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Sample Curriculum

Prerequisites

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Cumulative 2.75 GPA on a 4.0 scale
  • Average of 2.75 GPA for the following science courses with a minimum grade of "C" in each:
  • 3-credit hour course in human anatomy
  • 3-credit hour course in human physiology
  • 3-credit hour course in general biology
  • 3-credit hour course in general microbiology
  • 3-credit hour course in human nutrition (Must be equivalent to NFS 212 at UK; see www.iris.uky.edu/TransferEquivalency/ )
  • 3-credit hour course in general statistics
  • 4-credit hour course in general chemistry (Must be equivalent to CHE 103 at UK. See link above for transfer equivalency. One year of general college chemistry with a minimum grade of "C" in each course is also acceptable.)
  • 3-4 credit hour course in general psychology
First year
first semester
Credit 
Hours
NUR 866   Patho/Pharmacology I  3
NUR 869   Introduction to Nursing Care  8
Subtotal  11
First year
second semester 		 
NUR 870  Patho/Pharmacology II  3
NUR 871  Family-Centered Care of Adults with Common Health Problems  

 7

Subtotal

 10
Second year
first semester
NUR 872 Clinical Reasoning: Quantitative, Qualitative and Epidemiological Approaches  3
NUR 873   Nursing Care of Childrearing Families

 4

NUR 875 Nursing Care of Childbearing Families 4
HSM 241  Health and Medical Care Delivery Systems

 3

Subtotal
 

14

Second year
second semester  

 

NUR 880   Leadership/Management in Nursing Care Delivery   

 3

NUR 881  Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing  

 5

NUR 883   Public Health Nursing    5
Subtotal

13

Third year
first semester
NUR 884  Career Management in Nursing

 2

NUR 885  High Acuity Nursing

 5

NUR 886  Synthesis of Clinical Knowledge for Nursing Practice

 6

Subtotal 13
Total credit hours 64

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