Nursing (RN-BSN Completion), BSN

Nursing Admissions Requirements:

Associate Degree - in Nursing from a regionally accredited institution

Active RN License (Must be completed before the second semester in the program)

Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50 from all regionally accredited institution attended

There are two types of transfer students that could be influenced by this degree, and the requirements are subtly different:

• If the student does not have a prior bachelors degree, the transfer student must complete UMA’s General Education requirements as specified.  Some courses taken at a prior institution may transfer for those requirements.
• If a student does have a prior bachelors, then the general education requirements are waived.  There is, however, mandatory content that otherwise satisfies General Education requirements that is still required.

A student with an Associate Degree in Nursing from a regionally accredited institute and an Active RN license is granted 49 credits of transfer, three of which constituting HUS 134.  If other specified coursework has been completed in the process of receiving the AD-N (or other degree), those are in addition to this number.  For example, a student taking Anatomy and Physiology during their AD-N (or other degree) would receive an additional four credits in line-item transfer.

Bachelor’s Degree Requirements:

• Minimum 120 Credit Hours
• Writing Intensive Course
• Minimum Cumulative G.P.A.: 2.50
• 30 Credit Hours of Residency Courses
• 9 Credits of Upper-Level Major Residency Courses
• Minimum G.P.A. in the Major: 2.50

All NUR courses must be passed with a C+ (not C) or higher for successful completion.  All other courses must be passed with a C (not C-) or higher.

Program Core Requirements (15 Credit Hours):

• NUR 301 - Health Assessment Throughout the Lifespan 4 CR
• NUR 304 - Concepts of Professional Nursing Practice 3 CR

• This course is required to be the first NUR course to be taken in the RN-BSN program and must be taken at UMA unless awarded course transfer equivalency upon admission.

• NUR 355 - Population Health Nursing: From Classroom to Community 5 CR
• NUR 410W - Leadership and Management in Nursing 3 CR

Other Program Requirements (13 Credit Hours):

• BIO 210 - Anatomy and Physiology 4 CR
• BIO 321 - Microbiology 4 CR
• BIO 345 - Pathophysiology 3 CR
• SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 CR

Holistic Electives-select 6 credits from the following list (6 Credit Hours):

At least one course must have an NUR designation

• NUR 250 - Health & Society: How Systems Shape Care 3 CR
• NUR 289 - Topics in Nursing 3 CR
• NUR 331 - Integrative Yoga: Theory and Practice for Self-Care and Holistic Healing 3 CR
• NUR 332 - Hands on Healing: Reiki 3 CR
• NUR 335 - Integrative Pharmacology 3 CR
• NUR 337E Fostering Emotional Health & Well Being: A Process of Self-Discovery 3 CR
• NUR 338 - Death, Dying, Life and Living 3 CR
• NUR 351 - Biomedical Ethics 3 CR
• NUR 389 - Topics in Nursing 3 CR
• NUR 396 - Holistic Nursing Practice Internship 3 CR
• NUR 420 - The American Health Care System 3 CR
• AME 305 - Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality 3 CR
• COM 320 - Health Communication 3 CR
• ENG 319W - Embodied Writing 3 CR
• PSY 304 - Adolescent Psychology and Mental Health 3 CR
• PSY 385 - Stereotyping and Prejudice 3 CR
• SOC 330 - Sociology of Health and Healthcare 3 CR
• TEM 505 - Individual, Family, and Community Resiliency 3 CR
• WGS 420 - Feminist Praxis for Radical Self and Community Care 3 CR

Associate’s Degree in Nursing Transfer (46 Credit Hours):

• 46 credits of general elective coursework 46 CR

General Education Requirements (40 Credit Hours):

Written Communication:

• ENG 101 - College Writing  3 CR

Oral Communication:

• Any satisfactory course 3 CR*

Humanities:

• Any satisfactory course 3 CR*

Fine Arts:

• Any satisfactory course 3 CR*

Cultural Perspectives:

• HUS 134 - Cultural Competence in the Helping Professions  3 CR

Writing Intensive:

Choose one of the following 3 CR:

• ENG 210W - Writing for Allied Health 
• ENG 317W - Professional Writing 

Quantitative Literacy:

• MAT 115 - Elementary Statistics I  3 CR

Computing Literacy:

• NUR 225 - Introduction to Health Informatics  3 CR

Social Science:

• PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology  3 CR

Natural Science:

• BIO 110 - General Biology I  4 CR

Information Literacy:

• NUR 352 - Nursing Research  3 CR

Critical Thinking:

• NUR 499W - Senior Seminar  3 CR

Ethical Reasoning:

• PSY 308 - Human Development  3 CR

*These General Education courses are waivable for students with prior bachelor’s degree

Non asterisked (*) linked courses are required for this program

General Education:

It is the intention of the University of Maine at Augusta that every degree graduate will be prepared to function in our society as an effective and informed citizen.  To this end, the faculty has designed a set of minimum expectations that students are expected to satisfy.  The aspirations are defined by core skills, competencies, and abilities as well as knowledge based learning experiences that are the grounds for the General Education Requirements.  To learn more, visit  www.uma.edu/academics/general-education/

Advising Notes:

• The Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).
• Students admitted to the RN-BSN Program may be given credit for comparable baccalaureate level nursing courses that have been completed within the previous 10 years. For course work completed over 10 years, students may elect to request a course substitution/waiver or complete a portfolio assessment per UMA guidelines.