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- PLA Prerequisite: 6 credits completed in general education courses from SGPS
- PLA 1500 (1) credit course: In this course, students will prepare an academic portfolio to be evaluated for conversion to academic credits.
The following table lists the Common Core Areas of Understanding and the Etown courses equivalencies that may be used to fulfill these requirements. Degree planners can be found to assist students in visualizing and experimenting with various degree or minor options. We want our students to make informed choices that help them to create the most meaningful pathway toward graduation.
RN to BSN Curricular Plan
General Course Category & Common Core Courses
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Equivalent Courses at Elizabethtown
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BIOLOGY
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BIO 111, Molecules, Cells & Animal Systems
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General Microbiology
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BIO 201
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General Human Anatomy and Physiology I
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BIO 202 Anatomy I
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General Human Anatomy and Physiology II
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BIO 235 Anatomy II
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ENGLISH Composition I
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EN 2810 Writing & Analyzing the Short Story (SCPS)
EN 1000 SCPS Writing & Language
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ENGLISH Composition II
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EN 2610 Literature & the Workplace
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PSYCHOLOGY
Intro to Psychology
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PSY 2080 Health Psychology or PSY 1050 General Psychology
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SOCIOLOGY
Intro to Sociology
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SO 1010 Discovering Society
101 SSC Discovering Society
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PHILOSOPHY/ETHICS
Intro to Philosophy
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PH 105 – WCH Introduction to Philosophy
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MATH
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MA 1080 SCPS Applied Mathematics
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Core Electives
(from Humanities)
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HS 203 Archival Resources and Digital Humanities
PH 275 HUM Science & Values
ART 310 Art Ed Methodologies
PCS 260 HUM Peacebuilding
ART 315 Art Education Methodologies Secondary
PCS 265 HUM Nonviolence in America
COM 252 HUM Multi-Cultural Communications
REL 103 HUM Religion & Nonviolence
REL 267 HUM Progressive Religion
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All Students are Required to take Elizabethtown College course to start the program
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NUR 150 Foundations in Accelerated Learning
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Total for Pre-requisites for Associate Grads + NUR 150
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63 credits
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Professional Credits
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30 credits
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BSN Required Nursing Courses for the Major
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32 credits
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Credits Required to earn a BSN at Elizabethtown College
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125 Total Credits
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RN to BSN Nursing Major Requirements: (32 in coursework + 3 transition course = 35 credits)
- NUR 150 Foundations in Accelerated Learning (3 credits)
- NUR 200 Global Trends in Nursing (4 credits)
- NUR 250 Safety Strategies for Delivery Systems (4 credits)
- NUR 310 Holistic Health Assessment (4 credits)
- NUR 315 Population Health (4 credits)
- NUR 315 – R Population Health Clinical Rotation
- NUR 450 Nursing Leadership (4 credits)
- NUR 450 – R Nursing Leadership Clinical Rotation
- NUR 350 Care of the Chronically Ill (4 credits)
- NUR 252 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice (4 credits)
- NUR 495 Capstone (4 credits)
- NUR 495 – R Capstone Clinical Rotation
RN to BSN Course Descriptions for the Nursing Major
Course Descriptions
NUR 150 Foundations in Accelerated Learning (3 credits)
This course affords the student an opportunity to review APA style and formatting, the components of a research paper, how to craft discussion posts, utilize library resources, and strengths assessments. This course is a transition course to ease learners into the culture of Elizabethtown College and to reinforce expectations with writing for the sciences.
Prerequisite: First course for all intended BSN major
NUR 200 Global Trends in Nursing (4 credits)
This course affords the student an opportunity for an in-depth exploration of selected current issues or concepts affecting nurses, nursing and/or health care. Students will analyze a selected concept of issue from historical, economic, and social perspectives and make projections about future health care trends. Because of the dynamic nature of nursing and health care, the specific concepts and issues explored will vary in order to provide topics that are current and contemporary in care delivery.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN to BSN Program; NUR 150
NUR 250: Safety Strategies for Delivery Systems (4 credits)
This course affords the student an opportunity to examine the implications of quality and safety on patient outcomes. Concepts such as recidivism, informatics, care delivery bundles, quality and control policies, and procedures, social determinants of health, clustered care delivery models will be explored. Systems improvement initiatives are investigated with the goal of preventing health care errors. Interdisciplinary and collaborative roles of consumers, legal counsel, and health care providers, including nurses, pharmacists, and physicians, are emphasized. Because of the dynamic nature of nursing and health care, the specific concepts and issues explored will vary in order to provide topics that are current and contemporary in care delivery.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN to BSN Program; NUR 150
NUR 252: Nursing Research and Evidence-based Practice (4 credits)
This course emphasizes the role of the nurse as a researcher. The course introduces the research process and method of critiquing research literature, theoretical framework of a research study, quantitative and qualitative methodology to accomplish goals, and dissemination of research findings. This course focuses on the integration of evidence into clinical nursing practice. A major theme throughout the course is the nurse’s utilization of research findings in health care and the use of research process as a systematic, formal, and precise process to find solutions to problems.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN to BSN Program; NUR 150
NUR 310: Holistic Assessment (4 credits)
Lab Component by Virtual Simulation using Shadow Health
This course expands upon the registered nurse experience and past education to examine health assessment to perform an effective health assessment of the mind, body, and spirit. This course focuses on the application of critical thinking and reasoning in the assessment of individual health status to identify risk factors for actual or potential alterations in health. The concepts covered in this course includes the systematic, holistic approach to health history and physical examination for differentiating normal from abnormal states, which will include physical, developmental, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual dimensions and will improve your client interview techniques to ensure that you are able to get relevant information about your clients’ health. Students will complete an online lab component of this course.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN to BSN Program; NUR 150
NUR 315: Population Health (4 credits) with Clinical Practice Experience (CPE)
This course examines population and community-based health and its impact on health maintenance and restoration. Students will examine the concepts of systems management, public health and its related issues, epidemiology, health policy, social determinants of health, and care of vulnerable populations. Students will complete a clinical experience as part of this course in order to apply the practical application of community-based care.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN to BSN Program; NUR 150
NUR 315 R – Population Health Clinical Rotation
0.00 credits. This supervised clinical rotation coincides with the lecture component, NUR 315 – Population Health. Students are required to complete and pass the clinical rotation in order to continue within the Nursing curriculum. Graded Pass/No Pass. *Corequisite: NUR 315.
NUR 450: Nursing Leadership (4 credits) with Clinical Practice Experience (CPE)
Successful leadership of individuals and teams requires strategic leaders to employ aspects of situational and transformational leadership principles. This course will examine how individual personalities, team dynamics, corporate structures, and organizational needs provide direction for a strategic leader. Learners will explore how tasks and goals impact team design and function, leading to building effective teams, including team leadership. Learners will also take a look at best practices in face-to-face and virtual teams.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN to BSN Program; NUR 150
NUR 450 R – Nursing Leadership Clinical Rotation
0.00 credits. This supervised clinical rotation coincides with the lecture component, NUR 450 – Nursing Leadership. Students are required to complete and pass the clinical rotation in order to continue within the Nursing curriculum. Graded Pass/No Pass. *Corequisite: NUR 450.
NUR 350: Care of the Chronically Ill (4 credits)
This course will examine the concepts such as genetics and the care of the chronically ill, principles of end-of-life care, palliative care, and pain management. Special emphasis will be placed upon communication strategies and exploration of ethical issues which cause nurses’ moral distress.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN to BSN Program; NUR 150
NUR 495: Capstone (4 credits) with Clinical Practice Experience
This course provides an opportunity for students to synthesize their knowledge of the concepts learned throughout the RN to BSN program. The primary focus is on applying this knowledge to a chosen evidence-based project that is related to an area of interest in nursing and healthcare.
Prerequisite: Course intended for senior-level baccalaureate nursing students in their final semester of the major.
NUR 495 R – Nursing Capstone Clinical Rotation
0.00 credits. This supervised clinical rotation coincides with the lecture component, NUR 495 – Nursing Capstone. Students are required to complete and pass the clinical rotation in order to continue within the Nursing curriculum. Graded Pass/No Pass. *Corequisite: NUR 495.
Recommended Course Sequence in the Nursing Program
Semester
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Semester
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Requirement #1: Common Core Requirements must be met first.
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Recommended Course Sequence #2: Complete all General Education (Professional Credits) Courses Next…
· Complete Professional Credits (See three paths above) (on average, diploma grads have between 26 & 28 credits to satisfy undergraduate requirements in this category)
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Traditional Academic Semester 1
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Traditional Academic Semester 2
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Sub-term 1
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Sub-term 2
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Sub-term 3
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Sub-term 4
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Sub-term 5
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NUR 150 Foundations for Accelerated Learning
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NUR 200
Global Trends in Nursing
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NUR 250
Safety Strategies for Delivery Systems
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NUR 310
Holistic Assessment
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NUR 315
Population Health
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3 credits
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4 credits
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4 credits
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4 credits
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4 credits
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Traditional Academic Semester 3
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Traditional Academic Semester 4
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Sub-term 6
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Sub-term 7
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Sub-term 8
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Sub-term 9
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NUR 450
Nursing Leadership
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NUR 350
Care of the Chronically Ill
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NUR 252
Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice
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NUR 495
Capstone
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Graduation!
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4 credits
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4 credits
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4 credits
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4 credits
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Common Core Requirements
All students at Elizabethtown College undergraduate degree programs must complete the Middle States Common Core classifications consisting of at least 40 semester credit hours.
The following table lists the Common Core Areas of Understanding and the Etown courses equivalencies that may be used to fulfill these requirements. Degree planners can be found to assist students in visualizing and experimenting with various degree or minor options. We want our students to make informed choices that help them to create the most meaningful pathway toward graduation.
A student with an earned Associate or Diploma transferring to Etown who has completed the common core requirements at another institution of higher education will receive credit for each of the core courses transferred and will be considered to have fully satisfied all of Etown common core requirements.
Students who have not earned an Associate’s or Diploma and transferring to Etown who has completed some, but not all, of the common core requirements at another institution of higher education will receive credit for each of the core courses transferred and will be considered to have fully satisfied the corresponding common core requirements at Etown. The student must still satisfy any remaining Etown common core requirements.
Information about dual enrollment can be found in the Catalog.
Accreditation Status
The baccalaureate degree in nursing at Elizabethtown College is pursuing initial accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington DC 20001, 202-887-6791. Applying for accreditation does not guarantee that accreditation will be granted.
State Authorization for Distance Education
Elizabethtown College is a participant of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA), a voluntary, interstate agreement that establishes comparable standards for offering postsecondary distance education across state lines. Member states recognize participating institutions that are authorized in other member states. SARA establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state.
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State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) is an agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offerings of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state. Currently, all states (excluding California) plus the District of Columbia are members of NC-SARA.
Graduation & Commencement
Elizabethtown College celebrates the achievement of its graduates through an annual commencement ceremony, held in May. All degree-seeking students are invited and encouraged to participate. Students completing a Graduate Certificate are not eligible to participate in commencement.
Students must have completed all degree requirements prior to the May commencement date in order to participate in that year's ceremony. Students completing after the May commencement date will be invited to attend the following the May ceremony.
The Office of Registration and Records tracks students and determines who is eligible for graduation. Students do not need to complete an application for graduation. Degrees are conferred in May, August, and December each year. There is one Commencement ceremony each year in May.
At graduation, BSN students will be invited to both a nursing pinning and graduation ceremony with the college. More details about nursing pinning and graduation can be found in Canvas, Elizabethtown College Nursing Program.
Diplomas are mailed to students following the August and January degree conferral. Diplomas are presented at commencement to students with a May degree conferral date, provided they do not have a hold on their student account. Diplomas are mailed to May graduates that do not attend commencement.
Please access the commencement webpage for more information.