The Nursing Career
The profession of nursing with the designation of registered nurse, can be attained by different educational levels. The Associates of Nursing degree takes three years, and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree takes four years.

Purpose of Pre-Nursing Program
The purpose of the pre-nursing curriculum at Greenville College is to prepare students for admission into a clinical program that will complete the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. The prerequisites for a clinical nursing program are completed at Greenville College.

The student then transfers to an upper division, two-year nursing school. Greenville College is affiliated with the Mennonite College of Nursing in Bloomington, Illinois, from which the student will receive a BSN degree. However, the student may apply to other nursing schools.

St. John's Hospital in Springfield has a service-oriented program which is similar to Mennonite. Another possibility would be an accelerated nursing program (12-15 months) designed for students who have already completed a college degree. St. Louis University is the closest school offering this type of training.

Liberal Arts Education
Some of the advantages for getting the first two or three years of a nursing program at a liberal arts college are:

• An education of the whole person gives a nurse a better understanding of themselves and their role in the world.
• A better understanding of people from a broad perspective gives the nurse a better understanding of patients.
• A liberal arts education gives the nurse windows of opportunity for relating with patients in areas other than their problem.
• The science learned is broad-based science that can be used in areas other than the nursing field.
• The Greenville emphasis on building servant leaders provides an excellent model for the nursing career.
• The Christ who Greenville honors is the best model of a healer.

Accreditation
Greenville College is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, as well as several other academic affiliations.

Mennonite College of Nursing
Mennonite College of Nursing, to which Greenville is affiliated, is the oldest private college of Nursing in Illinois. MCN is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the National League of Nursing.

It is associated with a multi-faceted health care system named BroMenn Healthcare, which is owned by churches located in Central Illinois representing several denominations. It places students in three hospitals, three foundations, and three community health services, a wellness center and a consultant business in the Bloomington area.

MCN offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, and a Master of Science in Nursing degree, the Family Nurse Practitioner.

St. John's College Department of Nursing
St. Johns College originated as St. John's Hospital School of Nursing in 1886 and is the oldest Catholic hospital nursing school in the United States. It reorganized in 1991, establishing its present form. It is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools to grant the Baccalaureate in Nursing (BSN).

The majority of the clinical training is at St. John's Hospital, which is also affiliated with the SIU Medical School, whose library facilities they share. St. John's College has its own well-equipped nursing training laboratories.

Usual requirements for entrance into the 3rd and 4th year BSN Nursing colleges:

• ENG 101 - English composition
• ENG 201 - Literature and Composition
• COM 101 - Speech Communication (or other speech course with public speaking component)
• PHL 201 - Major Issues in Philosophy (or other philosophy class)
• BIO 110 - General Biology
• BIO 250 - Human Anatomy & Physiology
• BIO 260/360 - Microbiology
• CHM 111 - General Chemistry
• CS 101 - Introduction to Personal Computers
• MTH 106 - Finite Mathematics
• PSY 101 - General Psychology
• PSY/SOC 202 - Statistics
• PSY 212 - Developmental Psychology
• SOC 101 - Principles of Sociology (or course of student's choice from Sociology Department)
• Nutrition - offered every third interterm
• Humanities & Fine Arts electives - 4 hrs.
• Medical Terminology is highly recommended.

*In addition, St. Louis University requires a degree, and ethics (for Philosophy).