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Pat Cruz, Admissions Director
SWAU Department of Nursing
Keene, TX 76059
(817) 202-6236
Fax (817) 556-4713
nursing@swau.edu

LVN to BS Program

Prerequisites for LVN Admission to BS Program
Nursing Cognate Courses
BIOL101 Anatomy & Physiology 4
BIOL102 Anatomy & Physiology 4
BIOL220 Microbiology 4
CHEM105 Survey of Chemistry 4
KINT216 Nutrition 2
PSYC212 General Psychology 3
PSYC220 Human Growth & Development 3
SOCI111 Introduction to Sociology 3
     

Total27
General Education Courses
CSIS102 Microcomputer Lit & App 3
ENGL121 Freshman Composition 3
ENGL220 Research Writing 3
HIST US History Elective 3
HIST Non-American History Elective 3
MATH110 College Algebra 3
KINA
Elective (PE Activity) 1
UNIV110 Principles of Active Learning 1

Elective 3

Total23
First Year
LVN Credit
With a current LVN license and at least one year work experience as a licensed LVN, credit will be granted for the following upon successful completion of at least 12 credit hours at Southwestern Adventist University:
NURS211 Fundamentals of Nursing 5
NURS314 Clinical Component of Med. Surg. Nsg. I 2
     

Total7
Spring Semester
NURS110 Health Related Topic
(no clinical)
1
NURS201 Info Lit. for Nursing Students 1
NURS212 Physical Assessment
(no clinical)
3
ENGL Literature Elective 3
RLGN Religion Elective 3

Elective 1

Total12
Second Year
Fall Semester
NURS313 Pathophysiology
(no clinical)
3
NURS314 Medical-Surgical Nursing I
(theory only)
3
NURS316 Gerontological Nursing
(no clinical)
2
NURS317 Pharmacology
(no clinical)
3
RLGN Religion Elective 3

Total14
Spring Semester
NURS318 Child Health Nursing
(no clinical)
4
NURS319 Medical-Surgical Nursing II 5
NURS320 Issues & Trends in Nursing
(no clinical)
2
MATH241 Intro to Probability & Statistics 3
RLGN Religion Elective
(upper division)
3
 

Total17
Summer
First Module
NURS318C Child Health Nursing Clinical 0



Third Year
Fall Semester
NURS421 Nursing Research (no clinical) 3
NURS422
NURS423
Mental Health Nursing OR
Maternal-Newborn Nursing
5
NURS426 Nursing Leadership 3
NURS427 Medical-Surgical Nursing III 4

 


Total15
Spring Semester
NURS422
NURS423
Mental Health Nursing OR
Maternal-Newborn Nursing
5
NURS424 Community Health Nursing 4
NURS425 Clinical Specialty (clinical only) 2
NURS428 Capstone (no clinical) 1
KINA
Elective (PE Activity) 1

Total13