LPN-BSN Program

This track requires 130 credits which can be completed either full-time or part-time. Courses are offered in fall and winter semesters with select courses in the summer. An adviser from the School of Nursing will assist you in planning an academic program to complete the required courses.

Why A BSN?

Career advancement demands it. Contemporary nursing practice has become increasingly complex and challenges the nurse's knowledge, technical competence, and interpersonal skills. This has resulted in an increased emphasis on a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

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Career Opportunities

Professional nursing is a dynamic and diverse profession with excellent career opportunities for men and women. The knowledge and skill acquired from a baccalaureate education prepare nurses to become managers and administrators, officers in the armed forces, school nurses, or some develop expert clinical skills in specialized areas of practice such as pediatrics, critical care or psychiatric nursing.

Registered professional nurses have marketable skills that are in tremendous demand worldwide. They have the freedom to work wherever they want and in a variety of settings such as hospitals, clinics, home health care agencies, public health agencies, schools, business corporations, or the military. As the demand for professional nurses continues to grow, salaries will continue to climb.

Why NMU

We are a long established leader in the education of nurses. Our baccalaureate program is state approved and nationally accredited by the National League for Nursing. Our top-notch faculty have the clinical experience and educational expertise to prepare our students to function as successful professional nurses. Northern's nursing program offers many other benefits: Students enjoy personal attention from faculty because of class size. Students have access to excellent resources as well as audio-visual and computer equipment. We have a simulated learning lab which provides realistic laboratory experiences. Northern's program is career oriented. Classroom instruction is strengthened by clinical experience in a variety of community and hospital settings. And most important, our graduates are highly successful on the NCLEX exam and finish at the top of the state's graduates. Northern provides an exceptional academic program that challenges our students to be the best they can be.

Policies

Beginning in Fall 1999, students with an LPN license who request admission to the BSN program, and who have graduated from LPN program within 5 years of admission into the BSN program and/or who have worked as an LPN within 5 years of admission into the BSN program, be granted, without testing, advanced placement credit for: NE201 (4 credits), NE202 (1 credit) and NE204 (2 credits).

NMU graduates will receive general elective credit for PN/AH 102: Growth and Development (3 credits).

LPN student applicants who have not practiced as an LPN and have graduated more than five years prior to admission will be required to successfully complete challenge exams for advance placement credit.

LPN student applicants will continue to be permitted to take the NLN Pharmacology placement exam for advance placement credit for NE212. Graduates of N.M.U.'s L.P.N. program will receive credit for NE 212 (2 credits).

Students must submit a copy of their current LPN license prior to acceptance into the BSN program. NE200T and NE200L will be prerequisites for admission into the BSN program. All other preadmission requirements remain the same.

Program Objectives

Integrate theoretical and evidence-based knowledge in the application of the nursing process to individuals, families, groups, aggregates and/or communities across practice settings.
Formulate nursing care that promotes wellness and incorporates the rights, unique abilities, beliefs, and values of persons as those persons develop throughout their life experiences.
Demonstrate leadership and management skills by collaborating with health team members in response to the clinical organizational, technological and fiscal challenges in the practice environment.
Demonstrate proficiency in written, verbal, nonverbal, and information technology modes of communication in professional settings.
Incorporate accountability, professional values and the application of professional nursing standards in the practice of caring and compassionate nursing in a changing health care environment.
Incorporate professional goals that include a commitment of service to the community and life-long learning.

Program Plan

Liberal Studies

40

(CH 107-108* or CH 111-112 satisfies the natural science requirement. SO 101 satisfies 4 credits of the social science requirement. Transfer students, see note below.)

Health Promotion

2

All students must satisfy the university's liberal studies and health promotion requirements. For complete information refer to the Liberal Studies Program and Graduation Requirements section of the Undergraduate Bulletin.

Major

62

NE 200 Basic Health Assessment, Interviewing and Communication (T)

2

NE 200L Basic Health Assessment, Interviewing and Communication (L)

1

NE 201 Introduction to Nursing Concepts

4

NE 202 Introduction to Nursing Skills I (L)

1

NE 204 Introduction to Nursing Skills II (C)

2

NE 212 Pharmacology and Therapeutics (T)

2

NE 222 Pathophysiology (T)

3

NE 301 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (T)

3

NE 302 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (C)

3

NE 311 Adult Health Nursing (T)

4

NE 312 Adult Health Nursing (C)

6

NE 322 Introduction to Nursing Research (T)

2

NE 371 Maternal - Infant Nursing (T)

2

NE 372 Maternal - Infant Nursing (C)

2

NE 381 Child and Family Nursing (T)

4

NE 382 Child and Family Nursing (C)

3

NE 420 Community Health Nursing & Continuity of Care (T)

4

NE 421 Community Health Nursing & Continuity of Care (C)

4

NE 422 Nursing Issues Seminar (T)

2

NE 431 Management Concepts in Nursing (T)

2

NE 432 Management Concepts in Nursing (C)

4

NE 435 Senior Nursing Seminar (T)
* Credit automatically awarded to practicing LPNs and those who have passed the State Board Exam in the last 5 years.

2

Other Required Courses

21-22

PY 100 General Psychology

4

BI 201 Human Anatomy (or BI 104)

3-4

BI 202 Human Physiology

5

BI 203* Medical Microbiology

5

HN 210 Nutrition for Humans (see HN Policy)

4

Review Testing Package**

0

General Electives

5

Total Credits for Degree

130

Key: T-Theory, C=Clinic, L=Laboratory

* Transfer Student: Other Chemistry and/or microbiology courses may be substituted for the Northern Michigan University chemistry and microbiology course requirement (chemistry: 6 semester credits minimum; microbiology; 2 semester credits minimum) at the discretion of the nursing faculty.

**LPN students will be advised by the department regarding validation of previous course work.

LPN-BSN Application

LPN-BSN Information Packet

For More Information

LPN and RN to BSN Program Coordinator
School of Nursing
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI 49855
(906)227-2834

Julie Dobson (jdobson@nmu.edu) (906) 227-1667
Dr. Kathleen Thompson (kathomps@nmu.edu)


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Contact:

Department of Nursing
Northern Michigan University
2301 New Science Facility
Marquette, MI 49855

Phone: (906) 227-2834
FAX: (906) 227-1658 bsnnurse@nmu.edu