Nursing
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On Campus
Combine Compassion and Expertise
You’ll benefit from Miami’s liberal arts and professional nursing courses, learning communication and technical skills. The program focuses on health promotion and restoration for clients, families, and populations. You can choose among a wide range of clinical experiences and participation with health-related community organizations.
Contact Info
Get in TouchThe demand for nurses is projected to increase more than any other profession due to the increased care needs of the aging population and the anticipated retirement of seasoned RNs in the field. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a need for over 1 million new nurses in the next decade.
Two Location Options
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Oxford Campus BSN
Miami’s Nursing major in Oxford, Ohio offers a competitive, rigorous program to selected high school applicants who seek a residential college experience.
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Regional Campus BSN
The Miami Regionals BSN program at the Hamilton, Ohio campus prepares graduates for leadership and management roles, including research associate, and occupational health nurse.
Curriculum and Courses
This program provides a balance of liberal arts and professional nursing courses. Emphasis is on the nursing process as it pertains to health promotion and health restoration for clients, families, and populations in communities and in acute care settings. Students receive an introduction to clinicals at the end of the sophomore year and participate in off-campus clinicals two days per week during the junior and senior years.
Exceptional Clinical Experiences
Our hospital and clinical agencies are located in the Cincinnati, Dayton, Fairfield, Hamilton, Middletown, and Oxford areas, including the following:
- Atrium Medical Center
- Children’s Medical Center of Dayton
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
- Fort Hamilton Hospital
- McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital
- Mercy Fairfield Hospital
- Miami Valley Hospital
- The Christ Hospital
- West Chester Hospital
Community Partnerships
Our students have multiple opportunities to partner with organizations to improve health and safety in the local communities. These include projects to improve mental health access, women’s health and education, and pediatric health promotion.
At Miami, there is something for everyone
Course CatalogCareer Options
All Miami BSN graduates will be qualified to take the National Council Licensing Examination – RN (NCLEX-RN) to become an RN registered nurse in Ohio or any other state. The BSN program prepares graduates for roles in all areas of nursing, including acute care settings in medical-surgical, maternal newborn, operating room, emergency, and intensive care. Other non-acute care settings that attract our graduates include home care, school nursing, rehab facilities, extended care facilities, health clinics, and public health roles.
Facts and Stats
Your college experience here will be one of the most exciting times of your life. To make sure of this, we’ll provide you with a powerful support system.
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90%
First-to-second year retention
Miami University Data
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21st
Among Public Universities in the United States for Four-Year Graduation Rate
The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac
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96%
of 2018-2019 graduates who were employed or furthering their education by fall 2019
Miami University Data
Testimonials
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There are so many opportunities. You can have different careers within one career. Labor and delivery, pediatrics, older adults, legal nurse consultant, advanced practice nursing — the sky is really the limit.
Susan Hammer
Director of Nursing Resource Center
This is Where Your Journey to Miami University Begins.
Explore what it means to be a college student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where students prepare to go anywhere and everywhere. We’ll be here to help every step of the way as you prepare for college admission, enrollment, and success.
Our clinical agencies require us to have current health and safety documentation on file for all students. Beginning sophomore year of the program, all students will be required to submit annual documentation of liability insurance, CPR certification, health screenings immunizations (Tuberculosis, Tdap, MMR, hepatitis B, varicella, influenza), and criminal background check.
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