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2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Nursing - Registered Nurse, B.S.N.

(120 units)

This degree is approved for distance education by the WSCUC.

In addition to the RN-BSN program on campus, an online asynchronous option will be available in Fall 2023 through the College of Professional & Continuing Education.

This program is for students who have completed an Associate Degree in Nursing at a community college and have met all requirements needed to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) to become a licensed registered nurse (RN). Students applying to this program must already have their RN license or be eligible to take the NCLEX.  The program is designed for students who have completed their first level of nursing education at the associate degree level and desire to expand their professional nursing knowledge to the baccalaureate level.

All graduates are recommended for certification as a public health nurse in the State of California. The program is accredited by the California State Board of Registered Nursing, and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, phone: 202-887-6791).

Admission

Registered Nurse (RN) applicants are required to apply for admission to the University and do the following:

  • 1. Hold a current RN license or be eligible for licensure in the state of California;
  • 2. Graduation from an accredited Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program or evaluation of diploma program for equivalency by an Accredited Associate Degree program (note: an Associate Degree in a non-nursing major will not meet this requirement);
  • 3. Have 56 to 70 transferable units including statistics and chemistry (CHEM 140 preferred);
  • 4. A minimum GPA of 2.75 in all community college courses required for the Associate Degree in Nursing
  • 5. Maintain malpractice and health insurance throughout clinical coursework and submit to a criminal background check and drug screen;
  • 6. Fulfill the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) either prior to admission or within the first semester in the program.

Graduates of diploma schools of nursing are urged to seek information/admission to a community college that offers the opportunity to earn academic credit for a diploma nursing program.

Requirements

Prerequisites: Completion of an accredited Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) degree and current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure or eligibility to take the RN licensure exam (NCLEX).

Satisfactory completion of an undergraduate statistics course suitable for general education math credit and a inorganic, organic, and/or biochemistry course (CHEM 140 or combined 5 units chemistry course is preferred).

Up to 21 units will be awarded by examination for demonstration of prior learning by passing the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for Registered Nurse (RN) licensure.

Take all of the following:

Course of Study

A specific combination of general education, prerequisites, nursing and elective courses totaling 120 units for the basic program and the R.N. program are required for graduation. All nursing courses in the nursing program must be taken in sequence. Admission to the first course is by application which will be accepted upon successful attainment of the criteria listed above. The last date to file applications for each semester will be available in the School of Nursing. Progress in the nursing major requires that students maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA on all units attempted and attain a minimum of a “C” grade in each of the nursing courses as well as all required support courses. The student who earns less than a grade of “C” must repeat that course prior to being admitted to the next course in the nursing course sequence. A nursing course may be repeated one time. A break in the sequence of nursing courses necessitates readmission on a space-available basis.