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.