Nursing Courses
Required RN-BSN Courses
Offered every 8 weeks for BSN students.
- NUR-3420: Advancing Nursing Practice
- NUR-4190: Exploring Evidence-Based Practice and Research in Nursing
- NUR-5310: Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Issues***
- NUR-4280: Leadership and Management in Nursing
- NUR-5160: Advanced Health Assessment
- NUR-5290: U.S. Health Policy and Global Health***
- NUR-5820: Financial Management in Nursing Practice***
- NUR-4430: Public Health Nursing**
- NUR-4450: Validating Nursing Competence*
* This course needs prior approval from a nursing adviser before registration.
** The student needs to upload documents for clinical compliance and contact a nursing adviser for prior approval before registering for the course.
*** Graduate credits earned more than seven years prior may not be applied to either the MSN degree or certificate without the permission of the dean of the W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions.
Required Accelerated BSN Courses
Term 1
- NUR-3220: Fundamentals of Nursing (4 credits)
- NUR-3280: Health Assessment/Health Promotion** (3 credits)
- NUR-3320: Introduction to Critical Thinking in Nursing (1 credit)
Term 2
- NUR-3380: Applying the Nursing Process to Alterations in Health (4 credits)
- NUR-3420: Advancing Nursing Practice (3 credits)
Term 3
- NUR-3450: Nursing Care of Clients with Alterations in Behavioral Health (3 credits)
- NUR-3480: Nursing Care of Clients with Acute and Chronic Conditions (4 credits)
Term 4
- NUR-4190: Exploring Evidence-Based Practice and Research in Nursing (3 credits)
- NUR-4210: Women’s Health Across the Lifespan (3 credits)
Term 5
- NUR-4220: Nursing Care of Infants, Children and Adolescents (3 credits)
- NUR-4430: Public Health Nursing (4 credits)
- NUR-5290: U.S. Health Policy and Global Health*** (3 credits)
Term 6
- NUR-4280: Leadership and Management in Nursing (3 credits)
- NUR-4420: Nursing Care in the Community (3 credits)
- NUR-5310: Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Issues*** (3 credits)
Term 7
- NUR-4320: Nursing Care of Clients with Complex Health Conditions (4 credits)
- NUR-5820: Financial Management in Nursing Practice*** (3 credits)
Term 8
- NUR-4450: Validating Nursing Competence (3 credits)
- NUR-4500: Transition to Professional Practice (3 credits)
MSN Courses
Graduate credits earned more than seven years prior may not be applied to either the MSN degree or certificate without the permission of the dean of the W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions.
Core MSN Courses
- NUR-5290: U.S. Health Policy and Global Health
- NUR-5310: Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Issues
- NUR-5820: Financial Management in Nursing Practice
- NUR-5300: Evidence Based Nursing Practice
Core MSN Direct Care Courses for Nurse Educator Specialty
- NUR-6400: Advanced Pathophysiology
- NUR-6500: Advanced Pharmacology
Required MSN Courses
Nurse Educator Specialty:
- NUR-6300: Theoretical Foundations and Instructional Strategies in Nursing Education
- NUR-7000: Curriculum Theory and Development in Nursing Education
- NUR-7100: Testing, Assessment and Evaluation
- NUR-7400: Nurse Educator: Seminar and Practicum I
- NUR-7500: Nurse Educator: Seminar and Practicum II
Nursing Administration Specialty:
- NUR-5820: Financial Management in Nursing Practice
- NUR-6320: Nursing Administration: Standards and Structures
- NUR-7020: Nursing Administration: Executive Managerial Process
- NUR-7120: Nursing Administration: Resource Acquisition and Management
- NUR-7220: Nursing Administration: Seminar and Role Practicum
- NUR-7320: Nursing Administration: Seminar and Process Practicum
Nursing Informatics Specialty:
- NUR-5820: Financial Management in Nursing Practice
- NUR-6310: Nursing Informatics: Systems Life Cycle
- NUR-7010: Nursing Informatics: Databases and Knowledge Management
- NUR-7110: Nursing Informatics: Consumer Informatics and Communication Technologies
- NUR-7210: Nursing Informatics: Seminar and Practicum I
- NUR-7310: Nursing Informatics: Seminar and Practicum II
Elective MSN Courses
- NUR-6130: History of American Nursing
DNP Courses
- NUR-7630: Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology
- NUR-8000: DNP Role Development
- NUR-8050: Scholarly Inquiry: The Basis for Evidence-Based Practice
- NUR-8100: Health, Healthcare Policy and Politics
- NUR-8150: Information Systems and Technology Impacting Healthcare Delivery
- NUR-8200: Integrating and Evaluating Population Health in Advanced Nursing Practice
- NUR-8250: Health Economics and Finance
- NUR-8320: Organizational and Systems Leadership I
- NUR-8420: Organizational and Systems Leadership II
- NUR-9020: Scholarly Immersion I: Project Identification and Mentored Practicum
- NUR-9120: Scholarly Immersion II: Project Management and Mentored Practicum
- NUR-9220: Scholarly Immersion III: Project Completion and Mentored Practicum
All courses are offered as above, pending sufficient enrollment.
Please note: All nursing courses follow the undergraduate course schedule for registration dates. Please check the University Catalog for recommended or required pre-requisites before registering for any course. If you need assistance, please check with your nursing advisor.
Every effort will be made to accommodate course selections made during the regular registration periods. During late registration open seats will be filled, but no additional seats or new sections will be added. Students are advised to register early for courses that are essential to the completion of their degree.
The W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions reserves the right to reassign students to different course sections as necessary to balance class size and provide for a quality online educational experience for all students.