Bachelor of Science in Nursing Archives

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A BSN tells employers you’re prepared to provide great care in the most complex situations. In your first two years, you’ll develop core skills like clinical judgment, written communication, intercultural competence, quantitative reasoning, applied knowledge, and problem-solving. In your third and fourth years, you’ll dive into nursing-specific courses that focus on theory, technology, and research. Need-based departmental scholarships are available.

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Rigorous, Hands-On Learning

From Classroom to Clinic

Solve real-world problems and build relationships with co-workers and employers in clinical settings. You’ll have the opportunity to work at partners including Cornwall Manor, Lebanon Valley Brethren Home (Londonderry), Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital.

High-tech Labs

Our brand-new nursing building is under construction. Come see for yourself on a campus visit! You’ll learn in our high-tech simulation and skills laboratories that contain briefing rooms, manikin simulators, and related hardware, software, and camera equipment.

Rekindling a Tradition

Employers love to hire LVC-educated health professionals, including physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, physicians, and athletic trainers.

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88.4%

Employers expressing a “strong preference” for BSN graduates

$77,600

Median salary, registered nurses, 2021

Projected growth for nurses, 2020–30

Career Opportunities

Nurses are in-demand, and a BSN degree can make you truly stand out. Studies indicate that patients realize better outcomes when treated by nurses with advanced training, and, increasingly, employers are seeking that designation.

Trauma Nurse
Medical-Surgical Nurse
Psychiatric Nurse
Legal Nurse Consultant
Trauma Nurse

Pediatric Nurse
Critical Care Nurse
Public Health Nurse
Home Health Nurse
Nurse Educator

In Their Words

Helping Communities

I look forward to creating a suite of nursing programs, including accelerated options, so we can graduate nurses at all levels to help meet the region’s and country’s nursing shortage, and to make an impact throughout their communities.

Dr. Colleen Marshall, founding chair and associate professor of nursing

Rewarding Work

The most rewarding part of being a nurse is seeing patients leave the ICU. When parents trust you enough to leave their child in your care, or when they share moments of their child’s life with you, it is a feeling like no other.

Christina Mentzer ’18, Nurse, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital