Prepares the student to write the licensure examination for registered nurses (NCLEX-RN*)

 

 

 

Minimally, the following criteria must be met:

*  Admission to Kentucky State University.

*  Official transcripts from all schools attended.

*  Overall GPA if at least 2.8 on a 4.0 scale for all college coursework attempted.

*  GPA of at least 2.8 and a grade of C or better for all prerequisite courses.

*  Official report of Assessment Technologies Institute Test of Essentials Academic Skills (ATI TEAS).

*  The tests of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required for all international applicants to the School of Nursing for those whom English is not their native language.

*  Letter of academic standing on official letterhead from any nursing program in which a student was previously enrolled.

*  Apply to the School of Nursing through NursingCAS once all prerequisite courses are successfully completed .

 

 

 

All application materials must be received before the deadline established for the year the student desires to enter the AAS Program.  Applicants are processed through NursingCAS, the centralized application service for nursing.  Please visit www.nursingcas.org to start your application or log into an existing account.

 

 

Prerequisite Courses:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ALH 205	Dimen. Ana. for Pharm. Calcula	2
ALH 210	Term. for Health Care Profess.	2
BIO 107	Anatomy & Physiology I	4
CHE 209	Survey Gen/Organic/Biochemi	4
ENG 101	English Comp I	3
MAT 115	College Algebra	3
PSY 200	General Psychology	3

 

Nursing Core:

Plan of Study Grid

Year 1
Term 1 (Fall)		Hours
BIO 108	Anatomy & Physiology II	4
NUR 100A	Basic Pharmacotherapeutics	2
NUR 104A	Health Assessment	3
NUR 105A	Intro to Nursing Practice	3
NUR 105AP	Intro to Nursing Practice Prac	1
	Hours	13
Term 2 (Spring)
BIO 204	Fund of Microbiology	3
NUR 114A	Adult Health I	4
NUR 114AP	Adult Health I Practicum	3
NUR 115A	Behavioral Health	3
NUR 115AP	Behavioral Health Practicum.	2
	Hours	15
Year 2
Term 3 (Fall)
PSY 223	Theor. & Met. in Dev. Psych.	3
NUR 204A	Maternal Newborn Health	3
NUR 204AP	Maternal Newborn Health Practi	2
NUR 205A	Pediatric Health	3
NUR 205AP	Pediatric Health Practicum	2
	Hours	13
Term 4 (Spring)
NUR 214A	Adult Health II	4
NUR 214AP	Adult Health II Inst. Pract.	3
NUR 215A	Synthesis Concept	2
NUR 216A	Professionalism in Nursing	2
Select one General Education Arts Course		3
ART 130	Introduction to Art
MUS 130	Introduction to Music
THE 130	Introduction to Theatre
ENG 211	Intro to Literature
	Hours	14
	Total Hours	55

Optional Courses:  These are additional courses that are required for the RN-BSN program but not for the AAS program.  For students who choose to continue on to the RN-BSN program after completing their AAS degree, it is recommend they take these courses along with their AAS prerequisite and AAS major core classes.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
BSS 300	Interdisc Applied Quant Method	3
SPA 101	Elementary Spanish I	3
SPA 102	Elementary Spanish II	3
ENG 102	English Comp II	3
SOC 203	Principles of Sociology	3
COM 103	Interpersonal Communication	3
Select one of the following:		3
HIS 108	Intro to African American Hist
EDU 204	Cultural Responsiveness
FIN 101	Financial Literacy
CDF 101	Intro Early Child Edu
BUA 120	Business and Society