History

The Department of Nursing at Fayetteville State University (FSU) was established in 1992 to provide baccalaureate education to registered nurses through an RN to BSN completion program.  Today, the department offers two tracks for students seeking the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree: the Generic Track (established in 2005) and the RN-BSN Completion Track.  Graduates of the program are nurse generalists who are prepared to function in six interrelated roles:  advocate, clinician, collaborator/coordinator, educator, leader, and consumer of research.  The program holds membership in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), a subsidiary of AACN, and holds initial approval by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.  The Department also holds membership in the National League for Nursing (NLN).