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 2207 Practicum: Essentials of Nursing Practice 2
  Total Credits: 11

Summer I - Session 2

Course Title Credit
NUR 3114
Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults
6
NUR 3115 Practicum in Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults
6
  Total Credits: 12

Fall

Course Title Credit
NUR 3118 Nursing Care of Women and Childbearing Families
3
NUR 3119 Practicum in Nursing Care of Women and Childbearing Families
3
NUR 3120 Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
3
NUR 3121 Practicum in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
3
NUR 3122 Imperatives for Global and Public Health
3
NUR 3030 Concepts in Pharmacology 3
NUR 4114 Nursing and Health Policy 2
  Total Credits: 20

Spring

Course Title Credit
NUR 4104 Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults with Complex Health Problems
3
NUR 4105 Practicum in Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults with Complex Health Problems
3
NUR 4108 Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents
3
NUR 4109 Practicum in Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents 3
NUR 4116 Leadership and Management in Health Care
2
PHI 2115 Ethics for Health Care Professionals
OR
3
NUR 8964 Clinical Ethics
OR
3
NUR 2810 Research and Scientific Evidence in Nursing Practice
3
NUR 4200 Seminars in Selected Topics 1
  Total Credits:
18

Summer II

Course Title Credit
NUR 4112 Health Promotion and Home Health in the Community
3
NUR 4113 Practicum in Health Promotion and Home Health in the Community 5
NUR 4117
Fieldwork in Leadership and Management in Health Care
3
NUR 2810 Research and Scientific Evidence in Nursing Practice
OR
3
PHI 2115 Ethics for Health Care Professionals
OR
3
NUR 8964 Clinical Ethics 3
  Total Credits:
14

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 2207 Practicum: Essentials of Nursing Practice 2
  Total Credits: 11

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 & Publid Health (online)
3
NUR 2810
Research & Scientific Evidence in Nursing Practice (online)
3
  Total Credits: 6

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

Fall - Semester 4

Course Title Credit
NUR 3107 Nursing Care of Women and Families
5
NUR 3106 Nursing Care of Adults & Older Adults
5
PHI 2115 Ethics of Healthcare  OR
3
NUR 8964 Clinical Ethics
3
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 4031 Safe & Effective Pharm & Parenteral Therapies 2
NUR 4200 Seminar in Selected Topics 1
NUR 4119 Nursing Leadership and Health Policy
3
  Total Credits:
16

Summer - Semester 6

Course Title Credit
NUR 4120 Community and Population Health
7
NUR 4112 Transition to Professional Nursing Practicum 3
NUR 4121
Knowledge Integration for Professional Practice
2
  Total Credits:
12

       

      

      

      

Enrollment Specialist, Second Degree BSN Track
Mrs. Kristin Barkdoll
kristin.barkdoll@villanova.edu 610-519-7137

Program Director
Prof. Colleen Meakim, MSN, RN, CHSE-A, ANEF
colleen.meakim@villanova.edu  610-519-7955

Nursing Recruitment