Nursing, BSN

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) pre-licensure degree program offers an academically and technically rigorous curriculum that balances core nursing competencies with Loyola's exceptional liberal arts education in the Catholic intellectual tradition to prepare future graduates for extensive and comprehensive duties and sensibilities. Students acquire the complex skills for nursing competency, clinical judgment, cultural sensitivity, teamwork, and commitment to life-long learning that ensure a successful profession as a registered nurse. The major includes a wide range of clinical rotations at Loyola's nursing education partner institution, Mercy Medical Center, a hospital recognized nationally for nursing excellence.

The major is comprised of 61 credits of nursing theory and clinicals, 42 credits of courses in other natural sciences, psychology, and statistics, and 30 credits of Loyola's liberal arts-based core curriculum. The BSN students' liberal arts core is the same as for other Loyola students.

Required Courses

Typical Program

An example of a typical program of courses:

First Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

Sophomore Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

Junior Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

NUR 315 - Nursing Care of Families: Maternal Health and Childbearing and
NUR 316 - Nursing Care of Families: Maternal Health and Childbearing Clinical
NUR 320 - Nursing Care of Families: Children and Adolescents and
NUR 321 - Nursing Care of Families: Children and Adolescents Clinical
PL 200-level or TH 200-Level Course

Senior Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

NUR 430 - Leadership and Management Nursing
NUR 431 - Leadership and Management Nursing Clinical
NUR 440 - Transition into Professional Nursing Clinical *****
EN 200-Level or HS 200-Level Course
Fine Arts Core

Key:

* Nursing prerequisite course. Must be taken before Junior year.

** Must be taken before or concurrently with NUR 310 /NUR 311 and before all other 300 and 400 nursing courses.

*** Must be taken in the fall of Junior year.

**** Must be taken in the spring of Senior year.

Notes:

For a comprehensive outline of nursing students' progression requirements, please refer to Student Handbook for Nursing Students.
Nursing students complete BL 150 , BL 151 , BL 152 , BL 153 , and NUR 205 as their introductory sequence to upper level biology courses. They may take NUR 205 concurrently with BL 210 .
BL 206 , BL 207 , BL 208 , BL 209 , BL 210 , BL 332 , BL 334 , CH 101 , EN 101 , PY 244 , and ST 210 /ST 265 and their associated requisite courses are prerequisites to 300-level nursing courses. They must be completed before Junior year.
Nursing students are required to complete CH 101 but not the corequisite lab (CH 105 ). It is strongly recommended that students speak with their advisor before registering for CH 101 .
For nursing courses with a clinical, if a student decides to withdraw from or fails either the lecture or clinical component of corequisite courses, then the student will also not receive the credit for the corresponding lecture or clinical course.
Students can complete the Diversity-Justice requirement by completing two Diversity-Justice designated courses anywhere in their curriculum, preferentially with their diversity designated nursing courses (see Diversity-Justice Requirement under Curriculum Policies).