Nursing B.S. (RN to BSN Online Track)
Program Description
The RN to BSN online program is for students who have passed (or will pass within 7 weeks of acceptance into the program) the National Council Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) exam and who are recognized as registered nurses holding an unencumbered nursing license. The innovative curriculum for this track is offered in an online format and includes both direct and indirect practice experiences that impact health outcomes. The goal of the program is to cultivate the Care within professional practice, which supports educational mobility and strengthens community health and leadership opportunities.
RN to BSN Online Track Prerequisites and Curriculum
Recommended Schedule
A recommended course sequence for Nursing B.S. (RN to BSN Online Track) is provided for students as guidance to complete their major in four years.
Prerequisites (47 credits)
General Education Block Credits (38 credits)
RN to BSN students transferring from regionally accredited institutions of higher education are eligible to receive 38 General Education Block Credits that will be counted towards the RN to BSN prerequisites*. In addition to these 38 credits, the following additional general education courses must be completed prior to program completion and in some cases are prerequisites to core NURS courses:
English (3 credits)
Mathematics (3 credits)
| MATH 120 | Fundamentals of College Mathematics | 3.00 |
Constitution (3 credits)
| CH 203 | American Experience and Constitutional Change | 3.00 |
Curriculum (73 credits)
| NURS 409 | Theory of Caring Science | 3.00 |
| NURS 408 | Conceptual Bases of Nursing | 3.00 |
| NURS 366 | Nursing in the Global Environment | 3.00 |
| NURS 411 | Holistic Health Assessment | 3.00 |
| NURS 415 | Bioethics and Health Informatics | 3.00 |
| NURS 437 | Theory and Practice of Conscious Dying | 3.00 |
| NURS 330 | Biostatistics for Nursing | 3.00 |
| NURS 431 | Care of Aging Population | 3.00 |
| NURS 451 | Scholarly Inquiry of Nursing | 3.00 |
| NURS 461 | Engaging in Leadership & Health Policy | 3.00 |
| NURS 462 | Caring in Nursing Communities | 3.00 |
| NURS 463 | Synthesis of Professional Nursing | 3.00 |
| | NURS Prior Learning Credits from a Regionally Accredited ADN Program | 37.00 |
*Individuals who have graduated with an ADN from a nationally accredited institution of higher education and/or a nursing diploma program are welcome to apply. After a full transcript review, a program plan, including additional core education and/or nursing requirements in accordance with the NSC policy on transfer credits for Previous College or University Work as outlined in the course catalog at the time of admission will be provided to the student. The application of Gen Ed block credits as well as NURS prior learning credits is subject to transcript review in these instances.
Statistics Requirement: Effective Fall 2019, PSY 210 (or equivalent) will no longer fulfill the post-licensure statistics requirement. Students who are admitted to NSC for the Fall 2019 semester and beyond will be required to complete NURS 330.
Prior Learning Credits: To avoid repetition of coursework as the RN student transitions to BSN completion, recognition is given for prior nursing coursework from an accredited ADN, AS or Diploma nursing program and satisfactory completion of the NCLEX-RN licensure exam. Thus, students in the RN to BSN program receive a block transfer of 37 nursing credits which are automatically counted as upper division courses and 4-year college course credits even though these courses were not taken at NSC. These credits will be applied to the student’s transcript after successful completion of all RN to BSN requirements.
Summary of credit requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN Track)
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Core Curriculum
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47
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Major Requirements
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73
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Total Credits
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120
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