Nursing Pre-Licensure Track / Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Total Credit Hours: 128/131

Major Credit Hours: 64

Non-Nursing Support Courses: 39/42

Nursing Courses: 64

Degree Requirements

Program: BSN-NURS-5

I. Core General Education Courses (25)

II. Non-Nursing Support Courses (39/42)

Non-Nursing Support Courses Prerequisite or to Sophomore 2 Level (30)

BIOL-10100Anatomy and Physiology 1

4

BIOL-10200Anatomy and Physiology 1 Lab

1

BIOL-10300Anatomy and Physiology 2

4

BIOL-10400Anatomy and Physiology 2 Lab

1

BIOL-22500Microbiology

4

BIOL-22700Microbiology Lab

1

CHEM-10500Introductory Organic and Biochemistry

3

ENGL-11100College Writing 1

3

ENGL-11200College Writing 2

3

PSYC-10000General Psychology

3

PSYC-21300Lifespan Development

3

Non-Nursing Support Courses Prerequisite to or Taken Concurrently with Sophomore 2 Level (6)

SOCI-29000Diversity and Social Justice

3

BIOL-27000Pathophysiology

3

Non-Nursing Support Courses Prerequisite to Junior 2 Level (6)

PHIL-21500Ethics

3

PSYC-30300Statistics for the Social Sciences

3

III. Core Nursing Courses (64)

Sophomore (Level 2):

NURS-20200Professional Development 1: Foundations

3

NURS-23200Fundamentals of Safety and Quality in Patient-Centered Care

6

NURS-23300Health Assessment Across the Lifespan

3

Note: NURS 20200 fulfills the Globalization requirement.

Junior (Level 1):

NURS-32500Adult 1: Beginning

6

NURS-32600Pharmacotherapeutics

3

NURS-32900Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Across the Lifespan

4

Junior (Level 2):

NURS-33500Evidence Based Practice and Nursing Research

3

NURS-33600Professional Development 2: Health Care Trends

2

NURS-33700Children, Adolescents, and Families

4

NURS-33800Childbearing Families

4

Note: NURS 33500 fulfills the Advanced Writing requirement.

Senior (Level 1):

NURS-42500Adult 2: Advanced

6

NURS-42600Professional Development 3: Leadership, Collaboration, and Teamwork

2

NURS-42700Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

4

Senior (Level 2):

NURS-43500Adult 3: Critical Care

6

NURS-43600Community Health Nursing

4

NURS-43900Professional Development 4: Role Transition

4

Note: NURS 43600 fulfills the Civic Engagement requirement.

IV. Registration and Progression

In order to register for Sophomore 2 level nursing courses at Lewis University, pre-licensure nursing students, including transfer students, must have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or above and meet the College of Nursing and Health Sciences policies related to health records, immunizations, drug and background checks. Students who earn a grade of “D” or “W” in any required nursing course at any level must repeat that course prior to moving to another level of nursing coursework. Students who earn a grade of “F” in any required nursing course at any level will be dismissed from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Students who earn two “D” grades or receive two “W” grades in required nursing courses (two “D” or “W” grades in one course, or one “D” or “W” grade in each of two courses) will be dismissed from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Students must receive a grade of “C” in required science courses to progress to the next semester in the program. Students who receive only one failing grade in a science (C-, D, F, or W), will be allowed to repeat that course once. Upon a second failed science the student will be notified that they have been academically dismissed from the nursing major. A student may repeat a required general education support course in which they earn a “C-”, “D”, “F”, or “W” only once and if the student does not earn a minimum of a “C” on the second attempt they will be academically dismissed from the nursing major. Dismissal from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences does not necessarily result in dismissal from the University.

V. Advanced Writing Requirement

The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by successful completion of:
NURS-33500Evidence Based Practice and Nursing Research

3

VI. The college writing, natural science, ethics, mathematics, social science, interdisciplinary seminar, and diversity and social justice General Education requirements are fulfilled by the non-nursing support courses.