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2019-2020 Rivier Academic Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Rivier Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Associate of Science in Nursing Advanced Placement LPN


See Transfer Admission for more information.

All General Education Requirements except REL 379 must be completed prior to taking NSG 200 Nursing Transition

Pre-Requisites:

  • LPN Licensure; completion of all Nursing Admission requirements
  • Transfer or Challenge Exam only:
    • NSG 101   - Nursing Fundamentals (NLN Challenge Exam)           8 cr
    • NSG 102   - Care of the Adult I (HESI Challenge)             9 cr

Nursing, Associate of Science (Advanced Placement Curriculum for LPNS)

Completion of the following Core courses:

 

BIO 105  

Anatomy & Physiology I

4 cr

BIO 106  

Anatomy & Physiology II

4 cr

ENG 120  

English Composition I

3 cr

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Humanities Elective

3 cr

PSY 101  

General Psychology

3 cr

PSY 212  

Life Span Development

3 cr

BIO 201  

Microbiology

4 cr

SOC____ 

Sociology Elective

3 cr

 

Advanced Placement students must demonstrate competency in the listed courses by one of the following: submitting transcripts for transfer credits; acceptable CLEP scores; or, taking the courses at Rivier University prior to beginning Year 1. The courses listed equal 44 credits awarded/transferred into the Advanced Placement program.

 

All pre-requisites must be completed prior to starting Year 1

 

 

 

Year 1 - Spring

 

 

 

NSG 200    

Nursing Transition              

2 cr

 

 

 

REL 379  

Bioethics

3 cr

 

 

 

 

 

6

Year 2 - Summer Term Long

Year 2 - Summer Term 2

NSG 103   

Foundations of Pharmacology

3 cr  

NSG 190  

Essentials of Comm. Health

1 cr

Year 2 - Summer Term 1

 

 

 

NSG 201  

Mental Health Nursing           

3 cr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Year 2 - Fall

 

 

Year 2 - Spring

NSG 202  

Care of the Childbearing Family

4 cr

NSG 203  

Care of the Adult II

10 cr

NSG 205  

Care of the Child  

3 cr

NSG 206  

Professional Issues in Nursing   

1 cr

 

 

7

 

 

11


* Humanities: Select from English, History, Modern Language, Philosophy, Religious StudiesAll nursing courses must be taken in sequence.