RN to BS Program Coursework

If you are admitted to SPU as a Junior (90 transfer credits), or have a Community College Direct Transfer Degree in addition to your Associate Degree in Nursing, and have completed Statistics, your part-time program of Nursing coursework on admission, including 45 credits granted for prior State Board NCLEX Exam is as follows:

NUR 3050 PROFESSIONAL NURSING ROLE: RN (5) Designed specifically for Registered Nurses who are beginning a program of study for the baccalaureate degree in nursing. The course encourages self-directed study based on adult learning concepts and facilitates adjustment to the education-human environment system experience in general and to the student role at SPU in particular. Professional nursing is the focus of the course, extending from historical and philosophical concepts to contemporary trends, and future possibilities for the professional nursing role. Emphasizes group work, elements of groups, group theory, and collaboration through group work.

NUR 3947 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY NURSING: RN (5) Prerequisite: NUR 3050. Analysis, application and evaluation of community health nursing processes at the levels of family, small groups, community, and at risk populations.  Identification of community health diagnoses as the basis for interventions to maintain and/or promote health, prevent disease and enable self-care within and by a community.

NUR 3051 PROFESSIONAL NURSING ROLE: RN (4) Prerequisite: NUR 3050. Theoretical investigation of leadership and organizational concepts and their application to the professional nursing role as leader within the health care system and the nursing profession. Focuses on health care delivery systems, effective leadership, team development, change, and health policy. 

NUR 4944 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY MODELS: RN (3) Explores selected models of health care delivery in the United States with a primary focus on the professional nurse's role in negotiating and influencing these systems now and in the future. Looks at historical development; elements of the models; impact on health care consumers, providers, and provider organizations; ethical issues; and roles and responsibilities for professional nurses, including skills needed; and anticipated future directions for health care delivery. 

NUR 4899 PROFESSIONAL NURSING SYNTHESIS THEORY (5) Prerequisites: NUR 3050, NUR 3947, NUR 4051, NUR 4944. Focus is on the future of health care and nursing and on continued professional development. Integration of all prior course work including core curriculum concepts, and  (previous courses from the program).

NUR 4859 PROFESSIONAL NURSING SYNTHESIS INTERNSHIP (8) Focus is on synthesis of past educational experiences within a variety of acute care and community settings.  Interdisciplinary work, application of leadership skills, and working in partnerships with selected communities provide opportunities to demonstrate effective integration and synthesis of prior learning. 

NUR 4971 NURSING RESEARCH: RN (2) Prerequisites: HSC 4044. The examination of clinical practice for development of researchable problems. Gives opportunity for systematic investigation of a health related topic of the student's choice.

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