RN to BSN Nursing Program

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Thank you for your interest in the process for a Registered Nurse to enter the Baccalaureate Nursing Program. Our curriculum design enables you to enter into the program with advanced standing, providing you have completed the lower-level general education courses. Please click here for frequently asked questions. The RN to BSN courses are offered both on campus and online. Students may take courses in either format to achieve this degree. Most Registered Nurses complete the coursework on a part-time basis, however, full-time schedules can be arranged with your advisor.

Mesa State College follows the Colorado Nursing Articulation Model. (Please note different requirements for out-of-state graduates.) For progression to the Nursing Baccalaureate Degree:

• Must meet program admission requirements.
• Must have graduated from an associate degree or diploma nursing program, any state.
• Must be licensed in good standing as a Registered Nurse.
• May transfer in, or be awarded credit equivalent for, approximately one year of nursing courses. Credit to be held in escrow until equivalent of one full-time semester of nursing course work has been completed.
  
• No more than 38 additional semester hours of nursing credits may be required for those receiving credit for one year of nursing courses.
  
• No more than 132 total semester credit hours may be required for the baccalaureate degree.

Other program requirements are:
1. Make application to Mesa State College. If you are a graduate from Mesa State College Associate Degree      Program you must reactivate your old application by advising the Registrar's Office of this change.
2. Be admitted to Mesa State College as a general student by receipt of a letter from the Office of      Admissions.
3. After completion, or transfer, of all non-nursing prerequisite coursework, make special application to     the Department of Health Sciences for advanced placement (RN-BSN Application).
5. Provide evidence of the current license to practice as an R.N. Submit a copy of the license to the      Department of Health Sciences with the application.
6. If necessary, provide updated copies of college transcripts to the Department of Health Sciences.

CURRICULUM PLAN
1. The Registered Nurse applicant must complete all of the freshman and sophomore non-nursing       courses before applying for entrance in the designated nursing courses.

N0N-NURSING PRE-REQUISITES (while it is in your best interest to have all these non-nursing courses completed prior to entering the program, it is possible that you may be missing some of the General Education):

General Education Requirements: ENG 111 - English Composition ENG 112 - English Composition 2 Humanities electives(1 must be History) 1 Social Behavior or Humanities elective 1 Applied Science elective 1 Natural Science elective 1 Natural Science elective with lab 1 Fine Art elective 2 KINE(Aerobic/Fitness) electives KINA 100 - Health and Wellness TOTAL

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Program Requirements (Core): BIOL 209/209L - Anatomy & Physiology I PSYC 150 - General Psychology BIOL 210/210L - Anatomy & Physiology II PSYC 233 - Human Growth & Development BIOL 241 - Pathophysiology Program Requirements: MATH 113 - College Algebra STAT 200 - Probabilities & Statistics TOTAL

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* Course is required for admission into the program. Math course must be at College Algebra level or    above.

2. Have a 2.0 ("C") on a 4.0 scale or higher grade for all courses required for completion of the      Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing. This policy applies regardless of when the course was taken. A "D"      grade or lower in any course is not acceptable for credit.

3. After acceptance into the program, have portfolio reviewed by advisor (the RN likely will enroll in the      following nursing courses):

5. Total credits required for BSN = 126.

Again, thank you for your interest in our program. Consideration of your RN-BSN application will take place when your application folder is complete. (The student is responsible for assuring the completeness of their application file.)

Nursing major courses for RN-BSN:

Contact Judy Goodhart at either (970) 248-1774 or goodhart@mesastate.edu to
schedule an advising appointment

GENERAL INFORMATION:
Department of Health Sciences
Phone (970) 248-1398
Fax (970) 248-1133


Last revised: 5/30/2008