Nursing  
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
 

Foreign Educated Physician-BSN Track / Courses

Lower Division Requirements

Students Transferring with an AA Degree from a Florida Public Community College or who have been Awarded a Baccalaureate Degree or Higher

Transfer students who have been awarded an Associate of Arts degree from a Florida (public) community college, or have been awarded a baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited regional institution, have met the Gordon Rule and CLAST requirements (as mandated by the State of Florida). These transfer students must successfully complete the following prerequisites for the Foreign Educated Physician-BSN track:

Course Credits
Statistics 3
Nutrition 3
Human Growth & Development 3
(Human) Chemistry & Lab 4
Human Anatomy/Physiology & Labs 8
Microbiology & Lab 4
Introduction to Psychology 3
Ethics (Humanities) or Sociology 3

Link to Equivalency Course Numbers for Required Prerequisites: Florida International University, Broward Community College, Miami Dade College, Broward Community College, and Florida Atlantic University.


Basic (Foreign-Educated Physician-BSN) Upper Division Nursing Courses (Accelerated):

Semester I
Course Credits
NUR 3026C Foundations of Nursing I: Basic Skills 3
NUR 3027 Foundations of Nursing 3
NUR 3027L* Foundations of Nursing Clinical 6
NUR 3065C Client Assessment 3
NUR 3805 Professional Nursing: Socialization 3

 

Semester II
Course Credits
NUR 3535 Psychosocial Nursing 3
NUR 3535L* Psychosocial Nursing Clinical 3
NUR 3145 Pharmacological Basis of Nursing Practice 3
NUR 3165 Professional Nursing: Research Consumer 3

 

Semester III
Course Credits
NUR 3226 Nursing Care of Adults I 3
NUR 3226L Nursing Care of Adults I Clinical 3
NUR 3227 Nursing Care of Adults II 3
NUR 3227L Nursing Care of Adults II Clinical 3
NUR 3125 Pathophysiological Basis of Nursing Practice 3


Semester IV
Course Credits
NUR 4455 Care of Families: Childbearing Nursing 3
NUR 4455L* Care of Families: Childbearing Nursing Clinical 3
NUR 4355 Care of Families: Childrearing Family 3
NUR 4355L* Care of Families: Childrearing Nursing Clinical 3
NUR 4827 Professional Nursing: Leadership 3



Semester V
Course Credits
NUR 4636 Care of Communities: Community Health Nursing 3
NUR 4286 Nursing Care of Older Adults 3
NUR 4940 Senior Clinical Synthesis 3
NUR 4945L* Senior Clinical Practicum 6
Total Upper Division Nursing Credits 75
TOTAL CREDITS 125

* NOTE: In addition to undergraduate tuition and fees, nursing students are charged an additional fee of $83/credit hour for clinical courses (courses with an L suffix). The additional fee supports clinical instructional costs, a testing program, and laboratory/technology supplies and costs.

NUR 3027L NUR 3226L NUR 3227L NUR 4355L NUR 4455L NUR 4945L

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