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)Note, not all course are offered every semester, and students should work with the RN to BSN Advisor to develop individualized degree progression plans.

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)

ENG 102Composition II

3.00

Mathematics (3 credits)

MATH 120Fundamentals of College Mathematics

3.00

Constitution (3 credits)

CH 203American Experience and Constitutional Change

3.00

Curriculum (73 credits)

NURS 330Biostatistics for Nursing

3.00

NURS 366Nursing in the Global Environment

3.00

NURS 408Conceptual Bases of Nursing

3.00

NURS 409Theory of Caring Science

3.00

NURS 411Holistic Health Assessment

3.00

NURS 415Bioethics and Health Informatics

3.00

NURS 431Care of Aging Population

3.00

NURS 437ATheory and Practice of Conscious Dying

3.00

NURS 451Scholarly Inquiry of Nursing

3.00

NURS 461Engaging in Leadership & Health Policy

3.00

NURS 462Caring in Nursing Communities

3.00

NURS 463Synthesis 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 NSU 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 NSU 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 NSU.  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)

Core Curriculum

47

Major Requirements

73

Total Credits

120