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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">There are 64 credits of nursing coursework and 2 credits of Pharmacology in the UNMC College of Nursing BSN program. A course of study will be individualized with the advice of the faculty and student advisors within the listed parameters for advanced placement. | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">There are 64 credits of nursing coursework and 2 credits of Pharmacology in the UNMC College of Nursing BSN program. A course of study will be individualized with the advice of the faculty and student advisors within the listed parameters for advanced placement. | ||
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px; margin-top:15px;"></li> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px; margin-top:15px;">RN-BSN students must take a minimum of 20 nursing credit hours and LPNs must take a minimum of 30 nursing credit hours established by the College of Nursing and the Board of Regents in order to be granted a degree from UNMC College of Nursing. Only courses in the nursing major may be applied to the residency requirement.<br /><br />RNs must take at least one course (usually NRSG 420-Community Health Nursing) with a clinical component. Twenty (20) nursing credit hours must be completed at UNMC including one clinical course. Four (4) of the twenty-four (24) credit hours required may be challenged. All courses, except NRSG 420 and NRSG 385, may be challenged.<br /><br />LPNs must take at least two clinical courses, one of which must be Community Health Nursing (NRSG 420). Thirty (30) nursing credit hours must be completed at UNMC, including two clinical courses. Thirty-six (36) of the 64 credit hours required, including 2 credits of pharmacology, may be challenged. All courses, except NRSG 420 and NRSG 480, may be challenged.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;"></li> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">RNs who possess a valid license to practice professional nursing will be granted credit for 27 credit hours, corresponding to NRSG 262-Professional Nursing, NRSG 280-Essentials of Nursing Care, NRSG 320-Family-Centered Nursing Care of Adults, NRSG 340-Family-Centered Maternity Nursing, NRSG 350-Family-Centered Nursing Care of Children, and NRSG 410-Client-Centered Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. The credits will be transferred directly from accredited ADN programs. In the case of graduates from diploma and non-accredited ADN programs, the 27 credit hours will be recorded on the student's transcript when the student becomes a candidate for the Bachelor's Degree.<br /><br /> | ||
Licensed RNs who have practiced in the role for a minimum of one month full-time or its equivalent will be granted an additional 4 credit hours corresponding to NRSG 480-Transition to Professional Nursing. These credit hours will be recorded on the student's transcript when the student becomes a candidate for the Bachelor's Degree.</li> | |||
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