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5 Year Traditional Plan of Study

 

FIRST YEAR

 

Fall Semester

Hours

CHM 111

Fundamentals of General Chemistry

3

RSP 102

Culture of Collegiate Life

1

THL 100

Christianity in Context

3

RSP 120

Strategies for Academic Success

2

 

Skills (ENG 150 required if ENG ACT score is Below 22 or SAT Verbal score below 500)

3

 

Total

12

 

Spring Semester

 

CHM 112/113

Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry/Lab

4

SOC 101

ANT 111

SOC 223 

Self & Society   or

 Human Variation   or

Social Problems

3

ENG 120

World Literature I

3

PHL 107

Critical and Historical Introduction to Philosophy

3

NUR 116

Opportunities in Professional Nursing

1

 

Total

14

 

Semester Hours

26

 

SECOND YEAR

 

Fall Semester

Hours

BMS 111

Basic Human Anatomy

4

PSY 111

Introductory Psychology

3

THL 200

Level

3

 

Elective

3

 

Total

13

 

Spring Semester

 

BMS 303

Physiology

4

HIS 101

Modern Western World

3

THL/PHL 250

Ethics

3

 

Skills

3
 

Total

13

 

 Semester Hours

26

 

THIRD YEAR

 

Fall Semester

Hours

MIC 141

Microbiology

4

NUR 224

Health Assessment

2

NUR 225

Health Assessment Practicum

1

NUR 228

Lifespan Development

3

NUR 361

Informatics in Health Care

2

NUR 362

Informatics in Health Care Practicum

1

 

Total

13

 

Spring Semester

 

NUR 252

Human Pathophysiology

3

NUR 253

Human Pathophysiology Practicum

1

ENG 121

World Literature II

3

NUR 223

Nutrition

2

NUR 354

Power, Politics & Policy in Health Care (with permission from Associate Dean of Student Affairs)

0 or 2

 

Skills

3

 

Total

12-14

 

Semester Hours

25-27

 

FOURTH YEAR

 

Fall Semester

Hours

NUR 351

Care Management Concepts for Health Promotion, Maintenance, and Restoration

5

NUR 352

Care Management Practicum I

4

NUR 341

Nursing Management of Pharmacotherapy

3

NUR 377

Research for Health Professionals

3

 

Total

15

  Spring Semester  

NUR 353

Principles of Population-Based Health Care

3

NUR 371

Care Management Processes for Episodic & Chronic Health Alterations I

5

NUR 372

Care Management Practicum II

5

NUR 354

Power, Politics & Policy in Health Care

2 or 0

 

Total

13-15

 

 Semester Hours

28-30

 

FIFTH YEAR

 

Fall Semester

Hours

NUR471

Care Management Processes for Episodic & Chronic Health Alterations II

5

NUR 472

Care Management  Practicum III

5

NUR 473

Leadership for Care Management

2

NUR 474

Applied Nursing Ethics

3

 

Total

15

 

Spring Semester

 

NUR 481

Senior Seminar in Professional Nursing

2

NUR 482

Senior Preceptorship

10

 

Total

12

 

Semester Hours

27

Total Semester Hours  = 134

Approved 2/21/2000; Revised 1/23/2004; Revised 4/29/2005; 5/09/2006

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