III. NURSING
Contents
The Program................................................................................................................................... 1
Guidelines for Mathematical Sciences Courses ............................................................................. 1
Students with Advanced Placement credit:................................................................................ 1
8-semester plan .............................................................................................................................. 2
The Program
Remember:
1. You are personally responsible to plan your program to meet all graduation requirements.
2. To graduate you must complete all major and QuEST requirements with a minimum of 123 total credit
hours. (a typical nursing plan is 127 credits)
3. To continue at Messiah, you will need to maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 1.80 (0–23 credits),
1.90 (24–56 credits), and 2.00 (57 credits or above).
4. To enter the clinical nursing courses, you will need to achieve a prerequisite earned GPA of 2.70 and a
minimum grade of “C” in specified prerequisite courses.
5. To progress in the nursing major you must maintain a cumulative earned GPA of 3.00.
6. Successful criminal history background checks must be completed for entry into the nursing clinical
courses.
7. You must undergo a physical examination, with annual follow-ups, that are documented on required
health forms.
8. You must undergo a drug screening prior to clinical courses.
9. The last 30 credits preceding the conferring of the degree must be earned at Messiah College with a
minimum of 12 credits in the major.
Guidelines for Mathematical Sciences Courses
Statistics is required for nursing majors and meets the QuEST requirement for Mathematical Sciences.
Students with Advanced Placement credit:
Requirements for courses in mathematical sciences can be met through Advanced Placement exam credit.
Students who have taken AP exams in calculus, computer science, or statistics should go to the math
department’s website (www.messiah.edu/departments/mathsci/courses/ap_credit.html) to find out how
credit is awarded for your scores.
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8-semester plan
Nursing (B.S.N)
Course #
IDFY 101
CHEM 103
BIOL 185
PSYC 101 or
SOAN 101 or
HDFS 101
LANG XXX
WELL XXX
LANG XXX
BIOL 382
BIBL XXX
PSYC 209
NURS 203
Course name
First Year – Fall
First Year Seminar*
Chemical Science*
Human Anatomy & Physiology I*
Credits
3
4
4
COMM 105
LANG XXX
IDCR 151
Course name
First Year - Spring
Oral Communications*
2nd level language*
Created & Called for Community*
Intro to Psychology * or
Introduction to Sociology * or Foundations of
Marriage and Family * (one of these only)
3
BIOL 189
Genetics for Health Professions
3
1st level language*
3
BIOL 186
Human Anatomy & Physiology II
4
TOTAL
Sophomore –Fall
Wellness course*
Lang/Cross Cultural/Non Western*
Microbiology for Health Professionals
Bible*
Life Span Development
Historical & Conceptual Basis for Nursing
17
ENGL XXX
ART/MUSI
NURS 303
NURS 211
NURS 210
Sophomore – Spring
Literature*
Arts*
Pathophysiology
Foundations of Nursing Practice
Health Assessment
TOTAL
17
1
3
4
3
3
3
Course #
STAT 269
NUTR 222
NURS 312
NURS 311
Nursing Care of Adults & Older Adults
4
NURS 313
NURS 310
Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family
4
NURS 305
17
Senior – Fall
varies
Worldviews/Pluralism/Ethics*
3
NURS 495
NURS 410
NURS 411
NURS 405
THEO XXX
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
Nursing Care of the Critically Ill
Nursing Research II
Christian Beliefs*
4
4
2
3
NURS 413
NURS 412
NURS 496
TOTAL
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16
3
3
3
3
3
TOTAL
3
3
3
TOTAL
3
3
3
TOTAL
Junior – Fall
PHIL/RELI XXX Philosophy/Religion*
HIST XXX
US or European History *
NURS 304
Pharmacology
Credits
Junior – Spring
Introductory Statistics*
Nutrition Theory
Nursing Care of Adults & Older Adults II
Nursing Care of Infants, Children, and
Adolescents
Nursing Research I
15
3
3
4
4
2
TOTAL
Senior – Spring
Senior Practicum—International or Local (Jterm only)
Leadership in Nursing
Community Health Nursing
Senior Seminar
16
TOTAL
13
16
*QuEST requirement
2
3
3
4
3