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SEMESTER I (Sophomore I)
* NSG 2308 Professional Nursing Transition/Adult Nursing II 8
* NSG 2307 Women’s and Children’s Health 7
* NSG 2301 Pharmacology II 1
* SPRN 0001 Spiritual Perspectives in Healthcare 1
Subtotal 17

SEMESTER II (Sophomore II)
* NSG 2407 Adult Nursing III 7
* NSG 2304 Mental Health 4
* NSG 2401 Pharmacology III for Accelerated Students 1
Subtotal 12

Total Program Credits: Accelerated Track for LPN/LPTN and Certified Paramedics:
Nursing: 29 Credit Hours
Validation: 12 Credit Hours
General Education: 31 Credit Hours
Total: 72 Credit Hours

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For accelerated students, credit by validation for LPN/LPTN or Certified Paramedic courses is
reflected on the official school transcript.

Course Descriptions

SPRN 0001
Spiritual Perspectives in Healthcare‡ 1 Credit Hour
The course provides a holistic, Christian-based approach in creating awareness and
understanding about: 1) one’s own belief system; 2) the spiritual needs of patients; 3)
methodologies of spiritual care for patients, and 4) world religions and religious practices
specifically as they relate to delivery of healthcare. The course includes the following number of
contact hours: Theory - 15 contact hours.

‡ Course required by BHCLR.

[The above course may be offered to a limited number of qualified students as a residential-
blended (hybrid) course which is described in the Academic section of this catalog.]

NSG 2308 Professional Nursing Transitions/Adult Nursing II 8 Credit Hours
This course introduces the LPN/LPTN and Paramedic to the different roles, concepts,
knowledge, and skills of the RN. Considering previously acquired knowledge and experience of
the LPN/LPTN and Paramedic, course content and clinical laboratory experiences are
abbreviated. Course content includes incorporation of professional role behavioral changes,
cultural concepts, legal/ethical issues, therapeutic communication, delegation, physical
assessment, nursing process, pathophysiology, medical management, and nursing care for
disorders experienced by the adult medical-surgical client. Clinical laboratory experiences are
correlated with classroom instruction by focusing on nursing process, physical assessment of the

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