Nursing, R.N. to B.S.N.

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The RN to BSN Program is administered through the Helen S. Breidegam School of Nursing and Public Health at Moravian University. Applicants to the program must meet the minimum admission requirements established by Moravian University. The nursing education outcomes of the RN to BSN Program are identical with those of the day division Baccalaureate Program.

Admission to the program:

Applicants must meet all University and RN to BSN program admission requirements.
1. Students must have active RN Licensure to enroll in nursing courses. General education courses and cognate courses may be taken prior to RN licensure.
2. Students must have graduated from their basic nursing program within the past three years or Students must have graduated from a basic nursing program and practiced at least 1,000 hours as a nurse within the past three years or students must have graduated from a basic nursing program and taken a Pennsylvania State Board approved nursing refresher course within the past year.
Moravian University reserves the right to review each candidate’s personal qualifications and to deny admission to any individual whom Moravian deems unqualified for the program.

Those students who meet these requirements will be admitted to Moravian University on a rolling admission basis as Baccalaureate Candidates. In order to fulfill the requirements for the nursing major, students must:

Complete all RN to BSN Program cognate courses.

Required Courses in the Major

Cognate courses for the program include the following Moravian University courses (or their equivalent)

Transfer of Courses

Courses may be transferred from other institutions if they meet the Moravian University requirements for transfer of courses. These may include (but are not restricted to):

All transferred courses must be graded “C” or above. No more than 80 credits will be transferred to Moravian University (Does not include grades of a C- or below).
Up to 20 course units in total, may be accepted for transfer credit.
Thirty-two course units must be completed with an overall Quality Point Average (QPA) of not less than 2.00.
At least 8 course units must be completed at Moravian University.
Six nursing courses must be completed at Moravian University with a grade of C or better.
Upon completion of the required cognate courses, active RN Licensure will be recorded on the Moravian University transcript as 6 units (24 credits). No prelicensure nursing courses will be transferred directly.

Students enrolled in the RN-BSN degree-completion program may meet the F3 requirement for LinC by completing either SPAN 100 and SPAN 105 or by simply completing SPAN 105 if this is the level of language at which they begin the F3 sequence. The rationale for this decision is based on the fact that SPAN 110 is not offered in a format appropriate for the EA/EF student population. Similarly, students who transfer in a 100-level language other than Spanish will have the second part of the F3 requirement waived because language courses, outside of SPAN 100 and SPAN 105 , are not offered in a format appropriate for the EA/EF student population.