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 PN to RN Course Requirements

Welcome Students

Our program is learning-intensive and time-consuming. You will be required to complete course work, clinical work, skills testing, theory testing, and more.

We strongly recommend that you work no more than 24 hours per week during the course of your program. If your family and home commitments are high, we recommend you curtail outside employment even further.

In order to enroll in nursing courses, you must have applied and been accepted to the ADN program.

All non-nursing courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Grades of C- or lower will not count toward credits you need to graduate.

The nursing program dates and deadlines override Continuing Education, online and distance learning guidelines. Prerequisite courses must be completed and grades posted the Friday before nursing courses start.

See the WSU Catalog for individual course descriptions.

Prerequisite Courses

All accepted students must complete the science option I or II by the end of summer semester prior to starting the nursing program. Prerequisite support courses must be completed and grades posted the Friday before nursing courses start.

Science Option I

  • HTHS 1110 (LS) - Integrated Human Anatomy & Physiology I (4)
  • HTHS 1111 - Integrated Human Anatomy & Physiology II (4)
  • CHEM 1130 (PS)/1135 - Intro. to General, Organic & Biochemistry (5)*
  • MATH 1030 (QL) [Quantitative Literacy Requirement] (3) **

Science Option II

  • ZOOL 2320 (2100) - Human Anatomy (4)
  • ZOOL 2420 (LS) (2200) - Human Physiology (4)
  • CHEM 1130 (PS)/1135 - Intro to General, Organic & Biochemistry (5)*
  • MATH 1030 (QL) [Quantitative Literacy Requirement] (3)**

*CHEMISTRY NOTE: If CHEM 1130 (PS)/1135 is not available then take CHEM 1110 (PS) & CHEM 1115 (5). In addition, some graduate nursing programs require two sections of chemistry; therefore, CHEM 1110 and CHEM 1120 would be a best choice. Consult an academic advisor for more information. Other Chemistry equivalents may exist; see advisor.

**Quantitative Literacy note:  QL level equivalencies exist; see advisor.

Additional Prerequisites

  • PSY 1010 (SS) Introductory Psychology (3) or
    CHF 1500 (SS/CC) Human Development (3)
  • ENGL 1010 (EN1) Introductory College Writing (3)

Graduation Requirement for AAS 

  • ENGL 2010 (EN2) Intermediate College Writing (3)
  • Humanities (HU) (3) or Creative Arts (CA) (3)*

* Additional graduation requirements required for the full AS (RN) Degree. See advisor. 

General Education Requirements

  • ENGL 2010 (EN2) Intermediate Writing (3)
  • American Institutions (AI) (3)*
  • Humanities (HU) or Creative Arts (CA) (3)*
  • Information Literacy (IL) (1)*
  • Creative Arts (CA) (3)*
  • Social Science (SS) (3)*
  • Cultural Competence (CC) (3)*

* Not required for the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree.

 

Suggested PN-to-RN Course Outline

All nursing courses must be passed with a B- grade (80 percent) or better to proceed in the program. Nursing courses must be taken in sequence. PN-to-RN students start in the 3rd semester of the Associate Degree program.

Third Semester

  • NRSG 2500 - Patient-Centered Nursing Care II (3)
  • NRSG 2551 - INT/CEL Patient-Centered Nursing Care Experience II (4.5)
  • NRSG 3100 - Pharmacology for Nurses III (3)
  • ENGL 2010 (EN2) - Intermediate College Writing (3)

Fourth Semester

  • NRSG 3200 - Complex Patient-Centered Nursing Care (3)
  • NRSG 3300 - Entry into Nursing Professional Practice (3.5)
  • NRSG 3350 - INT/CEL Entry into Nursing Professional Practice Capstone (3)
  • Humanities (HU) or Creative Arts (CA) (3)
  • Information Literacy (1)*
  • Creative Arts (CA) (3)*