Nursing (R.N. to B.S.) Online Program, Bachelor of Science
This program is available only to those applicants who meet the definition of a transfer student with an earned associate degree in nursing and an unencumbered New York State registered nursing license.
Key:
*Compass Curriculum
†Liberal Arts and Science
Minimum Cumulative GPA: 3.000
Admission Prerequisites
| BIO-203 | Anatomy and Physiology I † | 4 |
| BIO-204 | Anatomy and Physiology II † | 4 |
| BIO-207 | Microbiology † | 4 |
| ENG-110 | Writing as Inquiry † * | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
R.N. License
Students must obtain an R.N. License before the start of Term 2.
AS Degree-
| Nursing | 35 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 35 |
Supporting Coursework
Complete all of the following with a minimum grade of C:
| PHL-115 | Ethics † * | 3 |
| PSY-101 | Introductory Psychology † * | 3 |
| PSY-123 | Lifespan Human Development † | 3 |
| SOC-101 | Introduction to Sociology † | 3 |
| SS-231 | Statistics for Social Science † * | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Nursing Course Requirements
Complete all of the following with a minimum grade of C:
| NUR-305 | Historical and Theoretical Foundations | 4 |
| NUR-311 | Genetics in Nursing | 3 |
| NUR-318 | Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice | 4 |
| NUR-369 | Bioenergetics and Metabolism | 4 |
| NUR-416 | Population Health | 4 |
| NUR-449 | Basic Organizational Systems Leadership | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 23 |
Field Period:
| NUR-495A | Nursing Field Period and Senior Seminar I | 2 |
| NUR-495B | Nursing Field Period and Senior Seminar II | 2 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Compass Curriculum
- Waived with an A.A. or A.S. degree; A.A.S. degree waiver granted upon review of prior coursework.
Electives
- Additional Liberal Arts and Sciences Required: 30 Credits
- Additional General Electives Required: 0 Credits
TOTAL PROGRAM CREDITS: 122
Program Outcomes
- Commitment to Diversity: the embodiment of values which recognize and respect human differences and similarities and are marked by openness, caring and empathy.
- Communication Ability: proficiency in multiple forms of communication including verbal, nonverbal, written and technological; and extending to inter-professional and intra-professional settings with clients, colleagues, peers and populations across multiple settings.
- Effective Thinking Ability: the use of evidence-based critical and creative thinking to expand proficiency, to enhance client outcomes, and to advance the professional across all health care settings.
- Therapeutic Nursing Interventions: focused action based on scientific rationale, best available evidence, and clinical expertise that are executed to affectively and effectively benefit the client and/or client population.
- Experiential Learning: the ability to integrate the “knowing” of theory and the “doing” of action to develop strategies for exemplary care giving as well as personal development.
- Personal and Professional Development: commitment to discovery and development of self at the personal and professional level, and to engage purposefully in ongoing professional growth and self-care activities.
- Service and Reflection: ongoing engagement in a process of self-reflection in which self and others are mutually benefitted.
- Professional Citizenship: ethical and empowered membership and functioning in the profession with both an inter- professional and intra-professional point of view.
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The student is ultimately responsible for ensuring that all degree requirements are met satisfactorily. This documentation is provided as an advising tool and should not be considered a contract between a student and Keuka College. The College reserves the right to make changes as deemed necessary.
CIP: 51.3801
HEGIS: 1203.10
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