(Post-licensure--for RN's who desire to complete the BSN)

 Admission requirements to the RN-BSN track are the same as for the pre-licensure program. Applicants must complete nursing prerequisite courses and all but 6 hours of general education core requirements prior to admission to upper level nursing courses. In addition, authorization to practice as a registered nurse either by licensure or board authorization must be documented at the time of entrance. Upper division credit status must be determined by the RN-BSN coordinator or Director at the time of initial application for specified nursing courses. To receive escrow transfer credit for lower division nursing courses, students must submit verification of graduation from an NLNAC accredited program and document employment as an RN within the past three years at the time of application.

Students not graduating from an NLNAC accredited program,approved must take College Examinations or courses as specifically advised by the RN-BSN coordinator or School of Nursing Director.

The RN-BSN track program begins in the summer term each year. The RN-BSN nursing major includes: Nurs.3010,3120,3150,3180,4010,4070,4050,4080,4120

NURSING MAJOR: 2020,2030,2040,2050,3010, 3020, 3060, 3070, 3080, 3100,3220, 4010, 4040, 4050, 4060, 4070, 4080, 4100 ,4220

Students provide their own travel to and from clinical facilities as assigned by

faculty. Related courses (if not taken in the Liberal Arts core requirements):

BIOL 2010, 2020, 2300; MATH 1530; PSY 1010, 3100; SOC 2010.

For more information about APSU's RN-BSN program, contact Danielle White at

(931) 221-7492 or by email at whited@apsu.edu