Entry Level BSN Program
Course Requirements
General Education
| Course | Semester Hours |
|---|---|
| Written communication (Any written communications course) | 3 |
| Social behavioral sciences (One PSYC, any introductory ANTH/SOCL, Human Growth and Development) | 9 |
| Humanities (Any ARTS, HIST, HUMN, LITR PHIL, or foreign language) | 3 |
| Math (Statistics) | 3 |
| Natural/physical sciences (Anatomy and physiology, at least 6 semester hours with lab (5 semester hours of anatomy and physiology with 3 semester hours of biology may be substituted); chemistry, at least 3 semester hours; microbiology, at least 3 semester hours) | 12 |
| Nutrition | 3 |
| General Education elective (Any college-level ENC, MAT, PSYC, SOC, ARTS, HIST, HUMN, LITR, PHIL, or foreign language course * courses beginning with 00 are not considered college level) | 3 |
| Total | 36 |
Course requirements that must be completed at NSU
| Course | Semester Hours |
|---|---|
| PHS 4904 Advanced Anatomy for Health Professions | 4 |
| NUR 3000 Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing Education | 3 |
| NUR 3029 Foundations of Health Assessment | 3 |
| NUR 3130 Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice | 6 |
| NUR 3032 Foundations of Pathophysiology | 3 |
| NUR 3160 Introduction to Professional Nursing | 3 |
| NUR 3180 Primary Concepts of Adult Nursing | 6 |
| NUR 3191 Pharmacological Basis for Nursing Interventions I | 2 |
| BHS 3110 Health Care Ethics | 3 |
| NUR 4110 Advanced Concepts of Adult Nursing II | 6 |
| NUR 3192 Pharmacological Basis for Nursing Interventions II | 2 |
| NUR 3005 Mathematical Applications for Nursing Practice | 2 |
| NUR 3131 Problem Solving Strategies for Nursing Practice | 1 |
| BHS Elective (or nursing elective **) | 3 |
| NUR 4130 Concepts of Maternal-Child Nursing and Families | 5 |
| NUR 4160 Genetics for Nursing Practice | 2 |
| NUR 3250 Concepts of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing | 4 |
| NUR 4150 Concepts of Community-Based Nursing | 4 |
| NUR 3175 Nursing in Today’s Healthcare Environment | 3 |
| NUR 3050 Theoretical Applications in Nursing Research | 3 |
| NUR 4020 The Nurse as a Leader and Manager | 3 |
| NUR 4030 The Business of Health Care | 3 |
| NUR 4120 Advanced Concepts of Adult Nursing III | 5 |
| NUR 4180 Nursing Practicum | 6 |
| Total | 121 |
