Nursing: RN to BS Completion (BS.NUR)

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Each student for the RN to BS Completion Program will be considered individually as a transfer student and must meet the Castleton State College BS Degree Requirements before graduation. For this reason, the time and number of credits for program completion may vary. All candidates licensed as registered nurses will be awarded 34 credits toward a BS degree.

Prerequisites for this program of study include: BIO 2011 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I , BIO 2012 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II , and BIO 2125 - Fundamentals of Microbiology (or their equivalents) in addition to an unencumbered RN license in the state of Vermont.

Required Courses:

Note: All nursing and science courses must be passed with a "C+" or better

MAT 2021 - Statistics I 3 cr
NUR 3010 - Health Promotion and Protection 3 cr
NUR 3020 - Transition to Professional Nursing Practice 2 cr
NUR 3030 - Health Assessment 3 cr *
NUR 3040 - Pathophysiology 3 cr
NUR 3050 - Pharmacology for Nurses 3 cr
NUR 3510 - Evidence-based Practice in Nursing 3 cr
NUR 4010 - Family Health Nursing 3 cr *
NUR 4030 - Management and Leadership in Nursing 3 cr *
NUR 4510 - Community Health Nursing 6 cr *
NUR 4610 - Healthcare Policy, Finance and Regulation 3 cr
PHI 3020 - Medical Ethics 3 cr
PSY 1050 - Human Growth and Development 3 cr
SWK 2130 - Introduction to the Study of Aging 3 cr
*Requires clinical study outside the classroom

and complete one of the following courses:

BIO 1030 - Introduction to Nutrition 3 cr (See CCV course listings)
SOC 2040 - Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender 3 cr
SOC 2230 - Death And Dying 3 cr

Credits

Subtotal of Nursing credits required: 47 cr
Estimated minimum General Education credits required to complete a BS Degree: 12 cr
Minimum credits required to obtain a BS in Nursing degree: 59 cr

Program Notes

Fees

Some nursing courses require payment of a laboratory fee that is included in the individual course descriptions.

Practice Setting Requirements

All nursing students are expected to cover the cost and provide their own transportation to assigned clinical agencies.

All RN-BS students must have an unencumbered RN license in the State of Vermont and in any other state where clinical experiences occur.

Unsatisfactory Health, Performance, or Behavior

The Nursing Department reserves the right to request that the Academic Dean require withdrawal from the nursing program of any student whose health, performance, or behavior is judged unsatisfactory.

Note

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program has Provisional Approval from the Vermont State Board of Nursing and is a new applicant pursuing initial accreditation by the Commission on collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE):

One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530

Washington DC 20036

(202) 887-6791

(https://www.aacn.nche.edu/ccne-accreditation)

CCNE Accreditation Process Update for the RN-BS Nursing Program (November 11, 2013)

On Friday, November 8, 2013, after a three day visit, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) On-site Evaluator team presented its exit interview report to the Nursing Department faculty and invited quests. The team announced that it will recommend to the CCNE Board of Commissioners that the Castleton RN-BS Nursing Program has met all four standards required for CCNE Accreditation. This is the first of three steps in the approval process and the best news at this point in the process.

Next steps: In approximately eight weeks, the team report will be written, edited by the team, submitted to CCNE staff, and then provided to Castleton. As part of the accreditation process, Castleton's Director of Nursing Education will be afforded the opportunity to respond to the team report. The team report and Castleton's written response to the team report will be provided to the Accreditation Review Committee (ARC). The ARC will meet on March 17-20, 2014 and make a confidential recommendation to the CCNE Board of Commissioners. The accreditation decision will be made by the CCNE Board at its meeting on April 22-25, 2014.