RN to BSN

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The RN to BSN Nursing Program is designed for and limited to individuals who are licensed as registered nurses (RN) in the United States. This Program is designed to articulate with many two-year Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) programs. The RN to BSN Program prepares registered nurses to assume leadership roles as an integral nurse at the bedside, within an organization, in the community, and in the profession.

The Program provides a unique and innovative nursing curriculum that is based upon the Theory of Integral Nursing. Through its integrative care focus, this Program prepares nurses to provide holistic, intentional, relationship-centered care that addresses individual and collective health.

The Program requires 120-122 credit hours for graduation that include: 1) forty credits of lower-division courses, to include nursing courses from an Associate Degree in Nursing program that will be applied toward the BSN degree; 2) general education courses; 3) support courses; and 4) a total of thirty-four credits of upper-division courses: 31 nursing credits and 3 upper division elective credits.

The RN to BSN Program is offered in a fully online format.

General Education (31 CR)

See Northern’s General Education Offerings .

Area I. Communications (6 CR)

ENGL 1110 - Composition I 3 CR

Choose one of the following courses:

ENGL 1120 - Composition II 3 CR
ENGL 1210 - Technical Communications 3 CR

Area II. Mathematics (3 CR)

Required:

MATH 1350 - Introduction to Statistics 3 CR

Area III. Laboratory Science (4 CR)

Required:

Area IV. Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 CR)

Required:

PSYC 1110 - Introduction to Psychology 3 CR

Area V. Humanities (3 CR)

Elective 3 CR

Area IV. Fine Arts (3 CR)

Elective 3 CR

Additional Nine Credit Hours (9 CR)

COMM 1130 - Public Speaking 3 CR

Choose one of the following Civics Courses (3 CR)

Choose one of the following STEMH recommended courses (3 CR)

ENVS 2130 - Critical Thinking in Science 3 CR
PSYC 2120 - Developmental Psychology 3 CR Required

Program Requirements

Required Lower-Division Coursework (40 CR)

Forty credits of lower-division courses, to include nursing courses from ADN program, will be applied toward the BSN degree.

Support Courses (15-17 CR)

NUTR 2110 - Human Nutrition 3 CR
BIOL 2225 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 3 CR
BIOL 2225L - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab 1 CR
BIOL 2310 - Microbiology 3 CR
BIOL 2310L - Microbiology Lab 1 CR
Pathophysiology (4-6 cr) can be lower-or upper division courses

RN to BSN Program Curriculum (34 CR)

A minimum of 34 credits of upper-division courses must be completed, to include 31 credits of required upper-division nursing courses and 3 credits of upper division electives.

NURS 4400 - Nursing in Transition and NURS 4401 - Integral Nursing Theory must be the first two courses taken in the curriculum.

They may be taken concurrently with the following courses: NURS 4410 - An Integrated Approach to Evidence-Based Practice ; NURS 4420 - Integral Health Assessment ; NURS 4430 - Complementary and Integrative Therapies in Nursing ; NURS 4440 - Health Issues, Policy and Politics in Health Care (WIC) ; NURS 4450 - Community and Global Health I .

NURS 4480 - Integral Nursing Capstone Course is the last course taken in the program.

NURS 4400 - Nursing in Transition 2 CR
NURS 4401 - Integral Nursing Theory 3 CR
NURS 4410 - An Integrated Approach to Evidence-Based Practice 3 CR
NURS 4420 - Integral Health Assessment 3 CR
NURS 4430 - Complementary and Integrative Therapies in Nursing 3 CR
NURS 4440 - Health Issues, Policy and Politics in Health Care (WIC) 3 CR
NURS 4450 - Community and Global Health I 3 CR
NURS 4451 - Community and Global Health II 4 CR
NURS 4460 - Integral Communication and Teaching 2 CR
NURS 4470 - Transformational Leadership in Nursing 3 CR
NURS 4480 - Integral Nursing Capstone Course 2 CR
Electives 3 credits of upper-division electives 3 CR

Total Credits: 120-122

(Includes a Total of 135 Clinical Hours)