BACHELOR OR SCIENCE IN NURSING
RN TO BSN COMPLETION PROGRAM
The Wayland Baptist University Department of Nursing derives its mission from the purpose of Wayland Baptist University which is to educate students in an academically challenging and distinctively Christian environment for professional success, lifelong learning and service to God and humankind. The department of nursing strives to prepare baccalaureate nursing graduates that are competent and caring in the delivery of patient care in a diverse health care environment.
The program provides a Registered Nurse to complete a Bachelor Degree in Nursing in
one year full-time or two years part-time. The student completes 74 semester credit hours of
prerequisite coursework, of which 42 hours must be completed prior to beginning the program.
The student must also take the National League for Nursing RN Mobility Ace II Exam which
will give them 28 semester credit hours of upper-level nursing credit. The student will complete
the program with 30 semester credit hours of upper-level nursing courses.
| General Education Requirements (with a 2.0 grade point average or better) | Hours |
| @ENGL 1301, @1302, 2303 and three hours from 2301 or 2302 | 12 |
| Fine Arts | 3 |
| HIST 1303 and 1304, or 2301** and 2302** | 6 |
| MATH 1304 and 1306 | 6 |
| EXSS | 3 |
| ***RLGN 1301, 1302 | 6 |
| BIOL 3408, 3409, AND 4401 | 12 |
| POLS 2301 | 3 |
| SOCI 1301; PSYC 1301 and 2301; CHEM 1401. |
12 |
| SPCH 1301, 1303, 2302**, or 2303 | 3 |
| Foreign Language 1401 | 4 |
| *COSC 2311 | 3 |
| ORIE 0001 or UNIV 1100 | 0-1 |
| GRAD 0001 or GRAD 4101 | 0-1 |
Nursing Major
The student must also take the National League for Nursing RN Mobility Ace II Exam which will give them 28 semester credit hours of upper-level nursing credit. The student will complete the program with 30 semester credit hours of upper-level nursing courses.
NURS 4210 - Professional Nursing Role
NURS 4211 - Current Issues in Nursing
NURS 4332 - Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing
NURS 4335 - Community and Public Health Nursing
NURS 4343 - Leadership and Management
NURS 4348 - Nursing Theories and Research
NURS 4651 - Evidenced Based Practice II
NURS 4845 - Evidenced Based Practice I