Full time for 16 months • Cohort Model
Charlotte and Providence Start Dates: Jan 6, 2025 (Spring) • May 5, 2025 (Summer) • Aug 25, 2025 (Fall)
STUDENTS ENROLLED AT THE CHARLOTTE CAMPUS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A $15,000 SPRING 2025 COHORT SCHOLARSHIP
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JWU is excited to announce our new Accelerated Second Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN), an accelerated program designed for individuals who already hold an earned bachelor’s degree or higher and wish to pursue nursing as a career. The ABSN program is aligned with the university’s current strategic plan and is designed to help address the nationwide nursing shortage.
Nursing courses will be completed over four sequential, full-time semesters during this 16-month program, which is offered at JWU’s Providence, Rhode Island and Charlotte, North Carolina campuses.
The “cohort model” means that the small group you start with (your “cohort”) stays together through the duration of the program, forming a close bond and growing as practitioners together.
The university’s decades of hospitality and culinary excellence provide the foundation for JWU’s patient-centered, empathetic, and holistic approach to healthcare education.
Complete the signup form below to receive program updates and other information about our Nursing program. Choose your campus preference: Providence or Charlotte.
Throughout the admissions process, you’ll receive personalized support from a dedicated enrollment counselor to guide you and help answer your questions. Filling out this form is also a way to connect with an enrollment counselor and verify your eligibility for the program.
Applications are now open via NursingCAS for Providence and Charlotte. To apply:
Interprofessional education (IPE) is a cornerstone of JWU’s College of Health & Wellness, and it has proven effective for setting students up for success in a team-based, cooperative workplace.
What does this mean for you?
As healthcare becomes more reliant on technology and big data to inform treatment and management modalities, team-based competencies have become crucial for delivering effective, patient-centered care.
JWU’s program emphasizes the interdisciplinary and interprofessional connections between our health-focused majors so that students can see how the same concept is applied in different areas. Our students are educated alongside the colleagues they will ultimately work with once they graduate — an approach designed to stretch their ability to see things from different perspectives and enable them to be better clinicians and practitioners.
“The program aims fill the theory-practice gap, enabling our students to be ready to meet the challenges of today’s ever-changing healthcare industry,” notes Kiley Medeiros, interim program director for the Providence ABSN. “We are able to offer multi-disciplinary, interprofessional, simulation, and various hands-on clinical experiences to prepare our students to enter the healthcare workforce as a new registered nurse, and ultimately improve health outcomes.”
The program culminates in clinical rotations that provide hands-on experience and exposure to different specialties in healthcare, including pediatrics, obstetrics, acute care, mental health and community health. From working with healthcare professionals to understanding the complexities of delivering care as a team, it is a great way to apply and sharpen the skills learned as part of the Nursing foundation at JWU.
At the end of August, JWU leaders joined healthcare professionals from across the state and JWU’s 32 brand-new nursing students to unveil the nursing facilities that are home to the program.
“When we made the decision to pursue a nursing program, we knew we had to provide our students with top-of-the line facilities and equipment to meet our high standard of academic excellence,” Providence Campus President Marie Bernardo-Sousa said at the event.
The program aims to fill the theory-practice gap, enabling our students to be ready to meet the challenges of today’s ever-changing healthcare industry.KILEY MEDEIROS
The mission of JWU’s Nursing program is to prepare graduates for professional nursing roles in an ever-changing healthcare environment and global community while practicing intellectual curiosity that promotes lifelong learning.
Nursing care and nursing education require competence to meet the needs of a diverse and ever-fluid healthcare and academic environment. These competencies require nurses and educators to continuously expand their underlying knowledge and skill base to allow for the acceptance and awareness of new evidence-based practices and approaches to client care that are diverse and inclusive to all.
We reach these competencies through opportunities for our students, graduates, and faculty to engage in real-world learning opportunities focused on interprofessional relationships, assisting clients of all health populations, socio-economic/educational levels, and age groups to manage their health status with respect, dignity, and purpose.
JWU’s program design is based on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)’s 2021 Essentials, which broadly defines the following 10 domains of competence:
• Knowledge for Nursing Practice
• Person-Centered Care
• Population Health
• Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline
• Quality and Safety
• Interprofessional Partnerships
• Systems-Based Practice
• Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
• Professionalism
• Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development
Once completed, graduates of JWU’s program will be prepared to take the NCLEX-RN(r), the national licensing exam for registered nurses. (Individual states may require specific licensing or professional certification in addition to earning a degree in order to practice in the field. For more information, visit the JWU Catalog’s Licensure & Professional Certification Disclosures.)
Both campuses have fully functional simulation centers designed to mimic a wide range of medical scenarios across the patient lifespan. They can accommodate up to 40 students and faculty.
“Our students are going to be practice ready on day one, and that is one of the big focuses and goals of our program,” explains Medeiros.
Functional specs for the Centers are as follows:
JWU Providence’s Nursing program is located in the newly-renovated Johnson Hall. The second floor houses offices and meeting spaces, with the Simulation Center on the third floor.
A short walk away is the Academic Center, which serves as a hub of interprofessional experiential learning for students across the university’s College of Health & Wellness, including those in occupational therapy, dietetics and applied nutrition, exercise and sport science, health science and public health.
Charlotte’s Nursing program will be housed on the fifth floor of the Academic Center, adjacent to the Biology classrooms.
8-Laerdal® Human Patient Simulators
Laerdal® Sim-Cloud
Laerdal® Sim-Capture
Various Task Trainers
Sim2Grow
Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI)
SEMESTER 2:
SEMESTER 3:
SEMESTER 4:
Note: Sample courses are in development at this stage and may change slightly by the time this program is rolled out. This is a partial listing only.
Note that the ABSN program is a second bachelor’s degree program, and the availability of Federal Financial Aid may be limited based on any aid you have already accepted. Scholarships are available.
If you have questions about your aid eligibility, potential scholarships, or other available education loan options as you consider this program, complete the request information form; an ABSN admissions counselor will reach out to arrange an appointment with a JWU Financial Planner to discuss your options.
The following are criteria for admission into the Nursing Program:
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage interested applicants to complete the application process early, as our class number is limited.
Yes. Applicants may apply if they still have a prerequisite course in progress. However, if the applicant is admitted into the Nursing program, that admission will be contingent on successful completion of the pre-requisite course with the required grade and GPA. The applicant must submit and updated official transcript indicating the completion of the course.
Yes. Accepted applicants must complete their bachelor’s degree and all prerequisite course work prior to program enrollment.
Prerequisite courses may be taken at any regionally accredited institution. In order to ensure that the coursework you are considering taking meets the Nursing program’s admission requirements, we recommend that you contact JWU Admissions’ Transfer & Testing Office to evaluate the course. All prerequisite courses are offered at JWU.
JWU’s Nursing program is designed to be completed in a cohort format. All 60 credits of nursing courses must be taken, in sequence, at Johnson & Wales University. Unfortunately, JWU does not accept transfer credits from other nursing programs.
Official transcripts from every college or institution you have attended or attempted coursework should be submitted with your application through CAS. If you are conditionally accepted, your official transcript showing your pre-requisite class grades and bachelor degree conferral (if applicable) should be sent directly from your other college/university to the Admissions Office at the appropriate campus or uploaded securely here.
JWU’s Nursing program has limited capacity to admit students. It is not uncommon for applicants to receive a waitlist notification. You will be notified as soon as possible if your status changes from “waitlisted” to “accepted.” (Keep in mind that JWU does not reveal your rank on the list of waitlisted applicants.)
Admission decisions are made by an admissions committee within the Nursing Program, but the admission process is centralized through JWU’s office of Admissions.
JWU’s ABSN program cost is structured with a student-first approach. Our inclusive program cost accounts for many benefits and services at no additional cost, including uniforms, textbooks, access to the Laerdal Simulation Lab, and more. Additional estimated expenses outside of the total program cost may include criminal background checks, health insurance, and others. For more information, visit Tuition & Fees.
This is a cohorted, second-degree, accelerated program that is roughly 16 months, or 4 sequential semesters from start to finish. The first cohort started at JWU’s Providence Campus in Fall 2023; the JWU Charlotte program began on May 6, 2024.
Most classes are offered in a traditional, in-person capacity. However, several of the courses are delivered in an asynchronous online model.
Nursing programs are very rigorous, intense, and time-consuming. The Nursing Program at JWU must be completed at a full-time status. Some students are able to manage to work part time or less during the program. It is strongly recommended that nursing students do not work full time while enrolled.
Refer to the listing below to contact Luis Faria (Providence) or Jessica Manglicmot (Charlotte).
The Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) Program at Johnson & Wales University will be evaluated for accreditation by a team of program evaluators from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), a nationally recognized accrediting agency, from September 16-18, 2024.
The public is invited to provide written comments regarding the program’s qualifications for accreditation.
All comments submitted to CCNE must be written in English, consistent with the policy on Conduct of Business in English by CCNE, and received by August 26, 2024.
Comments regarding Johnson & Wales University’s Nursing Program will be shared with the program evaluators prior to evaluation, but will not be shared with the program, the CCNE Accreditation Review Committee or the Board of Commissioners. During the review of the program the evaluation team considers third-party comments, if any, that relate to the accreditation standards.
Please submit your written comments to the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education by email or mail comments to:
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
Attention: Third-Party Comments
655 K Street NW
Suite 750
Washington, DC 20001
To participate in the Nursing program, each student, with or without reasonable accommodations, must be able to safely meet minimum technical standards as described for this program:
Luis Faria
ABSN Admissions Counselor for Nursing and Health Sciences
Email
Jessica Manglicmot
ABSN Admissions Counselor for Nursing and Health Sciences
Email
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Johnson & Wales University is pursuing initial accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791. Applying for accreditation does not guarantee that accreditation will be granted.