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Whether you are seeking new knowledge and training to become a registered nurse or are a practicing professional taking your next career step, we have a nursing program that fits your needs. Our associate degree prepares graduates to sit for the NCLEX, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing is designed to progress students through all competencies of nursing, and the BSN completion degree enables working RNs and recent associate or diploma graduates to continue their nursing education online.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

• Registered Nurse
• Nurse Manager

POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS

• CHI St. Vincent
• Baptist Hospital
• Saline Memorial Hospital
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

General: 121 minimum total hours, including 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and 30 hours in residence

First-Year Colloquium (0-3 hours)

Required of full-time freshmen entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit.

Major (86 hours)

Required Science Courses (12 credits)

• BIOL 1411 - Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• BIOL 1412 - Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• BIOL 2401 - Microbiology

Required Lower Level Nursing Courses (34 credits)

Students may have 34 hours of lower level nursing courses waived for having a valid, unencumbered RN license.

Required Upper-Level Nursing Courses (34 credits)

(Students must have a valid RN license or be a recent graduate of an approved nursing program prior to taking these courses)

• NURS 3220 - Nursing Health Assessment I
• NURS 3230 - Nursing Health Assessment II

Students must achieve a C or greater in each of these courses.

• NURS 3310 - Professional Nursing Role Development
• NURS 3420 - Wellness Promotion
• NURS 3430 - Healthcare Economics
• NURS 3440 - Research and Evidenced-Based Practice in Nursing
• NURS 3350 - Ethics, Legalities, and Advocacy
• NURS 4415 - Community Health Needs
• NURS 4420 - Leadership and Management
• NURS 4430 - Integration of Concepts

One of the following*:

*Please note that the required statistics course is not a business statistics course.

• PSYC 2310 - General Psychological Statistics
• PSYC 2340 - Statistics and Methods
• STAT 2350 - Introduction to Statistical Methods
• SOCI 3381 - Social Statistics

One of the following:

• RHET 3316 - Writing for the Workplace
• RHET 3326 - Technical Writing