Generic (Basic) Track I Nursing Major

The generic Track I of the nursing program is designed for the entry level pre-licensure student and uses the cohort model of class scheduling requiring full time enrollment. Students move as a group through the designated nursing courses in sequence. The generic track includes a collaborative program with Moorpark Community College.  Courses are designed so that 200 level courses are prerequisites to 300 level nursing courses and so on. The time to complete the baccalaureate degree in nursing is designed for four years of full time study.

1. Application: Apply to both the University (October 1- November 30), then apply to the Nursing Program (February 1- February 28).
    
2. Prerequisite Courses: Complete all nursing major prerequisite courses or their equivalents:  
   
   • BIOL 210 Anatomy and Physiology I (4)
   • BIOL 211 Anatomy and Physiology II (4)
   • BIOL 217 Medical Microbiology (4)
   • CHEM 110 Chemistry of Life (4)
   • COMM 101 Public Speaking (3)
   • ENGL 105 Composition Rhetoric (3)
   • Any General Education Category B3 (Math category) 
   • Completion of critical thinking requirement
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     (IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION FOR FALL 2010, PREREQUISITE COURSES NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF SPRING 2010)
     
     
     
3. Grade Point Average: An overall GPA of 2.0 or greater in the pre-requisite nursing courses with no grade lower than a C.
   
4. Eligibility: Pre-nursing majors must be  accepted to the nursing major to be eligible for the lower division nursing courses.
   
5. Insurance/Health Clearance: Students in the nursing program are required to have  malpractice insurance, demonstrate a sufficient immunization record consistent with that required of clinical placement in local health care agencies and supply evidence of a physical examination in the last year.
    
6. Background Check/Drug Screening: After admission, students will be required to obtain at their own cost a criminal background check and/or drug screen or other similar testing as required by clinical agencies where students are placed. Students must meet background check standards required by clinical agencies. Failure to meet such standards will result in inability to complete clinical course objectives and thus inability to complete the BSN.
   
7. Impaction:  Due to enrollment demand, the nursing program has received impaction status.  Supplemental criteria will be applied.
   

Generic (Basic) Track I (133 units)

Lower Division Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (32 Units)

• NRS 200 Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice (2)
• NRS 201 Professional Nursing Practice Laboratory (2)
• NRS 203 Therapeutic Nursing Communication Laboratory (1)
• NRS 204 Pharmacology of Nursing Practice (2)
• NRS 220 Nursing Care of Adults with Acute and Chronic Illness I (2)
• NRS 221 Nursing Care of Adults with Acute and Chronic Illness Laboratory I (2)
• NRS 222 Nursing Care of Adults with Acute and Chronic Illness II (4)
• NRS 223 Nursing Care of Adults with Acute and Chronic Illness Laboratory II (4)
• NRS 230 Nursing Care of Infants, Children and Families (4)
• NRS 231 Nursing Care of Infants, Children and Families Laboratory (4)
• NRS 240 Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (3)
• NRS 241 Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Laboratory (2)

Upper Division Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (34 Units)

• NRS 306 Pathophysiology (3)
• NRS 350 Nursing Research (3)
• NRS 352 Health Promotion and Patient Education Strategies (3)
• NRS 401 Advanced Clinical Assessment Laboratory (2)
• NRS 420 Nursing Care of the Complex Client Across the Continuum (3)
• NRS 421 Nursing Care of the Complex Client Across the Continuum Laboratory (3)
• NRS 452 Community Health Nursing (3)
• NRS 453 Community Health Nursing Laboratory (3)
• NRS 460 Nursing Leadership and Professional Issues (4)
• NRS 461 Nursing Leadership and Professional Issues Laboratory (3)
• NRS 488 Transition to Professional Nursing Practice (2)
• NRS 491 Transition to Nursing Practice Internship (2)

Required Supporting and Other GE Courses (67 Units)

1. Biology (15 units)

• BIOL 210 Anatomy and Physiology I (4)
• BIOL 211 Anatomy and Physiology II (4)
• BIOL 217 Microbiology GE B2 (4)
• BIOL 432 Principles of Epidemiology and Environmental Health (3)

2. Chemistry (4 units)

• CHEM 110 Chemistry of Life GE B1 (4)

3. Nutrition (3 units)

• NRS 260 Nutrition for Therapeutics and Health (3)

4. Mathematics/Statistics (3 units)

• Any General Education Category B3

5. Anthropology/ Sociology (6 units)

• ANTH 102 Cultural Anthropology GE C3b(3) or SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology (3)
• ANTH 443 Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Perspectives on Health and Healing GE D (3) 
  

6. Psychology (6 units)

• PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology (3)
• PSY 213 Developmental Psychology GE D,E (3)

7. Other GE courses in Categories

• Category A (9 units)

8. American Institutions (6 units)

NOTE:

• Approved by CSU Chancellor's Office: 12/12/06
• Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing:  4/13/07