Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing was established in 1884 and is the oldest school of nursing in Connecticut. The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) approved two-year diploma program in nursing offers an intensive curriculum designed to help the student achieve superior knowledge and skills.

The curriculum emphasizes the use of critical thinking in the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of physiological and psychosocial integrity in clients of all ages in the hospital and other structured community settings. The curriculum is based upon the premise that humans are holistic beings, composed of mind, body, and spirit, who are in constant interaction with their changing environment.

The organizational plan of the curriculum is composed of two levels and follows an academic calendar. The course of study is 69 weeks in length over a two-year period.

Source of official student records: Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing, 200 Mill Hill Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06610.

Titles of all evaluated learning experiences

Listed below are the titles of all evaluated learning experiences for this organization, grouped under two headings. Information on the college credit recommendation established for individual learning experiences in each of the two areas can be accessed through the links below:

Active Courses
Retired Courses

ACTIVE COURSES
Nursing 101 - Theoretical Foundations of Nursing
Nursing 102 - Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
Nursing 103 - Essentials of Family Centered Nursing
Nursing 104 - Fundamentals of Medical Surgical Nursing
Nursing 105 - Essentials of Family Centered Nursing
Nursing 200 - Transition for the LPN
Nursing 201 - Beginning Management of Client Care
Nursing 202 - Fundamentals of Psychiatric Nursing
Nursing 203 - Managing Care of Clients with Alterations in Physiological and Psychosocial Integrity
Nursing 204 - Advanced Management of Clients with Alterations in Physiological and Psychosocial Integrity
Nursing 205 - Professionalism in Nursing
Nursing 205 - Transition Into Practice

RETIRED COURSES
Nursing I, Level I
Nursing II, Level I
Nursing III, Level II
Nursing IV, Level II
Nursing V, Level II
Nursing 101, Level I
Nursing 102, Level I
Nursing 203, Level II
Nursing 204, Level II
Nursing 205, Level II