RN to BSN Pathway
for Registered Nurses with a Bachelor’s degree in another field

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

The RN to BSN Pathway Program is an accelerated degree-completion program designed for registered nurses who have a Bachelors’ degree in another field. This program has been developed to meet the educational needs of students with registered nurse licensure, work experience, and a Bachelor’s degree in another field who are returning to college to complete a BSN degree.

The program allows for the transfer of a maximum of 89 credits. To graduate, students must earn a total of 120 credits. The 31 credit nursing core will fulfill residency requirements at Wilmington University.

Curriculum

Pre-requisites:

Registered Nurse with a Bachelor’s degree in another field

General Studies Core (39 credits)

(Including a 3-credit statistics course)

Natural Sciences (12 credits)*

(will be required as pre-requisite if not taken as part of prior degree)

Free Electives (8 Credits)

Total Transfer Credits Possible: 89 credits

*A minimum of twelve credits in anatomy & physiology, microbiology, and chemistry, must be earned through coursework, transfer credits, or testing (available for anatomy/physiology and microbiology).

Upper Division Requirements (31 credits)

NUR 303 Nurse as Professional (4 credits)

NUR 313 Nurse as Decision Maker

NUR 323 Nurse as Teacher

NUR 333 Nurse as Leader

NUR 343 Nurse as Consumer of Research

NUR 363 Nurse as Caregiver: Chronic & Palliative Care

NUR 413 Holistic Health Assessment

NUR 423 Global Health Care

NUR 333 Global Health Care: Practicum

NUR or HLT elective (3 credits)

Total Minimum number of credits at Wilmington University (31 credits)

This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2008-2009 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2008 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.