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Bridge Requirements

The courses listed below are required before the starting the Master of Nursing program.

Introduces perspectives and concepts of the flow of healthcare information, technologies and their applications to patient care, and the electronic health record in its many forms. Also includes institutional policies important to communication and documentation of healthcare interventions with an emphasis on privacy, confidentiality and security. Prerequisite: Admission to the RN-to-BSN program.

Health Science
RN-BSN
RN-MSN

A survey of ethical issues in national and international health care, intended for practitioner audiences working to develop ethical decision-making frameworks for the health care professions.

RN-MSN

This is a multi-faceted course that focuses on the leadership roles of professional nurses, including the impact of health policy, health care financing, and legislative and regulatory authority on nursing practice and the health care delivery system. Collaborative practice will be examined with emphasis on professional values, accountability, role transition, and collegiality. The role of theory and research in nursing practice will also be examined.

RN-MSN

This course provides a foundation for students to examine factors that influence the health of communities and populations locally, nationally, and globally. Health promotion, health maintenance, and prevention of disease are emphasized. Epidemiological principles and data collection relating to clinical decision-making and public policy are discussed.

RN-BSN
RN-MSN

This course will focus on health promotion and illness prevention across the life span, including theoretical approaches to adherence. Students will identify interventions to support health promotion for individuals, families and/or selected age groups. Exploration of concepts such as alternative health strategies, health, exercise, screening, and wellness will be included.

RN-MSN

A course in basic statistical concepts and techniques for the non-mathematics major. Topics include descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability theory, standardized probability distributions, correlation and regression, inferential statistics, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and analysis of variance. Prerequisite: 098/100 or math placement exam results. NS

Accounting
Business Management
Environmental Science
Environmental Sustainability
Finance
Health Science
Mathematics
RN-BSN
RN-MSN

Introduction to statistical procedures and their application to research in the behavioral sciences. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics, measures of central tendency, variation, standardized distributions, correlation, regression and prediction and hypothesis testing, including one- and two-way analyses of variance. Prerequisite: MAT 096/099 or math placement exam. NS

Early Childhood Education
Health Science
RN-MSN
Sociology

Introduces perspectives and concepts of the flow of healthcare information, technologies and their applications to patient care, and the electronic health record in its many forms. Also includes institutional policies important to communication and documentation of healthcare interventions with an emphasis on privacy, confidentiality and security. Prerequisite: Admission to the RN-to-BSN program.

Health Science
RN-BSN
RN-MSN

A survey of ethical issues in national and international health care, intended for practitioner audiences working to develop ethical decision-making frameworks for the health care professions.

RN-MSN

This is a multi-faceted course that focuses on the leadership roles of professional nurses, including the impact of health policy, health care financing, and legislative and regulatory authority on nursing practice and the health care delivery system. Collaborative practice will be examined with emphasis on professional values, accountability, role transition, and collegiality. The role of theory and research in nursing practice will also be examined.

RN-MSN

This course provides a foundation for students to examine factors that influence the health of communities and populations locally, nationally, and globally. Health promotion, health maintenance, and prevention of disease are emphasized. Epidemiological principles and data collection relating to clinical decision-making and public policy are discussed.

RN-BSN
RN-MSN

This course will focus on health promotion and illness prevention across the life span, including theoretical approaches to adherence. Students will identify interventions to support health promotion for individuals, families and/or selected age groups. Exploration of concepts such as alternative health strategies, health, exercise, screening, and wellness will be included.

RN-MSN

A course in basic statistical concepts and techniques for the non-mathematics major. Topics include descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability theory, standardized probability distributions, correlation and regression, inferential statistics, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and analysis of variance. Prerequisite: 098/100 or math placement exam results. NS

Accounting
Business Management
Environmental Science
Environmental Sustainability
Finance
Health Science
Mathematics
RN-BSN
RN-MSN

Introduction to statistical procedures and their application to research in the behavioral sciences. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics, measures of central tendency, variation, standardized distributions, correlation, regression and prediction and hypothesis testing, including one- and two-way analyses of variance. Prerequisite: MAT 096/099 or math placement exam. NS

Early Childhood Education
Health Science
RN-MSN
Sociology

RN-MSN

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Professional Licensure Notice
In earning your BSN from Wilson College Nursing, you will meet all of the necessary requirements to sit for the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX – RN) and can move forward with Nursing Licensure in the state of Pennsylvania.

Other states that Wilson College Nursing graduates have sat for the NCLEX – RN include: Maryland, Florida, New York, Louisiana, Virginia and West Virginia .

If you plan to practice your nursing profession in a state not listed above, please visit nursinglicensure.org for requirements by state.​

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