Federal CIP: 51.3801 Nursing
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)/Graduate Competencies:
The RN to BSN graduate will be expected to demonstrate:
LO 1 Patient-Centered Care: Holistic care that recognizes an individual’s preferences, values, and needs and respects the patient or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate, coordinated, and culturally appropriate, safe, and effective care.
LO 2 Professionalism: Accountability for the delivery of standard- or evidenced-based nursing care that is consistent with moral, altruistic, legal, ethical, regulatory, and humanistic principles.
LO 3 Communication, Collaboration, and Teamwork: Will interact effectively with patients, families, and colleagues, fostering mutual respect and shared decision making, to enhance patient satisfaction and health outcomes (NOF, 2017). Will function effectively within nursing and interdisciplinary teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, shared decision making, team learning, and development (Adapted from QSEN, 2007).
LO 4 Informatics and Technology: Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making (QSEN, 2007).
LO 5 Patent Safety and Quality Improvement using Evidenced-Based Practice within Systems Environment: Will minimize risk of harm through individual performance and system effectiveness (QSEN, 2007). Uses data to monitor the outcomes of care processes, and uses improvement methods and the best current evidence coupled with clinical expertise to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care (QSEN, 2007).
LO 6 Emotionally-healthy Servant Leadership: Will lead by example in influencing the behavior of individuals or groups of individuals within the system environment in a way that will facilitate shared meaning in a culture of mutual respect and value for each other and for the achievement of shared goals.
Core Curriculum and General Education Requirements (37 hours)
Transferable PTC ADN Nursing Courses (35 hours)
ADN graduates may earn transfer elective credit for up to 35 credit hours of ADN coursework with a minimum earned grade of C- for each transfer course.
| NUR 101 Fundamentals of Nursing |
6 credits |
| NUR 139 Introduction to Nursing Concepts |
3 credits |
| NUR 157 Applications of Nursing Concepts |
7 credits |
| NUR 211 Care of Childbearing Family |
4 credits |
| NUR 212 Nursing Care of Children |
4 credits |
| NUR 227 Application of Nursing Concepts II |
7 credits |
| NUR 162 Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing |
3 credits |
| NUR 216 Nursing Seminar |
1 credits |
Nursing Foundation Courses (35 hours)
Completion of nursing courses requires a minimum grade of C-.
| SWU Required Course |
Credits |
PTC Equivalent Course |
| HLTH 3653 Healthcare Ethics |
3 |
No equivalent |
| NURS 3201 First Year Seminar |
1 |
No equivalent |
| NURS 3343 Focused Health Assessment |
3 |
No equivalent |
| NURS 3353 Foundations for Professional Practice |
3 |
No equivalent |
| NURS 4154 Leadership and Management in Nursing |
4 |
No equivalent |
| NURS 4404 Evidence-Based Practice |
4 |
No equivalent |
| NURS 4454 Nursing Informatics and Technology |
4 |
No equivalent |
| NURS 4503 Nursing from a Christian World View |
3 |
No equivalent |
| NURS 4956 Baccalaureate Capstone: Synthesis & Evaluation |
6 |
No equivalent |
| Select one (1) course from the following: |
|
|
| INUR 4654 International Population Health |
4 |
No equivalent |
| NURS 4654 Population Health: Local, National, and Conventional Nursing |
4 |
No equivalent |
Summary
| Core Curriculum and General Education Requirements |
37 hours |
| Nursing Foundation Courses |
35 hours |
| Electives (Transfer credit for PTC ADN nursing courses may apply) |
48 hours |
| Total |
120 hours |
