Nursing

Keuka College offers programs in Nursing that culminate in BS, MS, and post-Master’s Certificate credentials. The BS with a major in Nursing, the MS Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, and the post-MS Certificate Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program curriculum are based primarily on The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (2021). This document highlights the core knowledge and skills necessary to address the needs of professional nursing practice and advanced nursing practice in the 21st century. This core knowledge and the accompanying skill sets and competencies are incorporated into both the didactic and clinical coursework. Aligned with this AACN document are the criteria elaborated by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Curriculum development is also guided by the ideas contained in the following publications of the American Nurses Association (ANA): Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (2021); and the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (2015).

Undergraduate Nursing Programs

The license-qualifying BS in Nursing program is designed for undergraduate students who desire a residential college experience and culminates in the BS degree with a major in Nursing. The graduate of this program is eligible to take the NCLEX-RN examination.

The RN to BS in Nursing program is designed for registered nurses (RNs) who have an associate's degree in nursing and an unencumbered New York State nursing license and wish to advance their careers in health care.

MS Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and Post-Master's Certificate

The MS in Nursing Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program is for baccalaureate prepared nurses who aspire to practice as an Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. There is a post-MS Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program for nurses who already possess a Master’s degree in Nursing.

The MS in Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program and the post-MS Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate programs are delivered online with a mandatory two day in-person on-site immersion each semester of the program. The faculty designed classroom, digital, and clinical learning experiences prepare the student to address the health needs of the adult and geriatric populations. A holistic approach to promote health and manage health deviations of adult clients in the primary care setting is the basis of the program plan of instruction. Students will complete the foundational core Master’s in Nursing course work which prepares them for interesting and meaningful clinical experiences. The concept of health will be examined through several lenses in order for students to fully realize the impact of health deviations on the patient within the family and community. Students will be immersed in interdisciplinary collaboration as they use evidence-based practice in the clinical setting to gain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for excellence in advanced nursing practice.

Baccalaureate Nursing Graduate Outcomes

1. Commitment to Diversity: the embodiment of values which recognize and respect human differences and similarities and are marked by openness, caring and empathy.
2. Communication Ability: proficiency in multiple forms of communication including verbal, nonverbal, written and technological; and extending to inter-professional and intra-professional settings with clients, colleagues, peers and populations across multiple settings.
3. Effective Thinking Ability: the use of evidence based critical and creative thinking to expand proficiency, to enhance client outcomes, and to advance the professional across all health care settings.
4. Therapeutic Nursing Interventions: focused action based on scientific rationale, best available evidence, and clinical expertise that are executed to affectively and effectively benefit the client and/or client population.
5. Experiential Learning: the ability to integrate the “knowing” of theory and the “doing” of action to develop strategies for exemplary care giving as well as personal development.
6. Personal and Professional Development: commitment to discovery and development of self at the personal and professional level, and to engage purposefully in ongoing professional growth and self-care activities.
7. Service and Reflection: ongoing engagement in a process of self-reflection in which self and others are mutually benefitted.
8. Professional Citizenship: ethical and empowered membership and functioning in the profession with both an inter- professional and intra-professional point of view.

Master's and Post-MS Nursing Graduate Outcomes

At the completion of the Master’s in Nursing Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program and the Post MS Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program, the graduate will:

1. Actively engage in collaborative relationships for the purpose of advancing healthcare by promoting high-quality, cost-effective, holistic advanced nursing practice in diverse settings within health systems and the communities.
2. Use evidence-based interventions, informatics, and educational strategies to promote, restore, maintain, and provide safe delivery of health care that is comprehensive and holistic.
3. Demonstrate exemplary clinical reasoning skills as well as practical and theoretical knowledge in clinical practice.
4. Synthesize knowledge to design, implement, and evaluate patient care and education as well as guide research.
5. Integrate theory and practice through reflection, research translation, implementation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and leadership.
6. Promote practice and education strategies that are respectful of diversity and are based on knowledge of the policies and political issues that influence the outcomes of care.
7. Acquire advanced knowledge and skills in a specialized area of nursing in order to plan and initiate change in the delivery of population focused healthcare.
8. Incorporate a commitment to life-long learning and competency in a specific advanced practice level functional role in nursing.

The MS in Nursing Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program and the Post MS Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program prepares graduates for positions in primary care outpatient settings serving adults age 18 years and older in health system and community settings.

The baccalaureate degree and master's degree in nursing at Keuka College Division of Nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The CCNE address is:
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
655 K Street NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20001
Telephone: (202) 887-6791

Admissions Requirements can be found in the Admissions section of the catalog.