nursing practice through current relevant evidence. Research methods are examined and current issues are analyzed in relation to the implementation of evidence-based practice in selected settings. Content includes identification of clinical questions, analysis of evidence for potential solutions/innovations, planning and implementing practice changes, evaluating outcomes and identifying gaps in nursing knowledge. Process for leading and managing practice changes through the use of evidence based research to promote effective or positive patient outcomes are explored.
This course explores essential collaboration and communication skills for healthcare providers. Interprofessional collaboration and its significance in safe patient centered care is a focus of this course. Students will review the Interprofessional competencies and discuss the role of the nurse in improving Interprofessional collaboration in the healthcare setting. Professional written and oral communication as key to leading and managing safe patient care will also be addressed.
Objectives:
This course will examine the role of nursing in providing care to vulnerable populations within the community. Theories of community health and nursing practice will be discussed as well as concepts of health promotion and preventative care for vulnerable individuals, families, groups and communities. Content focuses on risk reduction, health maintenance, and promotion of high level wellness to individuals, families, and groups of all ages throughout the health continuum.
This course introduces global healthcare systems and models and their influence on health disparities in the delivery of healthcare. Content provides a foundation to examine factors influencing the health of communities and populations locally, nationally and globally. Basic public health principles and sciences are used to identify factors that influence promote and maintain health of populations. The use of epidemiological data and knowledge of environmental health, social determinants of health, genetics/genomics, and the influence of culture on health behaviors will be discussed.
Evidenced based practice and clinical reasoning are explored. Problem identification, problem solving, ethical standards and principles of research are the focus of a research proposal. Dissemination of research and translational research are analyzed for interdisciplinary practice.
Synthesis of theories and concepts related to critical thinking, clinical judgment or reasoning change theory, conflict Resolution, delegation, and changes that impact the healthcare delivery system is discussed. Theories and concepts related to leadership and management are presented. The aspects of the role of the nurse as leader and manager are explored in depth, with a special emphasis on the role of the nurse as change agent. The course will provide practical information for the practicing nurse to strengthen problem solving, decision- making, and critical thinking abilities, which are all vital in today’s rapidly changing healthcare delivery systems.
This course provides the student the opportunity to synthesize previous knowledge and skills in a supervised practicum experience with the guidance and approval of the faculty. The final project will integrate the academic and practical knowledge the students have acquired in their program. The clinical project provides students with the opportunity to explore a problem or issue of particular personal or professional interest that is related to one of the following nursing competencies: patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration, Evidence based practice, quality improvement, safety or informatics (QSEN: http://www.qsen.org). This final project will require the demonstration of the ability to think critically and creatively, to solve practical problems related to nursing practice or the facilitation of patient-centered care, to make reasoned and ethical decisions, and to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
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