Nursing (A.S./B.S.)

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Nursing
A.S./B.S. Program
Hegis Code: NCC 5208.10/ESC 1203.00

Total Credits: 124

First Semester Credits
ENG 100 Enhanced Composition I or
ENG 101 Composition I or
ENG 108 The Craft of Composition/Honors English I(1)
3
HIS 3345 Modern American History 4
MAT 102 Introduction to Statistics 3
PHI 110 Bioethics 3
PSY 203 General Psychology I 3
Total Semester Credits 16
 
Second Semester Credits
AHS 131 Anatomy and Physiology I 4
HUDV 3075 Western Civilization and Human Development 4
NUR 101 Fundamentals of Nursing 7
PSY 216 Lifespan Human Development 3
Total Semester Credits 18
 
Third Semester Credits
AHS 132 Anatomy and Physiology II 4
NUR 105 Comprehensive Nursing Care I 8
NURS 3010 Health Assessment 4
Total Semester Credits 16
 
Fourth Semester Credits
AHS 202 Medical Microbiology 4
NUR 203 Comprehensive Nursing Care II 8
NURS 3015 Pharmacology 4
Total Semester Credits 16
   
Fifth Semester Credits
BIO 131 Pathophysiology 3
ENG 102 Composition II, or
ENG 103 Writing in the Sciences, or
ENG 109 The Art of Analysis / Honors English II
3
NUR 204 Comprehensive Nursing Care III 8
NURS 3005 Educational Planning: Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing 4
Total Semester Credits 18
   
Sixth Semester Credits
NURS 3020 Nursing Informatics 4
NURS 3025 Nursing Research 4
NURS 4005 Health Care Delivery Systems and Policy 3
SOCI 3010 Aging and Society 4
Total Semester Credits 16
   
Seventh Semester Credits
NURS 3035 Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health 4
NURS 4010 Professional Issues and Leadership in Contemporary Nursing 4
NURS 4015 Community Health Nursing(2) 4
Total Semester Credits 12
   
Eighth Semester Credits
NURS 4020 Baccalaureate Capstone(3) 5
NURS 6010 Professional Role and Ethics 3
Upper Level Nursing Elective (ACLS and PALS)(4) 4
Total Semester Credits 12

Note: Students must complete at least 33 credits at Nassau Community College and 45 at Empire College.

  1. Depending on placement
  2. Courses have clinical placement.
    • NURS 4015 Community Health Nursing: 45 clinical hours
  3. Courses have clinical placement.
    • NURS 4020 Baccalaureate Capstone: 90 clinical hours
  4. Upper Division Electives:
    • NURS 3035 Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health
    • NURS 3040 Foundations of Palliative Care

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