RN-BSN Program Requirements

RN-BSN NURSING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

A minimum of 125 semester credit hours is required for graduation.Students must fulfill all general education requirements and requirements for the nursing major.All RN-BSN applicants with 60 or more transfer credits will be considered for the reduced core.After completion of Walsh University’s 300-level nursing courses, students will receive 25 semester hours of escrow credit for previous learning.In addition, all support courses taken at another college or university will be considered for transfer credit.Decisions on granting of transfer credit are made by the Registrar in consultation with the Chair, Division of Nursing.

Program Requirements:

Biology (4 semester hours)

BIO 402 – Genetics or any upper level biology course

Chemistry (4 semester hours)

CHEM 200 – Or equivalent

Mathematics (3 semester hours)

Math 221 – Statistics

Nursing Coursework (29 semester hours)

NURS 300RN* - Theoretical Concepts for Nursing Practice (3 sem. hours)
NURS 301RN - Health Assessment & Promotion for Nursing Practice (4 sem. hours)
NURS 302RN - Critical Thinking in Clinical Reasoning (5 sem. hours)
NURS 340RN - Nursing with Families (3 sem. hours)
NURS 410RN - Nursing Research .. prereq. Math 221 (3 sem. hours)
NURS 420RN - Nursing with Aggregates (4 sem. hours)
NURS 430RN- Nursing Leadership (5 sem. hours)
NURS 450RN** - Professional Capstone (2 sem. hours)

(Credit for work experience (maximum of two nursing courses) is an option for the registered nurse by using the professional portfolio process.Students must develop a written agreement with the faculty member and then complete the Humanities 200 course in order to submit a portfolio).

*NURS 300RN must be the first nursing course taken

**NURS 450 must be taken in the last semester before graduation