Once licensed, CUC nursing graduates will be equipped to work as nurses in a range of settings, including but not limited to:

• Intensive care
• Pediatrics
• Obstetrics
• Emergency department
• Health departments
• Research facilities
• Primary and specialty care practices
• Travel nursing

This rigorous program will prepare you to serve on the front lines of health care and take on the daily challenges of a rewarding career caring for others.

CUC’s program stands apart from the rest with:

• High-impact, simulated patient scenarios for advancing real-world learning and practice.
• Advanced practice nursing faculty who educate from “both sides of the bed”—teaching from the perspective of both bedside nurses and primary care providers.
• CUC’s Lutheran, Christian foundation that values individuals as members of God’s creation, unique and blessed with inherent worth. The University embraces the true meaning of vocation—your calling in life.
• A unique curriculum prepares you to think critically, build resilience, act professionally and advocate responsibly.
• Individual attention: boutique-sized program allows for continued one-on-one instruction beyond the initial years of smaller classes.
• Through robust theoretical and experiential learning, students will meet the eligibility requirements necessary to successfully gain licensure as a registered nurse generalist through completion of the National Council State Board of Nursing Examination (NCLEX-RN). Upon successful completion of the NCLEX, CUC nurse alumni will be prepared to assume the role of the registered nurse and help enhance the profession by becoming future nurse leaders.

Mission

The Concordia University Chicago Nursing program will prepare students for professional practice through academic rigor, accountability, integrity and excellence with a foundation of ethical decision-making and service to others that regards the inherent worth of all people.

Purpose

The purpose of the BSN program will be to prepare students to think critically, communicate effectively, work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team, and perform indicated therapeutic nursing interventions safely while applying an ethical perspective to decision making that regards the individual beliefs, values and customs of each person.

Concordia-Chicago’s brand-new Nursing Simulation Center is a state-of-the-art 4,500-square-foot modern facility dedicated to providing real-world learning opportunities that mirror those seen in the hospital setting.

The contemporary simulation and instruction lab is designed with four distinct learning spaces:

• Skills attainment lab
• Multispecialty intensive care spaces
• Health assessment learning center
• Simulated home environment

Each space is complete with lifelike patient simulators, realistic practice models and hospital-grade equipment, offering ample opportunity to practice and develop your nursing skills before and while being immersed in a clinical rotation.

Nursing is a unique, practice-oriented discipline that meets a societal goal. The science of nursing is concerned with critical thinking, problem solving and the application of knowledge. The art of nursing involves combining the science of nursing knowledge with interacting, caring and valuing. Through robust theoretical and experiential learning, students will meet the eligibility requirements necessary to successfully gain licensure as a registered nurse generalist through completion of the National Council State Board of Nursing Examination (NCLEX-RN). Upon successful completion of the NCLEX, CUC nurse alumni will be prepared to assume the role of the registered nurse and help enhance the profession by becoming future nurse leaders. The Concordia University Chicago BSN Program has developed student learning outcomes to create a strong foundation for practice-ready nurse graduates.

1. Demonstrate the core values of the University and LCMS by assuming responsibility and accountability for practice, by providing safe person-centered care that is respectful of the diversity of the human experience.
2. Utilize knowledge of nursing science with the foundation of a Lutheran based liberal arts education to develop critical thinking and sound judgement in the provision of holistic, compassionate, and coordinated care to individuals, families, and communities while promoting health and the prevention of disease.
3. Promote, provide, and collaborate in evidence-based, safe, person-centered care to individuals, families, and communities that is inclusive of diverse populations.
4. Incorporate the skills of critical thinking, communication, collaboration, negotiation, teaching and advocacy while participating in Interprofessional healthcare team.
5. Demonstrate management and leadership principles in complex health care systems that incorporates the art and science of nursing and promotes the collaboration with internal and external healthcare stakeholders.
6. Competently utilize technology and health information resources for self, colleagues, individuals, families, groups, and communities.
7. Demonstrate accountability for formal and informal experiences that promote both personal and professional growth and lifelong learning.

• A completed admission application for Concordia University Chicago.
• Official transcripts of all college coursework from each institution you have attended.
• Foreign transcripts evaluated by a Concordia-Chicago-approved international credentialing service. Concordia-Chicago accepts evaluations from Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE).
• A certified document pledging financial support for your first year of study and without any unexpected events, and enough funding from the same or an equally dependable source for the following years.
• Proof of graduation from a secondary school.
• A transfer verification form for students transferring from a school in the United States.
• Proof of English proficiency, via one of the following:
• A score of at least 72 (internet-based) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) — Concordia-Chicago’s DI code is 1140
• A score of 6.0 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
• Successful completion of Level 112 at an ELS Language School (ELS) or a certificate of completion of program from an English Language Institute (ELI), along with a recommendation of the program director
• Duolingo test with a minimum score of 95