Bachelor of Science in Nursing Curriculum

Pre-Nursing Courses

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year

Total: 123 Credits

* In preparation for entry into the School of Nursing, general education courses may be taken at any accredited college or university. To ascertain which courses are accepted for transfer credit, please contact the Office of Student Affairs, Nursing School LSUHSC. A student may select arts elective from Arts/Fine Arts, Dance, Drama/Theatre, and Music.

** A student may select humanities elective from Communication, English, Foreign Language, History, Journalism, Philosophy, Religion, and Speech. The Humanities elective must be completed by the end of the first senior semester.

Nursing Electives

NURSING ELECTIVES

Credits

NRSC 420 Comprehensive Pain Management (Interdisciplinary) Nursing      1

NURS 3359 Men’s Health Across the Lifespan…………. 2

NURS 4120 Beginning Spanish for Nurses……………………….2

NURS 4347 Cross-Cultural Nursing………………………. 1

NURS 4348 Independent Study in Nursing………….. 1-3

NURS 4349 Nursing Care of the Oncology Patient……. 2

NURS 4350 Camp Nursing…………………………………. 2

NURS 4351 Nursing Care for the High Risk Neonate…. 2

NURS 4360 Quality & Safety in Nursing and Healthcare 2

NURS 4361 EKG Interpretation and the
Nursing Process……………………………………….. 1

NURS 4363 Perioperative Nursing……………………….. 2

NURS 4364 Principles of Emergency Nursing………….. 2

NURS 4365 Mental Health and the Movies ………………………2 

NURS 4366 Complementary and Alternative
Therapies for Nurses…………………………………. 2

NURS 4367 Ethical and Legal issues in Nursing……….. 2

HLSC 4411 Interdisciplinary Care of the
Dying Client and Family **…………………………. 2

NURS 4368 Introduction to Forensic Nursing………….. 2

HLSC 4412 Nurse Summer
Training Program **…………………………………. 3

HLSC 4413 Health Care Technology **…………………. 2

INTER 281 Interprofessional Practice I **………………………..2

** This course may substitute for the nursing elective.

• NURS 3359 - MEN’S HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN [2 Credits]
• NURS 4120 Beginning Spanish for Nurses [2 Credits]
• NURS 4347 - CROSS CULTURAL NURSING [1 Credit]
• NURS 4348 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN NURSING [1-3 Credits]
• NURS 4349 - NURSING CARE OF THE ONCOLOGY PATIENT [2 Credits]
• NURS 4350 - CAMP NURSING [2 Credits]
• NURS 4351 - NURSING CARE OF THE HIGH RISK NEONATE [2 Credits]
• NURS 4360 - QUALITY AND SAFETY IN NURSING & HEALTHCARE [2 Credits]
• NURS 4361 - EKG INTERPRETATION AND THE NURSING PROCESS [1 Credit]
• NURS 4363 - PERIOPERATIVE NURSING [2 Credits]
• NURS 4364 - PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY NURSING [2 Credits]
• NURS 4365 - MENTAL HEALTH AND THE MOVIES (PERCEPTION AND POLICY) [2 Credits]
• NURS 4366 - COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES FOR NURSES [1 Credit]
• NURS 4367 - ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN NURSING [2 Credits]
• HLSC 4411 - INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE OF THE DYING CLIENT AND FAMILY [2 Credits] **
• NURS 4368 - INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC NURSING [2 Credits]
• HLSC 4413 - HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY [1 Credit] **