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Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion
[RN to BSN] (Online) Curriculum

With the approval of the Iowa Board of Nursing in December 2012, the School of Nursing will begin to offer a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion Curriculum (RN to BSN) starting in fall 2013.  Shown below is that new curriculum. To see the 2012-13 or previous curriculum plans, please visit the college catalog section of the website.

Transferrable Courses

CR

Registered Nurse Licensure

39

LAS Courses*

27*

*Option #1 and Option #4 of the Iowa Articulation Plan allows determination of how course work is transferred.

 

Applied Credit from RN education

66

BSN Courses

CR

NSG 411 BSN Professional Role

3

NSG 412 Health Assessment in Nursing

4

NSG 416 Information and Financial Management in Nursing

4

NSG 418 Introduction to Research and Evidence Based Practice

3

NSG 417 Principles of Teaching/Learning

3

NSG 330's Courses choose 3 of the following:

3

NSG 330 Pain/Palliative Care/End of Life Care
NSG 331 Social Injustice/Global Health
NSG 332 Gerontology
NSG 333 Genomics
NSG 334 Political Activism
NSG 335 Spirituality
NSG 337 Neuroscience Trends

 

NSG 481 Community Health Nursing

4

NSG 483 Theories of Leadership and Management

4

NSG 485 BSN Professional Role II

3

Total Hours

31

Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses

Humanities Courses

CR

*ENG 101 English Composition I

3

ENG 102 English Composition II

3

PHI 110/301 Critical Thinking in a Diverse World

3

PHI 280 Caring in a Diverse Health Care Environment

3

PHI 320 Bioethics or PHI 314 Ethics

3

Art, Music, Film, or Literature

3

Religion or Philosophy

3

Total Hours

21

Natural Sciences Courses

CR

*BIO 203 Microbiology (with Lab)

4

*BIO 180 Human Anatomy (with Lab)

4

*BIO 185 Human Physiology (with Lab)

4

*BIO 302 Pathophysiology

3

CHE 101 General Chemistry (with Lab)

4

NTR 300 Applied Nutrition

3

Total Hours

25

Social Sciences Courses                             

CR

*PSY 101 General Psychology

3

*PSY 202 Developmental Psychology

3

SLP 999 Service Learning Project

0

*SOC 102 Sociology

3

Total Hours

9

Mathematical Sciences Courses                    

CR

STA 330 Bio Statistics

3

Total Hours

3

BSN Degree Completion Program Total

125

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