The nursing program at any level is a learning-intensive, time-consuming enterprise. You will be required to complete course work, clinical work, skills testing, theory testing, nursing care plans and more.

The Department of Nursing strongly recommends that you work no more than 24 hours a week during the course of the program. If your family and home commitments are high, we recommend you curtail outside employment even further.

Following are the required courses for the nursing program. Non-nursing courses are available to all WSU students. In order to enroll in the nursing courses, you must have applied and been accepted to a specific nursing program.

All non-nursing courses must be completed at a C level or higher. Grades of C- or lower will not be accepted toward graduation completion.

Prerequisite Courses

Prerequisite courses must be passed with a C grade or higher. All accepted students (including high school graduates) must complete the science option I or II by the end of summer semester prior to starting the nursing program.

Science

Option I (18 Credit Hours)
HTHSCI 1110/1111 Biomedical Core with Lab (8)
CHEM 1050 Intro to General, Organic and Biochemistry (5)**
or
CHEM 1110 Elementary Chemistry (5)

Option II (18 Credit Hours)
ZOOL 2100 Human Anatomy (4)
ZOOL 2200 Human Physiology (4)
CHEM 1050 Intro to General, Organic and Biochemistry (5)**
or
CHEM 1110 Elementary Chemistry (5)

** If you plan to advance to higher-level nursing programs, you should complete CHEM 1110.

Support

MICRO 1113 Introductory Microbiology (3)
NUTRI 1020 Foundations in Nutrition (3)
PSYCH 1010 Introductory Psychology (3)
HTHSCI 2230 Introductory Pathophysiology (3)

General Education

We recomended you have some general education courses completed prior to beginning the program. This will lighten the course load during the program.

ENG 1010 Introduction to Writing (3)
ENG 2010 Intermediate Writing (3)
Humanities (HU) (3)*
Creative Arts (CA) (3)*
Humanities or Creative Arts (3)
Social Science (SS) (3)*
American Institutions (3)*
Computer Information Literacy (4)*
Quantitative Literacy (3) 
Diversity/Multi-cultural (3)*+
 
* Not required for the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree. 

+ Refer to general education requirements in the university catalog for diversity courses: humanities/diversity (HV), creative arts/diversity (CV), or social science/diversity (SV).

Some prerequisite courses are offered through WSU Independent Study (paper/pencil based via US Mail) and WSU Online (computer-based via the Internet) (801-626-6600). The nursing program has established guidelines if you are planning to take Independent Study or Distance Learning course. Failure to comply with the following guidelines will disqualify you from starting or progressing in the program:

• Prerequisite courses must be completed with grades posted one week prior to starting the nursing program. 
• Nursing deadlines override all Continuing Education and Distance Learning guidelines.

WSU Continuing Education: Certified Nursing Assistant Course

Suggested Course Outline

You must be accepted into the WSU nursing program to register for nursing courses. All nursing courses must be passed with a B- grade (80 percent) or higher to proceed in the program.

Fall Semester (First Year)

NURSNG 1030 Foundations of Nursing (3)
NURSNG 1031 Foundations of Nursing Clinical (3)
NURSNG 1050 Treatment Modalities I (3)
LS 1113 Introductory Microbiology (3)
LS 1020 Foundations in Nutrition (3) 

Spring Semester (First Year)

NURSNG 1040 Maternal/Newborn (2)
NURSNG 1041 Maternal/Newborn Clinical (1)
NURSNG 1045 Care of Adults/Children (3)
NURSNG 1046 Care of Adults/Children Clinical (2)
SS 1010 Introduction to Psychology (3)
ENG 1010 Introduction to Writing (3)

Summer Semester (Second Year)

HTHSCI 2230 Pathophysiology (3)
Quantitative Literacy (3)
American Institutions (3)*
Humanities (HU) (3)* 

Fall Semester (Second Year)

NURSNG 2060 Psych/Mental Health Nursing (2)
NURSNG 2061 Psych/Mental Health Nurs. Clinical (1)
NURSNG 2070 Care of Adults/Children II (3)
NURSNG 2071 Care of Adults/Children Clinical II (4)
NURSNG 2050 Treatment Modalities II (2)
ENG 2010 Intermediate Writing (3)

Spring Semester (Second Year)

NURSNG 2080 Patient Care Management (2)
NURSNG 2081 Patient Care Management Clinical (3)
Humanities (HU) or Creative Arts (CA)  (3)
Computer Information Literacy (4)*
Creative Arts (CA) (3)*

* Not required for the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree.

See the WSU Course Catalog for individual course descriptions.