2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog | 20263

Nursing, B.S. major

The Nursing Program serves students who are entering Bemidji State University as freshmen or transfer students and are seeking a baccalaureate nursing education that will prepare them to take the NCLEX RN exam after graduation.

A total of 120 semester credits are needed for the Nursing B.S. degree and include the following:

• 40 upper division credits (level 3000/4000)
• 86 required major core credits 
• Completion of Core Curriculum credits (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum [MnTC] Goal Areas 1-10) - required for all baccalaureate degrees
• Completion of BSU Focus and Nisidotaading Course Requirements

Required Credits: 86
Required GPA: 2.25

III REQUIRED COURSES

A. Non-Nursing Courses

Applicants must have completed at least 30 semester
credits, including the designated required non-nursing
courses listed as follows, for admission consideration.

Complete the following courses:

• BIOL 1111 Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health I (4 credits)
• BIOL 1112 Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health II (4 credits)
• BIOL 2750 Medical Microbiology (3 credits)
• CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I (4 credits)
• PSY 1100 Introductory Psychology (4 credits)
• PSY 3237 Lifespan Development (4 credits)

B. Nursing Courses

Complete the following courses:

• NRSG 2000 Introduction to Professional Nursing (3 credits)
• NRSG 2203 Introduction to Clinical Practice (4 credits)
• NRSG 2204 Health Assessment (3 credits)
• NRSG 2207 Nursing Pharmacology (3 credits)
• NRSG 3000 Elements of Scholarly Practice (2 credits)
• NRSG 3007 Acute Care Practicum I (4 credits)
• NRSG 3008 Acute Care Practicum II (4 credits)
• NRSG 3011 Nursing Care of Individuals I (4 credits)
• NRSG 3012 Nursing Care of Individuals II (4 credits)
• NRSG 3120 Transcultural Nursing (2 credits)
• NRSG 3201 The Childbearing Family (2 credits)
• NRSG 3202 Child/Adolescent Health (4 credits)
• NRSG 4001 Mental Health Nursing (4 credits)
• NRSG 4003 Rural Populations Practicum (5 credits)
• NRSG 4010 Nursing Care with Complex Needs (2 credits)
• NRSG 4100 Nursing Research (3 credits)
• NRSG 4110 Community Health Nursing (3 credits)
• NRSG 4201 Role Integration Practicum (4 credits)
• NRSG 4250 Leadership in Nursing (3 credits)

Program Student Learning Outcomes | Nursing, B.S.

1. Integrate theoretical knowledge and evidence-based practice in a collaborative safe and effective healthcare delivery environment to promote optimal health, healing, and disease prevention for clients across the lifespan. 
   
   
2. Provide culturally responsive and holistic nursing care that emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion and quality population health care delivery locally and globally.
   
   
3. Integrate leadership concepts to manage collaborative implementation of the unique knowledge, beliefs, and skills of interprofessional teams to optimize care delivery.
   
   
4. Evaluate current political, economic, and regulatory influences on the delivery of safe, quality, and equitable care within complex health systems. 
   
   
5. Use information and communication technologies to analyze data and positively impact health care systems through data-driven decision making.Value the professional nursing identity as the cumulative effect of individuals’ personal and professional integrity, scholarly contributions, collaborative disposition, and ethical comportment fostering personal health, well-being, and resilience.