BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING DEGREE
REGISTERED NURSE ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM
Registered Nurses with either an Associate Degree or Diploma
in Nursing may be admitted to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Degree Program and be given advanced placement. Advanced placement
will be granted according to the option selected by the student
as described in the Iowa articulation plan for registered nurses
wising to obtain the B.S.N. degree. Students should discuss these
options with an admission counselor and a nursing faculty advisor
before deciding on a specific option. Depending upon the amount
of previous credit transferred, R.N. students will need 10 or
more course credits in the program to meet requirements for graduation.
The student must also meet the college residency
requirement.
RN students must satisfactorily complete:
| 1. |
NUR-365 |
Pathophysiology and Nursing Process before enrolling in
the senior-level clinical nursing courses |
| 2. |
NUR-405 |
Managing Risk and Risk Assessment in Health and Disease |
| 3. |
NUR-425 |
Nursing Research |
| 4. |
Minimum of three nursing electives
(choose from the following courses): |
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NUR-135 |
Human Sexuality |
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NUR-155 |
Cultural Aspects of Health Care |
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NUR-255 |
Topics in Health Care |
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NUR-245 |
Women’s Health and Health Care Issues |
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NUR-385 |
Alternative Therapies for Health and Healing |
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NUR-215 |
Developing Relationships: Opportunities for Growth |
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NUR-375 |
Ethical Issues in Health Care |
| 5. |
A minimum of three electives on
campus, one of which must be: |
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PSY-215 |
Statistical Methods in the Behavioral Sciences |
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OR |
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STA-200 |
Statistical Reasoning I- Statistical Foundations |
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And |
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STA-210 |
Statistical Reasoning IIA-Inferential Statistics |
| 6. |
A letter of intent to enter senior-level
clinical nursing courses must be filed with the Department
of Nursing prior to entrance into the degree program. |
| 7. |
The folowing senior-level clinical
nursing course: |
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NUR-455 |
Leadership and Contemporary Issues in Nursing and Clinical
Application 2 course credits |
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