{"id":56,"date":"2022-11-22T12:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:53:11","slug":"bsn-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/adult\/bsn\/bsn-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing (BSN) Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--media-float-right umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Admissions<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Nursing (BSN) Curriculum<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"3a94a5f5ac99f0c5642cb0af3ba9a028\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Engaging, Career-Ready Coursework for Nursing Professionals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The BSN curriculum at the University of Mary Washington offers engaging, career-focused coursework designed to prepare registered nurses for advancement in today\u2019s healthcare environment.<\/strong> Developed with support from a Community Benefit Fund grant from the Mary Washington Hospital Foundation, the program provides a strong academic foundation and real-world relevance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like most bachelor\u2019s degrees, the BSN requires <strong>120 total credits<\/strong>, with at least <strong>30 credits completed at UMW<\/strong>, including <strong>seven upper-level nursing courses<\/strong> and <strong>three courses in the social sciences and humanities<\/strong>. Students must maintain a minimum <strong>2.00 cumulative GPA<\/strong> in UMW coursework, though a <strong>3.0 or higher<\/strong> is recommended for those considering graduate-level nursing education. Required courses include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-course-descriptions\">Course Descriptions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-accordion-container umw-custom-block\" data-only-one=\"true\">\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">PHIL 226: Medical Ethics (3)<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Central ethical issues in clinical medicine. Topics might include the physician-patient relationship, informed consent and competency, reproductive technology, distribution of scarce medical resources, organ donation, and experimental medicine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">NURS 305 Interprofessional Partnerships in Healthcare (3)<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p><strong>Co-requisite: PHIL 226<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intentional collaboration across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">NURS 310 Professionalism in Nursing Practice (3)<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p><strong>Co-requisite: NURS 330<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formation and cultivation of a sustainable professional identity, including accountability, perspective, collaborative disposition, and comportment [behavior], that reflects nursing\u2019s characteristics and values.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">NURS 330 Systems Based Practice (3)<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p><strong>Co-requisite: NURS 310<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to and leading within complex systems of health care. Nurses effectively and proactively coordinate resources to provide safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">NURS 350 Quality and Safety in Nursing Practice (3)<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p><strong>Prerequisites: NURS 310  |  Co-requisites: NURS 360<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employment of established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science. Quality and safety, as core values of nursing practice, enhance quality and minimize the risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">NURS 360 Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion in Nursing Practice (3)<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p><strong>Prerequisites: NURS 310, 330  |  Co-requisites: NURS 350, 410<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. demographics, health workforce shortages, and health inequities necessitate the preparation of nurses able to address systemic racism and pervasive inequities in health care. Thereby improve access and care quality for underrepresented and medically underserved populations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">NURS 410 Scholarship in Nursing Practice (3) &#8211; 16 Weeks<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p><strong>Prerequisites: STAT 180, NURS 310, 330  |  Co-requisites: NURS 350, 360<\/strong>  <strong>|  16 Week Course<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The generation, synthesis, translation, application, and dissemination of nursing knowledge to improve health and transform healthcare.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">NURS 440 Population Health (3)<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p><strong>Prerequisites: NURS 310, 330, 350, 360, 410  |  Co-requisites: NURS 480, 490<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Population health spans the healthcare delivery continuum from public health prevention to disease management of populations and describes collaborative activities with both traditional and non-traditional partnerships from affected communities, public health, industry, academia, health care, local government entities, and others for the improvement of equitable population outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">NURS 480 Informatics and Healthcare Technologies (3)<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p><strong>Prerequisites: NURS 310, 330, 350, 360, 410  |  Co-requisites: NURS 440, 490<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information and communication technologies and informatics processes are used to provide care, gather data, form information to drive decision-making, and support professionals as they expand knowledge and wisdom for practice. Informatics processes and technologies are used to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services in accordance with best practices and professional and regulatory standards.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">NURS 490 Practicum (3)<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p><strong>Prerequisites: NURS 310, 330, 350, 360, 410, 440  |  Co-requisites: NURS 440, 480<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participation in activities and self-reflection that fosters personal health, resilience, and well-being; contributes to lifelong learning; and supports the acquisition of nursing expertise and the assertion of leadership.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Knowledge and Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Examine the concept of professionalism, and beliefs that are fundamental to nursing, include the inherent values of altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create intra- and inter-professional partnerships characterized by teamwork, collaboration, and communication to deliver high-quality, safe patient care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evaluate healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory practices to influence the allocation of health resources to reduce health disparities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Utilize the nursing process when practicing caring, competent, holistic, and patient-centered nursing with diverse individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations, delivered in a variety of settings across the lifespan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evaluate nursing research to determine best practices and translate current evidence into professional nursing practice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Formulate plans of care that promote health and prevent disease for individuals, families, groups, populations, and communities in complex situations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Synthesize a liberal arts education, knowledge of nursing science, and critical thinking skills to support independent and interdependent decision-making in the practice of professional nursing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrate leadership knowledge, skills, and attitudes by promoting safe, high-quality care with a focus on continued evaluation and improvement within a variety of health organizations and systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Utilize information management knowledge and skills by employing technology and information systems to create safe patient care and enhanced decision-making in a variety of health organizations and systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/contact-umw-admissions\/\">UMW Admissions<\/a> at (540) 654-2000 or Email us at <a href=\"mailto:admit@umw.edu\">admit@umw.edu<\/a>, or you can fill out our <a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.umw.edu\/register\/RNTOBSN\">Request for More Information Form<\/a>. Feel free to Tweet at us <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@marywash\">@marywash<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BSN curriculum at the University of Mary Washington offers engaging, career-focused coursework designed to prepare registered nurses for advancement in today\u2019s healthcare environment. Developed with support from a Community Benefit Fund grant from the Mary Washington Hospital Foundation, the program provides a strong academic foundation and real-world relevance. 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