Nursing Program

The nursing program at Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences prepares students for careers in hospitals, convalescent centers, clinics, home care, and physician's offices. The program focuses on knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for the sick, disabled, infirmed, or other individuals or groups. Program courses include: administration of medication and treatments, assisting and physician during treatments and examinations, referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance. Get more details below including other Tennessee colleges that offer nursing program.

The Nursing program at Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for more than 24 years.

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Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences

601 College St, Clarksville, TN

Baptist College of Health Science is "Higher Education with a Higher Purpose"; providing faith-based education in health related careers. Baptist College offers programs in these in-demand programs:

• Biomedical Sciences
• Nuclear Medicine Technology
• Diagnostic Medical Sonographer 
• Nursing
• Health Care Management
• Radiation Therapy
• Medical Laboratory Science
• Respiratory Care
• Medical Radiography

BCHS is located in Memphis, Tennessee. BCHS maintains a partnership with Baptist Memorial Health Care, a local facility that allows students to get valuable hands-on training and interact with real patients!

Only about 11% of applicants are accepted and meet BCHS's strict standards, in total the small private college enrolls around 1,000 students every year. High school students are given priority as entering freshmen over transfer students and must meet GPA and college admission test standards. Admission requirements into individual major programs vary. Please check http://www.bchs.edu/academics and select your desired program to find out the admission requirements for your major.

BCHS has a comprehensive health center available for students, as well as a fitness center, and mental health counseling. Students are encouraged to visit the chapel and are required to participate in many spiritually related activities. Although BCHS teaches scientific classes, they believe that good practitioners are made from well-rounded individuals.

Students Enrolled in the Nursing Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences offers a bachelor's degree program in nursing.

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Registered Nurses

Description

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).