RN to BSN
ENDURING VALUES GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES:
(take at Bluffton)
REL 100 Introduction to Biblical Worldview (3)
REL 242 Spiritual Disciplines (3)
BENV 300 Cross-cultural Experience (3)
BENV 400 Christian Values in a Global Community (3)
ENDURING VALUES GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES:
(take at Bluffton or elsewhere)
Exploring the Past competency
Creative Expression competency
Speaking and Listening competency
NURSING COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
NRS 401 Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing (1)
NRS 402 Research in Nursing: Evidence Based Practices (3)
NRS 403 Population Based Care (4)
NRS 404 Managing Care Across the Health Continuum (4)
NRS 405 Health Care Delivery Systems (3)
NRS 406 Nursing Informatics (2)
or NRS 407 Caring for an Aging Population (2)
NRS 408 Current Trends and Issues in Nursing (3)
PHL 320 Epidemiology (3)
NRS 301 Global Health and Intercultural Care (3)
Students must complete or transfer credit for a general statistics class prior to enrolling for nursing courses. Students must complete or transfer credit for an ethics or medical ethics course to complete BSN program.
Those RN’s who already have a bachelor’s degree in another discipline need to meet the requirements of those earning a second bachelor’s degree. They need to take the ten nursing course requirements listed above, plus the following:
- BENV 300 Cross-cultural Experience unless they have met the cross-cultural requirement either through options offered by Bluffton or through comparable course work;
- 3 semester hours of biblical studies and theology by completing REL 100 Introduction to Biblical Worldview, REL 200 Introduction to Biblical Literature, BMP 407 Faith and Community, or a comparable course from an Anabaptist perspective;
- BENV 400 Enduring Values Capstone or BMP 410 Living in the Global Community;
- Students must complete or transfer credit for a general statistics class prior to enrolling for nursing courses; and
- Students must complete or transfer credit for an ethics or medical ethics course.
July 2022