{"id":10161,"date":"2020-07-04T14:13:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T19:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/?page_id=10161"},"modified":"2025-04-14T08:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:13:43","slug":"nursing-rn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/registration-guides\/first-year_archive\/nursing-rn\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing (NURS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"line-height: 1.8em;\">Nursing is founded on a commitment of service to others and focuses on the health and well being of society. Nursing practice involves four areas: promoting health and wellness, preventing illness, restoring health, and care of the dying.<\/p>\n<p>Students who are not nursing majors interested in pursuing a Nurse Practitioner degree or a Master of Science in Nursing most often will need to complete the following pre-requisites: BIO 143 and 243 or BIO 247, BIO 231, NURS 110, PSYCH 125, PSYCH 241, SDS 172.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"typical-first-year-schedule\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Typical First-Year Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Fall<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">FYS 120 or WRIT 120 or Conversation Program<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">World Language<\/li>\n<li>CHEM 122 or 125<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">PSYCH 125 or 241 or SOAN (Sociology\/Anthropology) 121 or 128 or 264<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">january term<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">NURS 110 (FY or Soph)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"2\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Spring<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">FYS 120 or WRIT 120 or Conversation Program<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">World Language<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">BIO 140<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">PSYCH 125 or 241 or SOAN 121 or 128 or 260 or 267<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>Additional Information<\/h6>\n<p>Take the Certified Nursing Assistant Course any time before the beginning of the sophomore spring.<\/p>\n<p>MSN has two paths, one for undergrads who majored in nursing and another for career changers with a college degree in something other than nursing. Prerequisites are most often:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Biology 143 and Biology 243 (a year of human anatomy and physiology)<\/li>\n<li>PSYCH 125, Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology (the last is not always required)<\/li>\n<li>Nutrition<\/li>\n<li>Microbiology (but only the offerings in which microbiology appears in the title of the course)<\/li>\n<li>Statistics<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h6>CREDIT FOR PREVIOUS COURSEWORK<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Nursing courses from another academic institution will not be counted towards the St. Olaf Nursing major.<\/li>\n<li>Students may receive credit for OLE Core requirements from other institutions with prior approval from the Nursing Department Chair and the Registrar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Placement<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Not applicable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Informational Events<\/h6>\n<p>Nurses week in May.<br \/>\nNursing major social events in fall and spring.<\/p>\n<h6>CONTACT INFORMATION<\/h6>\n<p>Chair, Department of Nursing \u2013 <a 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