Nursing (Entry-Level BSN)

What to Expect Studying at Notre Dame of Maryland University

Small class sizes, faculty mentoring, and hands-on experiences offer an environment of individualized learning while clinicals, service-learning, and study abroad provide opportunities to transform the world.

Evidence-Based Practice Project Opportunities

As a nursing student, you will have opportunities to engage in evidence-based practice (EBP) projects both in the classroom and in clinical practice.

• In your second semester, you will design an EBP project in the Nursing Research course.  A required course for all students.
• During your pediatric rotation in Professional Nursing Care: Children and Families, you will participate in a group EBP project designed for the pediatric clinical setting.
• During your Clinical Practicum, you will have an opportunity to create a Transformational Practice Project.
• Faculty and staff teach the value of advocacy; advocacy for patients and their families. Research assignments are often built on this outcome and on the School of Nursing’s overall mission.

In Nursing, we teach the value of advocacy; advocacy for patients and their families. Research assignments are often built on this outcome and the School of Nursing’s mission overall.

Clinical Learning Experiences

You will have an opportunity to gain experience in a direct-care clinical setting at the start of first semester in the nursing program. You will take courses with a clinical learning component every semester from that point forward.

In direct-care learning experiences, you will have the opportunity to apply concepts learned in the classroom by working with patients and their families under the supervision of a clinical instructor.

Clinical Sites Include

• Greater Baltimore Medical Center
• LifeBridge Health
• MedStar Franklin Square
• MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
• MedStar Harbor Hospital
• MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
• Mercy Medical Center
• National Children’s Hospital
• Shepard Pratt
• The Johns Hopkins Hospital
• University of Maryland Medical Center
• University of Maryland St. Joseph’s Medical Center

Simulation Learning Experiences

In addition to clinical sites, you will spend time in our state-of-the-art simulation center, where you can practice responding to realistic nursing situations in a safe environment.