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Nursing BAC/BSN

NURSING PRELICENSURE TRACK/BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Total Credit Hours: 130/133
Major Credit Hours: 64

Preterm Semester: 42

Nursing Courses: 64

I. Core General Education Courses (28)

II. Non-Nursing Support Courses (42)
Non-Nursing Support Courses Prerequisite or to Semester I (27,30)
02-101 Anatomy and Physiology I (4)
02-102 Anatomy and Physiology I Lab (1)
02-103 Anatomy and Physiology II (4)
02-104 Anatomy and Physiology II Lab (1)
02-225 Microbiology (4)
02-227 Microbiology Lab (1)
03-105 Introductory Organic and Biochemistry (3)
06-111 College Writing I (3)
06-112 College Writing II (3)
26-100 General Psychology (3)
26-220 Theories of Personality and Development (3)

Preterm Semester(6)
20-290 Cultural Diversity and Intergroup Relations (3)
02-270 Pathophysiology (3)

Non-Nursing Support Courses Prerequisite to Semester III (6)
15-330 Ethics (Action and Values) (3)
26-303 Statistics for the Social Sciences (3)

III. Core Nursing Courses (64)
Semester I:
30-201 Foundations of Professional Nursing (2)
30-203 Professional Development I: Nurse-Client Interactions (2)
30-230 Foundations of Clinical Nursing (4)
30-231 Health Assessment (3)
30-330 Health Promotion Across the Life Span I (3)

Semester II:
30-303 Professional Development II: Healthcare Trends (2)
30-331 Health Maintenance and Restoration: Adulthood I (6)
30-340 Pharmacotherapeutics (3)

Semester III:
30-301 Nursing Research (3)
30-332 Health Promotion Across the Life Span II (2)
30-333 Health Maintenance and Restoration: Children (6)
30-334 Health Maintenance and Restoration: Childbearing Families (4)

Semester IV:
30-401 Professional Development III: Professional Identity and Leadership (2)
30-429 Health Maintenance and Restoration: Adulthood II (4)
30-431 Health Maintenance and Restoration Adulthood III (6)

Semester V:
30-432 Promoting Healthy Communities (4)
30-433 Health Maintenance and Restoration: Crisis (4)
30-434 Role Transition Practicum (4)

IV. Registration and Progression
In order to register for and enroll in Foundations of Professional Nursing (30-201) at Lewis University, prelicensure nursing students, including transfer students, must have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or above. Students who earn a grade of "W", "N", or "D" in any required nursing course at any level must repeat that course prior to moving to another level of nursing coursework. Students must receive a grade of "C" in required science courses to progress to the next semester in the program. 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 Professions. Students who earn two "D" grades in required nursing courses (two "D" grades in one course, or one "D" grade in each of two courses) will be dismissed from the College of Nursing and Health Professions. Dismissal from the College of Nursing and Health Professions does not necessarily result in dismissal from the University.

V. The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied for Nursing majors by successful completion of Nursing Research (30-301).

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