Nursing - RN Options - RN-BSN

RN Options General Education Courses

Prerequisites:

(U.S. institution courses-evaluated for equivalency to University of  Pittsburgh courses)

• Anthropology 3 cr.
• English Composition 3 cr.
• CHEM 0910 - CHEMICAL PRINCPL HEALTH PROFESSN *+
• NUR 0012 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1 *+
• NUR 0002 - NURSING ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY 1 *+
• NUR 0013 - HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2 *+
• NUR 0003 - NURSING ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY 2 *+
• NUR 0031 - MICROBIOLOGY *+
• NUR 0032 - MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY *+
• NUR 0066 - NUTRITION FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE
• Psychology 3 cr.
• Communication/Public Speaking 3 cr.
• Sociology 3 cr.
• Statistics (descriptive, probability & inferential)  3 cr. *+
• Total Credits: 37

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Note:

* Completed within past 10 years

+ B- or higher grade required

Credits listed are term credits (quarter courses will be individually evaluated)

+ Credits may be transferred from other University/College institutions for credit if approved by University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing

RN Options Prerequisite Nursing Courses

(May be transferred as block credits from completed Associate Degree or credit by course examination - challenged by standardized National League of Nursing (NLN) exam/case study for Diploma graduates)

• NUR 0081 - FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE 2
• NUR 0082 - NURSING MANAGEMENT OF ADULT WITH ACUTE/CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS
• NUR 0082C - NURSING MANAGEMENT OF ADULT WITH ACUTE/CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL
• NUR 1050 - NURSING CARE OF MOTHERS, NEWBORNS AND FAMILIES
• NUR 1050C - NURSING CARE OF MOTHERS, NEWBORNS AND FAMILIES CLINICAL
• NUR 1060 - NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
• NUR 1060C - NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL
• NUR 1120 - ADVANCED NURSING MANAGEMENT ADULT ACUTE/COMPLEX HEALTH PROBLEMS
• NUR 1120C - ADVANCED NURSING MANAGEMENT OF THE ADULT WITH ACUTE/COMPLEX HEALTH PROBLEMS CLINICAL
• NUR 1054 - NURSING CARE OF OLDER ADULTS
• Total Credits: 31

Curriculum

BSN Courses

• NUR 0067 - NURSING RESEARCH: AN INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL APPRAISAL AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
• NUR 0086 - NURSING INFORMATICS
• NUR 0020 - PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING CARE
• NUR 1680 - INTRODUCTION TO GENETICS AND MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS
• NUR 0087 - PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
• NUR 1085 - ETHICS IN NURSING AND HEALTH CARE
• NUR 1128 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
• NUR 1121 - ADVANCED CLINICAL PROBLEM SOLVING
• NUR 1021C - ADVANCED CLINICAL PROBLEM SOLVING CLINICAL
• NUR 1134 - TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
• NUR 1132 - TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE AS A BACCALAUREATE NURSE CLINICAL
• SENIOR SPECIAL TOPIC - NUR 2865 FUNDAMENTALS OF DISASTER AND MASS CASUALTY OR NUR 2004 - PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
• NUR 2010 - HEALTH PROMO/DISEASE PRVNTN
• ELECTIVES - 10 OR 12 CREDITS

Total: 52

Total Credits: 120