Associate of Science (Nursing)

The Associate of Science in Nursing will deliver quality, innovative, nursing education, and typify excellence in nursing practice. It has been developed and endorsed in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the Bermuda Hospitals Board, and other key stakeholders in nursing throughout the Island. The curriculum was developed utilising the American Nurses Association standards and the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) standards. It integrates a strong liberal arts core, and a nursing core alongside sound clinical practice, ensuring graduates receive superior instruction and deliver high quality care, along with critical palliative skills that respect the dignity of all patients.

The programme includes clinical opportunities both locally and overseas, hence students must commit to travelling to obtain clinical exposure with key clinical partners overseas. Students must possess the appropriate travel documents and identification required for the overseas clinical experience.

Students will be admitted into the first nursing course Introduction to Professional Nursing (NUR 1101) upon completion of the Arts and Science requirements for the nursing programme if they have met the following:

• Programme (Enrolment) GPA of not less than 2.67 or higher in the Arts and Science prerequisites.

Once accepted into the nursing programme students must submit the following:

• Current Health Insurance and Travel Insurance
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life
• Support (CPR & AED)
• SCARS Certification
• Moving and Handling completion card
• Hair Follicle Drug Screening results (to be provided annually)
• Current Immunisation Record
• Bermuda Police Record Check
• Completed Medical Form

To satisfy requirements for graduation students must achieve a final programme (enrolment) GPA of at least 2.67 in the nursing programme. Upon successful completion, graduates will be competitively equipped with the knowledge and competencies to function as a professional nurse, and have the ability to apply for licensure through examination.  

Accreditation

The Associate of Science Nursing program at Bermuda College at 21 Stonington Road, Paget, Bermuda is accredited by the:

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400
Atlanta, GA 30326(404) 975-5000

The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the associate nursing program is initial accreditation. View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this program on the ACEN website.