PROGRAM OF STUDY

The Baccalaureate Nursing Program for Registered Nurses provides men and women, who hold a diploma or associate degree in nursing, diverse opportunities for strengthening professional practice and serves as the foundation for advanced practice. A total of 120 credits is required — 61 credits in nursing and 59 credits in liberal arts and sciences. The residency credits requirement for R.N.s is 30.

HEALTH SCIENCES AND NURSING COURSES
CREDITS
Nutrition
2
Pharmacology
3
Altered Physiology
4
Health Assessment
3
Foundations for Nursing Practice
5
Acute and Chronic Health Problems of Adults
14
Parent-Child Health Nursing
8
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
5
Community Health Nursing and Leadership
8
Transcultural Perspectives in Health Care
2
Introduction to Research
3
Politics of Health Care
1

R.N.s  receive advance standing through transfer credits that can be awarded for comparable courses with a C+ or better grade.  Courses used for elective requirements may be transferred with a minimum grade of C-.  Biology and chemistry courses must be current within the last ten years.  Credit can also be earned through successful performance in challenge examinations in:

Adult Care
Parent Child Health
Psychiatric Mental Health

Diploma graduates may present certification in selected areas in lieu of challenge examinations. Diploma graduates upon completion of challenge examinations, and associate degree graduates receive credits for the following:

  CREDITS
Nutrition
2
Pharmacology
3
Altered Physiology I and II
4
Acute and Chronic Health Problems
14
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
5
Parent-Child Health Nursing
8

All R.N.s are required to take 25 credits of nursing in the following:

  CREDITS
Professional Transitions
3
Psycho-social Nursing
3
Health Assessment
3
Trans-cultural Perspectives in Health Care
2
Introduction to Research
3
Leadership and Management
2
Politics in Health Care
1
Community Health Nursing
8

ELECTIVES (select five)
Art
Classics
English Literature
Free Elective (Select from Liberal Arts Science or Nursing)
History
Modern Foreign Languages
Music
Philosophy
Religious Studies

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