RN to BSN Program

Advisor: Lisa Sauder
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Semester Hours: 58-59 SH + 32 EMU Core Requirements
The RN to BSN program is offered in a hybrid or fully online format.
To be considered for admission to the RN to BSN program, a student must satisfy the admissions requirements.

EMU Core Requirements (32 SH)

CHRISTIAN FAITH
- Anabaptist Biblical Perspectives (included in cohort curriculum) - 3
COMMUNICATION
- College Writing (prerequisite for NRSL 341 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 NRSL 405 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

Required Nursing Courses (58-59 SH)

NRSL 325 Art and Science of Effective Communication - 3
NRSL 320 Transitions in Professional Nursing Practice - 3
NRSL 341 Professional Nurse - 4
CCSSC 440 Cultural Perspectives - 3
NRSL 350 Health Care Policy - 4
NRSL 461 Family Health - 4
NRSL 410 Community Health - 4
SRSML 450 Issues and Values - 3
CCUSL 310 Global Trends in Health - 3
NRSL 405 Evidence Based Practice for Nursing - 4
NRSL 420 Principles of Nursing Management and Leadership - 3
BIST 390 Biblical Perspectives - 3
NRSL 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.