Teaching and guiding the approximately 250 students enrolled in the School of Nursing's three programs are faculty members who are skilled practitioners and professional educators. The School is a charter member of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the North American Consortium for Nursing and Allied Health, and the Consortium in Higher Education in Health and Relationships in Europe. In the B.S.N. program, undergraduate students are admitted as freshmen into the Capital University School of Nursing and are assigned a faculty adviser to help ensure successful progression through the program. During the first year, students complete foundation studies, including biophysical sciences, social sciences, general education courses, and an introductory nursing course. Students continue taking nursing courses during the second year concurrently with additional School and University requirements.
Course work in nursing begins in the freshman year with an introduction to professional nursing.
Clinical practice begins in the laboratories of the School of Nursing under direct supervision of the faculty in the sophomore year. In an eight-week required summer school course following the sophomore year, students begin to care for clients in Columbus hospitals and community agencies. Students have access to virtually every major health facility in the area as they learn to care for newborns and families, children, adults, and the elderly who need perinatal, medical-surgical, psychiatric, and home care. During the senior year, students focus clinical work in community health nursing and in a senior colloquium and practicum. The practicum is a precepted learning experience.