University of Mary Washington approved for 1+2+1 residential nursing program

Beginning fall 2015, students in a unique nursing program at the University of Mary Washington will be able to live on the Fredericksburg campus while taking courses at both the university and Germanna Community College (GCC).

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Academic Partnership Plan (BSN-APP), commonly referred to as the “1+2+1” BSN Plan, recently received approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges,  the accreditation body for degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern region.

Through the program, students complete required liberal arts and nursing prerequisite courses at UMW and Germanna during the first year; attend the community college during the second and third years to complete an associate’s degree in nursing; then return to UMW for course work during the fourth year to complete the BSN-completion program.

“This partnership allows UMW students to major in nursing,” according to Pamela McCullough, director of the UMW’s BSN-completion program in a news release. “Students can experience the rich residential life of the university while attending both UMW and Germanna.”

The program is one of the nursing education initiatives taking place through partnerships with Germanna Community College and Mary Washington Healthcare. The BSN Concurrent Enrollment program has also received approval from SACS-SOC and will start in fall 2015.The BSN-Completion program began accepting students in June 2014 and currently has 33 registered nurses enrolled to complete their degree. The first cohort of students will graduate in spring 2016.

For more information about the 1+2+1 program, please visit http://cas.umw.edu/bsn-program/or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).