Create Your Own Recommended Academic Plan: To complete your own academic plan please refer to the

Recommended Academic Plan (RAP) for your intended major, your degree audit and transcript, your degree program
requirement check sheet, and consult with your academic adviser for additional assistance.
Signature of Academic Advisor ____________________________________________ Date __________________

Semester 1

Credits

Semester 2

Credits

College Success

English 1010

Learning Support Reading

Lifespan Psychology

Learning Support Math

Human Anatomy and Physiology 1

Probability and Statics

Total Credits:
Semester 3

12
Credits

Microbiology

Human Anatomy and Physiology 11

Public Speaking

Humanities elective

Total Credits:
Semester 5
Bridge to RN practice

Semester 7

Credits

9
Credits

Lifespan Nursing III

Transition to Nursing Practice

Total Credits:

Semester 4
Fundamentals of Nursing

14

Total Credits:

Total Credits:

12

Total Credits:
Semester 6
Lifespan Nursing II

Summer
Session*

13

Total Credits:

Credits

Summer
Session*

Credits

Credits

Total Credits:

Credits

Summer
Session*

Credits

Total Credits:
Semester 8

Total Credits:

Total Credits:

Credits

Summer
Session*

Total Credits:

Credits

Graduate from Pellissippi State Community College: Must take CBASE test.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) - RN-BSN Option

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) - RN-BSN Option has been designed for the Registered Nurse who
already has an ASN degree or a diploma in nursing and desires a higher level degree. Students in the RN-BSN
Option are RNs who want to expand their career and education options. This program prepares the RN to function
at a professional level and to be a qualified candidate for graduate education.
The RN-BSN Option is offered at three locations Main campus (Harrogate), Cedar Bluff (Knoxville), and Baptist
Health Corbin (Corbin, KY).
The RN-BSN Option will:
Prepare the baccalaureate nurse as a generalist, caring for individuals, families, community groups, and society at
any point on the wellness-illness continuum.
Provide RN-BSN Option students with an opportunity for career mobility for the associate degree and diploma
educated Registered Nurse.
Provide a foundation for continued education in nursing.
Accreditation:
The baccalaureate undergraduate degree program is approved by the Tennessee Board of Nursing. Furthermore,
the baccalaureate undergraduate degree program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in
Nursing, Inc. (ACEN). ACEN is officially recognized as a national accrediting agency for nursing education by the
Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and by the U.S. Department of Education. ACEN may be
contacted at:
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. (ACEN)
3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850
Atlanta, GA 30326
Phone: 404.975.5000
In order to be eligible for the RN-BSN Option, the applicant must apply to the RN-BSN, have an RN licensure, have
an ASN from an accredited institution, and must have completed LMUs RN to BSN general education
requirements, or the equivalents of.
RN-BSN Nursing Curriculum
COURSE
Cr. Hrs
COURSE
Cr. Hrs.
BIOL 230 Microbiology/Lab
4
Fine Arts Requirement
3
BIOL 261 Human Anatomy & Physiology I/Lab
4
LNCN 100 Lincolns Life and Legacy
1
BIOL 262 Human Anatomy & Physiology II/Lab
4
LNCN 300 American Citizenship/ Civic Life
1
HIST 121 & 122 World History or
HIST 131 & 132 American History
6
ENGL 310 American Literature
3
ISYS 100 Computer Literacy
2
MATH 270 Statistics
3
COMM 200 Fund of Speech Communications

3
PHILOSOPHY elective
3
ENGL 110 Freshman Composition
3
PSYC 221 Developmental Psychology
3
ENGL 210 Writing about World Lit and Culture
3
Social/Behavioral Science
3
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:
49
COURSE
Cr.
Hrs.
NURS 300 Transitions to Prof Nursing
2
NURS 310 Pharmacology to Promote Adaptation
3
NURS 330 Health Assessment of Humans as Adaptive Systems
3
NURS 340 Foundations of Nursing Informatics
3
NURS 350 Pathophysiology of Ineffective Human Responses
3
NURS 375 Promotion of Adaptation Groups/ Comms/ Trans Societies
5
NURS 390 Promotion of Adaptation in the Elderly
2
NURS 430 Nursing Research
3
NURS 470 Prof Nursing Role Development/ Preceptorship
4
NURS 490 Senior Nursing Seminar for RNs
1
TOTAL NURS for RN-BSN
29