Graduates of the BSN program are prepared to provide nursing care for individuals, families, populations, and communities within a variety of healthcare settings and to use evidenced-based practice to guide nursing interventions which promote, maintain, and restore health. Admission to the program is selective and graduates are prepared to sit for the National Council Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses upon successful completion of the program.
The Arkansas State Board of Nursing (ASBN) requires criminal background checks on graduates of nursing schools and has the authority to deny application for licensure to any person who has been convicted of a crime. A student who has been convicted of a crime must contact the ASBN.
For more information see the Nursing — BSN Major.
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Degree Requirements
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The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.
| FRESHMAN YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 16 hours |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 3 | English Composition Requirement | 1 & 2 | |
| 3 | MATH 1403 College Algebra or higher course | 1 & 2 | |
| 3 | SPCH 1203 Introduction to Speech Communication | 1 & 2 | |
| 3 | PSYC 1163 General Psychology | 1 & 2 | |
| 4 | CHEM 1304 Chemical Principles | 1 & 2 | |
| FRESHMAN YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 16 hours |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 3 | English Composition Requirement | 1 & 2 | |
| 3 | Fine Arts Requirement | 1 | |
| 3 | PSYC 2963 Life Span Developmental Psychology | 2 | |
| 4 | BIOL 1524 Anatomy & Physiology I | 1 & 2 | |
| 3 | Social Sciences requirement | 1 | |
| SOPHOMORE YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 16 hours |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 4 | BIOL 1534 Anatomy & Physiology II | 2 | |
| 4 | BIOL 1464 Microbiology & Immunology | 2 | |
| 3 | History/Government Requirement | 1 | |
| 2 | FORL 1322 Beginning Conversational Spanish I | | |
| 3 | Humanities Requirement | 1 | |
| SOPHOMORE YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 14 hours |
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| Required admission into the BSN Nursing Program. Admission is selective. |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 3 | HLTH 3103 Pathophysiology | 3 | |
| 2 | NURS 2002 Information Technology in Nursing | 3 | |
| 2 | FORL 1332 Beginning Conversational Spanish II | | |
| 3 | NURS 2103 Introduction to Professional Nursing | 3 | |
| 4 | NURS 3164 Health Assessment | 3 | |
| JUNIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 16 hours |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 7 | NURS 3227 Foundations of Nursing Care | 3 | |
| 3 | NURS 3113 Nursing Skills | 3 | |
| 3 | PHAR 3203 General Pharmacology | | |
| 3 | NUTR 2523 Nutrition | | |
| JUNIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 16 hours |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 3 | MATH 2503 Probability and Statistics | 2 | |
| 6 | NURS 3236 Nursing Care of Women and Children | 3 | |
| 7 | NURS 3337 Nursing Care of the Adult I | 3 | |
| SENIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 17 hours |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 12 | NURS 434C Nursing Care of the Adult II | 3 | |
| 3 | HLTH 4103 Research in the Health Sciences | 3 | |
| 2 | NURS 4102 Healthy Aging | 3 | |
| SENIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 17 hours |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 5 | NURS 4355 Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Adult | 3 | |
| 8 | NURS 4458 Psychiatric and Community Health Nursing | 3 | |
| 4 | NURS 4364 Leadership in Professional Nursing | 3 | |
| Total Hours: 128 At least 45 hours must be upper level |
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The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.
| NOTES |
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| 1: General Education Core Requirements, 2007-2008 catalog: Follow requirements with these stipulations: mathematics- must be MATH 1403 or MATH with MATH 1403 as a prerequisite; Social sciences- select one course excluding PSYC 1163, and HIST 2753, 2763, or POLS 2753 if used for the history/government requirement. |
| 2: Health Sciences Courses Required for Admission: Students must meet admission requirements and be officially admitted into the BSN Program. Please contact the College of Health Sciences Coordinator of Academic Support Services (479-788-7841) for admission requirements and the application process for the College of Health Sciences. |
| 3: Program Major Requirements: Must be admitted into the program. |
Transfer Course Information
The Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS) contains information about the transferability of courses within Arkansas public colleges and universities. Students are guaranteed the transfer of applicable credits and the equitable treatment of the application of credits for the admissions and degree requirements. Courses transferability is not guaranteed for courses listed in ACTS as "No Comparable Courses." Courses with a D grade will not transfer unless an appeal for exception is submitted in writing to the provost prior to the first day of class. ACTS-Arkansas Course Transfer System
http://acts.adhe.edu -select Course Transfer. Students may also view the UA Fort Smith Transfer Credit Guide at
www.uafortsmith.edu/Transfer/TransferCreditGuide.
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