Nursing Degrees Online

The School of Nursing offers the RN to BSN Completion program. Recognizing the complex difficulties that adult nurses face in returning to school to obtain a BSN, the School of Nursing has streamlined the curriculum to allow completion of nursing courses in 12 months. Nursing courses will be offered in the evenings and coordinated with the times that general education courses are taught. Students will be able to take some courses in an accelerated format. Competency testing for anatomy and physiology has been eliminated and RNs receive credit for recognition for completion of this content in their previous program. The course sequence and list of prerequisites are available form the nursing academic advisor.

RN-BSN students who have completed one year of clinical practice may develop an Individualized Plan of Study (IPOS) for the senior nursing courses. This plan developed during NUB 421 IPOS Seminar in the fall semester, will recognized professional experience of the RN and enable the student and course faculty to design specific goals and activities for completion of clinical objectives for NUB 401: Leadership and/or NUB 450: Community Health. This approach avoids duplication of experiences, allows flexibility in completing clinical hours, and enables the RN to design individualized activities that foster professional growth in relation to course objectives.

Students with a current unrestricted RN license receive 55 hours of advanced placement credit for nursing program courses upon the successful completion of a 5-hour transition course, NURS 350. Advanced placement credit is granted for the following courses:BIOL 215 Human A&P I 4
BIOL 215L Human A&P I Lab 1
BIOL 216 Human A&P II 4
BIOL 216L Human A&P II Lab 1
BIOL 222 Nutrition 3
HLTH 103 Intro to Health Science 2
HLTH 103L Intro to Health Sci Skills Lab 1
HLTH 211 Medical Terminology 3
NURS 111 Medication Math for Nurses 2
NURS 211 Basic Concepts of Nurs 2
NURS 211B Basic Concepts of Nurs Pract 1
NURS 211L Basic Concepts of Nurs Lab 2
NURS 215 Intro to the Nursing Process 3
NURS 222 Nursing Childrearing Family 2
NURS 222L Nursing Childrearing Clinical 2
NURS 223 Nursing Childbearing Family 2
NURS 223L Nursing Childbearing Clinical 2
NURS 301/L Mental Health & Clinical 5
NURS 302/L Young Adult & Clinical 4
NURS 321/L Middle Adult & Clinical 5
NURS 322/L Older Adult & Clinical 4

Upper-Division Nursing Courses
Students complete upper-division nursing courses through Individualized Study, with up to four months to complete each course with a faculty mentor, or through team learning. You may also be eligible to complete credit through such prior learning assessment methods as challenge testing and portfolio development; consult with the nursing course faculty member and a faculty advisor before registering for the Individualized Study class.

Before beginning clinical courses each student must identify someone willing to serve as a preceptor. Preceptor selections are subject to the program director’s approval; application packets are available in the nursing program office. NURS 350 Transition to Prof Nursing 5
NURS 212/L Health Assessment and Lab 3
NURS 225 Pathopharmacology 4
NURS 304 Legal Issues in Nursing 2
NURS 330 Nursing Research 2
NURS 401/L Complex Problems & Clinical 6
NURS 402/L Community Hlth & Clinical 6
NURS 420 Leadership in Nursing 3
NURS 421 Professional Trends & Issues 1
NURS 422 Capstone Clinical 6
NURS 430 Capstone Seminar 1