Nursing, B.S.N.

General Education Requirements - 67 Credit Hours

Nursing majors must complete the Lower Division Nursing Degree Requirements  as set out in the General Education Program .

Nursing Core - 53 Credits Hours

• NUR 4203 - Nursing Leadership & Management*

Note:  A limited number of students may be eligible, with permission from the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, to take NUR 5113 Leadership in Organization & Systems in lieu of NUR 4203 Nursing Leadership & Management. 

• NUR 3012 - Technical Skills for Nursing Practice
• NUR 3043 - Pathophysiology & Pharmacology II

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• NUR 3104 - Fundamentals of Nursing: Theory and
• NUR 3112 - Fundamentals of Nursing: Clinical

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• NUR 3113 - Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing: Theory and
• NUR 3152 - Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing: Clinical

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• NUR 3223 - Nursing Research

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• NUR 3233 - Community Nursing: Theory and
• NUR 3242 - Community Nursing: Clinical

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• NUR 3343 - Medical-Surgical Nursing I: Theory and
• NUR 3352 - Medical-Surgical Nursing I: Clinical

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• NUR 4003 - Medical-Surgical Nursing II: Theory and
• NUR 4012 - Medical-Surgical Nursing II: Clinical

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• NUR 4104 - Maternal & Pediatric Nursing: Theory and
• NUR 4112 - Maternal & Pediatric Nursing: Clinical

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• NUR 4203 - Nursing Leadership & Management

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• NUR 4223 - Complex Nursing: Theory and
• NUR 4232 - Complex Nursing: Clinical

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• NUR 4505 - Senior Preceptorship: Clinical

Nursing Electives - 3 Credit Hours

This requirement is met by selecting any of the following:

• NUR 4563 - Critical Thinking in Clinical Nursing Practice
• NUR 4313 - Applied Pathophysiology
• NUR 4323 - Contemporary Nursing Stress Management Strategies
• NUR 4333 - End-of-Life Issues & Concepts
• NUR 4343 - Healthcare Policy: Economic and Ethical Analysis
• CCS 4033 - Cross Cultural Understandings of Illness and Health
• NUR 5013 - Faith and Science*
• NUR 5123 - Epidemiology and Genetics/Genomics*

Note: NUR 5013 and NUR 5123 are graduate courses and may only be taken by student with a minimum 3.5 GPA or with permission from the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. Graduate tuition applies.

Sample Degree Plan

Nursing Degree Plan 

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For more information regarding the School of Nursing, please see www.pba.edu/nursing.