CURRICULUM

Summer I - Session 1

Course Title Credit
NUR 1102 Introduction to Professional Nursing 2
NUR 1104 Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice
2
NUR 2204 Health Assessment
2
NUR 2205
Practicum in Health Assessment
1
NUR 2206
Essentials of Nursing Practice 2
NUR 2208 Practicum: Essentials of Nursing Practice 3
  Total Credits: 12

Summer I - Session 2

Course Title Credit
NUR 3104
Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults
5
NUR 3105 Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing
5
NUR 3031 Basic Concepts Pharmacology 3
  Total Credits: 13

Fall

NUR 3106 Nursing Care of Adults & Older Adults II 5
NUR 3107 Nursing Care of Women & Families
5
NUR 3122 Imperatives for Global & Public Health
3
NUR 3131 Applied Pharmacology in Nursing Practice 2
NUR 1105 Social Justice & Health Equity in Professional Nursing 3
  Total Credits: 18

Spring

Course Title Credit
NUR 4111 Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults with Complex Health Problems
5
NUR 4115 Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents
5
NUR 4031 Safe & Effective Pharmacologic & Parenteral Therapies 2
NUR 4119 Nursing Leadership and Health Policy
3
PHI 2115 Ethics for Health Care Professionals
OR
3
NUR 8964 Clinical Ethics (3 credits)
OR
 
NUR 3810 Research & Scientific Evidence in Nursing Practice (3 credits)
 
NUR 4200 Seminar in Selected Topics 1
  Total Credits:
19

Summer II

Course Title Credit
NUR 4120 Community and Population Health
7
NUR 4121 Knowledge Integration for Professional Practice 2
NUR 4122
Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
3
NUR 3810 Research and Scientific Evidence in Nursing Practice
OR
3
PHI 2115 Ethics for Health Care Professionals (3 credits)
OR
 
NUR 8964 Clinical Ethics (3 credits)  
  Total Credits:
15

Fall - Semester 1

Course Title Credit
NUR 1102 Introduction to Professional Nursing 2
NUR 1104 Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice
2
NUR 2204 Health Assessment
2
NUR 2205
Practicum in Health Assessment
1
NUR 2206
Essentials of Nursing Practice 2
NUR 2208 Practicum: Essentials of Nursing Practice 3
  Total Credits: 12

Spring - Semester 2

Course Title Credit
NUR 3104
Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults
5
NUR 3105 Psychiatric & Mental Hlth Nursing
5
NUR 3031
Basic Concepts Pharmacology
3
NUR 1105 Social Justice & Health Equity in Prof Nursing 3
  Total Credits: 16

Summer - Semester 3

Course Title Credit
NUR 3122
Imperatives for Global & Public Health (online)
3
NUR 3810
Research & Scientific Evidence in Nursing Practice (online)
3
  Total Credits: 6

Other courses as per student's previous coursework (eg could be Ethics or Graduate Ethics or Graduate Research)

Fall - Semester 4

Course Title Credit
NUR 3106 Nursing Care of Adults & Older Adults II
5
NUR 3107 Nursing Care of Women and Families
5
PHI 2115 Ethics of Healthcare
OR
3
NUR 8964 Clinical Ethics (3 Credits)
 
NUR 3131 Applied Pharmacology in Nursing Practice 2
  Total Credits: 15

Spring - Semester 5

Course Title Credit
NUR 4111 Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults with Complex Health Problems
5
NUR 4115 Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents 5
NUR 4119 Nursing Leadership and Health Policy 2
NUR 4031 Safe & Effective Pharm & Parenteral Therapies 1
NUR 4200 Seminar in Selected Topics
3
  Total Credits:
16

Summer - Semester 6

Course Title Credit
NUR 4120 Community and Population Health
7
NUR 4121 Knowledge Integration for Professional Practice 2
NUR 4122
Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
3
  Total Credits:
12

       

      

      

      

  

Inquires and Questions
nursing.recruitment@villanova.edu

Jennifer Brown, DNP, MSN, RN  
Director, Second-Degree Accelerated BSN Program
Associate Professor 

LeRai Martin, EdD, MSN, RN
Assitant Faculty Director,
Second-Degree Accelerated BSN Program

Cathleen Miller
Operation Specialist,
Second-Degree Accelerated BSN Program