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Recommended Plan of Study for Nursing Transfer Students 2007-08

First Year - Term 1                                                                    
Credits
NURS 100 Nursing in Society                                           
3
NURS 200 Principles of Nurisng Practice                         
6
NURS 201 Health Assessment                                          
4
NURS 204 Nursing Informatics                                         
3
CO-OP 101 Co-Op Tools                                                    
0
  Term Credits
16.0

Term 2                                                                     
Credits
NURS 300 Comprehensive Adult Nursing I
6
NURS 301 Pharmacology for Nurses I
3
NURS 102 Health Promotion
3
NURS 204 Sociology & Health Requirement* 
3
  Term Credits
15.0

Term 3                                                                     
Credits
NURS 308 Mental Health Nursing
6
NURS 337 Genetics in Nursing & Health
3
NURS 339 Pathophysiology
3
  Term Credits
12.0

Term 4                                                                     
Credits
NURS 305 Comprehensive Adult Nursing II
6
NURS 306 Pharmacology for Nurses I
3
NURS 338 Nutrition Course**
4
  Term Credits
14.0

Co-Op Work Experience will be scheduled for two terms during the second year of study.  Students are randomly assigned to the Fall / Winter Co-Op cycle or the Spring/Summer Co-Op cycle.  Once the cycle is assigned, it can not be changed.

Second Year - Term 5
Credits
NURS 303 Women’s Health Nursing                                    
6
ARTS 602 Biomedical Ethics Course****                                                 
3
ARTS 606 StatisticsCourse*****                                                              
3
   
  Term Credits
12.0

Term 6
Credits
NURS 304 Nursing of Children                               
6
NURS 400 Leadership & Entrepreneurship in Nursing
3
NURS 488 Case Study Integration II 
1.0
  Elective Course
3.0
     
  Term Credits
13.0

Third Year - Term 7
Credits
NURS 450 Contemporary Gerontological                            
6
NURS 330 Research in Nursing Practice
4
ECON 240 Economics of Healthcare Systems 
4
     
  Term Credits
14.0

Third Year - Term 8
Credits
NURS 403 Community / Public Health Nursing                         
6
NURS 489 Synthesis of Nursing Knowledge
4
NURS 480 Nursing Elective Course
3
     
  Term Credits
13.0

Third Year - Term 9
Credits
NURS 401 Comprehensive Adult Nursing III                        
6
NURS 492 Senior Seminar
3
  Elective Course
3
     
  Term Credits
12.0

Please note that this plan is subject to change at any time and may be adjusted based on the number of transfer credits accepted by Drexel University.  Students may be required to add an elective course in any given term in order to maintain full-time status.

Notes:
*Students can choose from one of the following courses to fulfill the Sociology & Health Requirement: SOC 125, SOC 235, ANTH 220, SOC 241, SOC 380, HSAD 323, HSAD 328, HSAD 316, HSAD 318

**Students who transfer in one nutrition course will have to complete NFS 203 in the nursing curriculum.

***Transfer students will take one of the case study integration courses during the co-op work experience.

****Students can choose from one of the following courses to fulfill the Biomedical Ethics requirement: PHIL 321, HSAD 210, HSAD 211.

*****Students can choose from one of the following courses to fulfill the statistics requirement: PSY 364, SOC 364, STS 345.