RN to BSN Program
RN Advanced Entry -- This Information is for applicants already licensed as Registered Nurses
Responsibility for satisfying all requirements rests upon the student. Students must meet both the general education and the specific requirements of the Department of Nursing to qualify for graduation. Grades below a “C” will not satisfy degree requirements. The BS program requires a minimum of 120 credit hours, with a minimum of 30 of those credits being completed at UVU and a minimum of 40 credits completed in upper division courses. All requirements are subject to change without written notice or obligation.
PREREQUISITES: If not completed with Associate RN program, the following courses must be complete with a “C” grade minimum BEFORE being eligible to apply as an Advanced Entry student (*used in calculating “nursing prerequisite GPA”):
| • MATH 1050 College Algebra * | • ZOOL 2320 Human Anatomy with lab * |
| • CHEM 1110 Elem Chemistry for Health Sciences * | • ZOOL 2420 Human Physiology with lab * |
| • ENGL 1010 Intro to Writing * | • PSY 1100 Human Development Life Span * |
| • ENGL 2020 Intermediate Writing | • MICR 2060 Microbiology for Health Professions w/ lab * |
ASSOCIATE RN CORE CREDITS: AS nursing core from State-approved nursing programs only, will satisfy NURS 2320, NURS 2400, NURS 2410, NURS 2420, NURS 2430, NURS 3300, NURS 3310,NURS 3320 and NURS 3330. (All nursing core will be included in “nursing prerequisite GPA”)
ADDITIONAL GE REQUIREMENTS: The following courses may also be required; check with Advisor:
| • American Institutions | • Humanities |
| • Fine Arts | • PHIL 2050 Ethics & Values |
Download the full PDF Version, which includes application information; and then, if necessary, visit with Lynnae Marsing, the Nursing Advisor.
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An Additional 4 credits from the following upper division nursing courses must be completed concurrently with this curriculum:
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Semester 5 Entry by competitive application | Semester 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NURS 2300 | Nursing Health Assessment ** | 3.0 | NURS 3400 |
Nursing Care Coordination and Management |
3.0 | |||||||||||||||
| NURS 2310 | Nursing Pharmacology ** | 3.0 | NURS 3410 | Professional Standards of Nursing |
1.0 | |||||||||||||||
| ZOOL 4400 |
Pathophysiology |
4.0 | MATH 2040 |
Principles of Statistics (or MATH 1040; Prereq to Sem. 7)
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4.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 10.0 | Total | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Semester 7 | Semester 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NURS 4300 | Nursing Theory | 2.0 | NURS 4400 | Nursing Leadership | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||
| NURS 4310 | Nursing Research | 3.0 | NURS 4410 | Nursing in Global Perspective | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
| NURS 4320 | Nursing in the Community | 4.0 | NURS 4420 | Senior Seminar in Nursing | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
| NURS 4330 | Nursing in Health Systems and Policy | 3.0 | NURS 4430 | Senior Project in Nursing | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 12.0 | Total | 13.0 | |||||||||||||||||
** If transcripts show a Health Assessment course and/or a Pharmacology course, NURS 2300 and/or 2310 may be waived