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RN-BSN Completion Track is a program in the Department of Nursing

Nursing - RN to BSN

Our Mission: The Department of Nursing reflects the mission of Muskingum University by providing quality nursing education which fosters critical thinking, positive action, ethical sensitivity and spiritual growth within the context of a caring community where individual fulfillment is encouraged and human dignity is respected. Liberally educated nursing graduates are able to integrate knowledge, skills and values from the arts and sciences to provide safe quality nursing care, to act as advocates for families, groups and communities and to manage twenty-first centrury changes in the health care system.

If you are a RN with a desire to improve your qualifications, the RN-to-BSN program is the answer. Click to apply for admission.

RNs must have completed an accredited ADN or diploma nursing program and hold an Ohio active unrestricted nursing license. (Minimum overall GPA of 2.5 required).

Nursing Courses (23 credit hours) Click here for read course descriptions.

NURS 330 Transitions I Professional Practice (3)                                                NURS 335 Health Assessment (3)                                                                      NURS 340 Nursing Research (3)                                                                      NURS 430 Perspectives in Global Nursing and Health (3)                                    NURS 460 Community Health Nursing (4)                                                           NURS 470 Contemporary Issues in Nursing and Healthcare (3)                                 NURS 480 Nursing Leadership/Management (4)  

 

Non-nursing courses required for the major (18 credits)

BIOL 305 Human Genetics (3)                                                                                                                                                         BIOL 346 Pathophysiology (3)                                                                                                                                                       PHIL 305 Biomedical Ethics (3)                                                                                                                                     PSYC 232 Behavioral Statistics (3)  or HSLC 304 Statistics for the Health Sciences                                                                          PSYC 309 Adulthood and Aging (3)  (NOT required if a college course in Lifespan Development has been successfully completed.)          SOCI 345 Sociology of the Family (3)

This is intended as a sample showing how courses transfer into the RN/BSN program. Evaluation of each student’s transfer credit is completed on an individual basis.

All students enrolled in nursing will be held to the policies and procedures contained in the Nursing Department BSN Student Handbook as well as the University's student related policies and procedures. The BSN Student Handbook contains additional policies and procedures required of these professional students. The Nursing Department’s purpose, mission, philosophy, organizational framework, and curriculum outcomes are the same for each Nursing Program and are located on the home page for the Department.

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