Lisa Sauder, academic advisor
The RN to BS program is offered in a hybrid or fully online format.
The RN to BS program is designed to fit the lives of nurses who are busy with professional and/or family commitments. The accelerated program is tailored for a mature, interactive learning style. Students are admitted as part of a cohort learning community allowing them to form close relationships with the same group of peers throughout the entire series of courses. The program capitalizes on the skills and knowledge of the experienced nurse.
To be considered for admission to the RN to BS program, a student must satisfy the following requirements:
- A minimum of 60 SH of transferable credits from accredited colleges or universities (Waived for diploma nurses).
- A cumulative GPA of 2.0 or above.
- Current employment or involvement with an organization which enhances the learning outcomes of the program.
- Current state licensure as an RN
- A satisfactory writing sample.
Students in the RN to BS program complete the following:
EMU Core Requirements
CHRISTIAN FAITH
- Anabaptist Biblical Perspectives (included in cohort curriculum) - 3
COMMUNICATION
- College Writing (prerequisite for Professional Nurse) - 3
- Speech - 2
- Writing Intensive Designates (included in cohort program) - 2 courses
CROSS-CULTURAL LEARNING
- Cultural Perspectives (included in cohort curriculum) - 3
- Global Trends in Health (included in cohort curriculum) - 3
CRITICAL THINKING
- Statistics (prerequisite for Evidence Based Practice) - 3
- Natural Sciences - 3
- Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3
- Creative Arts - 3
- History or Literature - 3
- Senior Seminar (included in cohort curriculum) - 3
TOTAL 32
Required cohort courses for RN to BS +
- NRS 325 Art and Science of Effective Communication - 3
- NRS 320 Transitions in Professional Nursing Practice - 3
- NRS 341 Professional Nurse - 4
- CCSSC 440 Cultural Perspectives - 3
- NRS 350 Health Care Policy - 4
- NRS 461 Family Health - 4
- NRS 410 Community Health - 4
- SRSEM 450 Issues and Values - 3
- CCUS 310 Global Trends in Health - 3
- NRS 405 Evidence Based Practice for Nursing - 4
- NRS 420 Principles of Nursing Management and Leadership - 3
- BIST 390 Biblical Perspectives - 3
- NRS 430 Evidence-Based Practice Project - 2
+ A 2 or 3 SH health assessment course with a head-to-toe assessment is required for graduation. An option for auditing the health assessment course is available if a transferred course did not include a head-to-toe assessment.
+11 SH in sciences of the human organism are required.