Nursing Pre-Licensure Track / Bachelor of Science

Total Credit Hours: 131

Major Credit Hours: 64

Non-Nursing Support Courses: 42

Nursing Courses: 64

Degree Requirements

I. Core General Education Courses (25)

II. Non-Nursing Support Courses (42)

Non-Nursing Support Courses Prerequisite or to Sophomore II Level (30)

02-101Anatomy and Physiology I

4

02-102Anatomy and Physiology I Lab

1

02-103Anatomy and Physiology II

4

02-104Anatomy and Physiology II Lab

1

02-225Microbiology

4

02-227Microbiology Lab

1

03-105Introductory Organic and Biochemistry

3

06-111College Writing 1

3

06-112College Writing 2

3

26-100General Psychology

3

26-220Theories of Personality and Development

3

Non-Nursing Support Courses Prerequisite to or Taken Concurrently with Sophomore II Level (6)

20-290Cultural Diversity and Intergroup Relations

3

02-270Pathophysiology

3

Non-Nursing Support Courses Prerequisite to Junior II Level (6)

15-330Ethics

3

26-303Statistics for the Social Sciences

3

III. Core Nursing Courses (64)

Sophomore (Level II):

30-202Professional Development 1: Foundations

3

30-210Safety and Accountability in Medication Administration

1

30-232Fundamentals of Safety and Quality in Patient-Centered Care

5

30-233Health Assessment Across the Lifespan

3

Junior (Level I):

30-325Adult 1: Beginning

6

30-326Pharmacotherapeutics

3

30-329Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Across the Lifespan

4

Junior (Level II):

30-335Evidence Based Practice and Nursing Research

3

30-336Professional Development 2: Health Care Trends

2

30-337Children, Adolescents, and Families

4

30-338Childbearing Families

4

Senior (Level I):

30-425Adult 2: Advanced

6

30-426Professional Development 3: Leadership, Collaboration, and Teamwork

2

30-427Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

4

Senior (Level II):

30-435Adult 3: Critical Care

6

30-436Community Health Nursing

4

30-439Professional Development 4: Role Transition

4

IV. Registration and Progression

In order to register for Sophomore II level nursing courses at Lewis University, pre-licensure nursing students, including transfer students, must have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or above and meet the College of Nursing and Health Professions policies related to health records including immunizations. Students who earn a grade of “D” or “W” in any required nursing course at any level must repeat that course prior to moving to another level of nursing coursework. Students who earn a grade of “F” in any required nursing course at any level will be dismissed from the College of Nursing and Health Professions. Students who earn two “D” grades or receive two “W” grades in required nursing courses (two “D” or “W” grades in one course, or one “D” or “W” grade in each of two courses) will be dismissed from the College of Nursing and Health Professions. Students must receive a grade of “C” in required science courses to progress to the next semester in the program. Students who receive only one failing grade in a science (C-, D, F, or W), will be allowed to repeat that course once. Science theory and science labs are counted as separate classes. Upon a second failed science, or if the student fails or withdraws from both theory and lab during the semester, the student will be notified that they have been academically dismissed from the nursing major. A student may repeat a required general education support course in which they earn a “C-”, “D”, “F”, or “W” only once and if the student does not earn a minimum of a “C” on the second attempt they will be academically dismissed from the nursing major. Dismissal from the College of Nursing and Health Professions does not necessarily result in dismissal from the University.

V. The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied for Nursing majors by successful completion of Evidence Based Practice and Nursing Research (30-335).

VI. The college writing, natural science, ethics, mathematics, social science, and cultural diversity General Education requirements are fulfilled by the non-nursing support courses.