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Sample Four Year Course Plan Nursing 1+2+1

First Year at Defiance College
Total of 28-31 credit hours
FS 101 First-Year Seminar
AH 110 Writing the Self in Culture
AH 120 Writing the World
CA 111 Fundamentals of Oral Communication
IT 102 Document Production
IT 103 Spreadsheets Skills
IT 104 Presentation Skills
CH 113 Chemistry Around Us
MA 105 Quantitative Reasoning
NR 101 Nurse Aide Certification
ES 131-138 A Physical Activity Course
BI 229 Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology
BI 235 Anatomy and Physiology I
BI 236 Anatomy and Physiology II

2nd Year at Northwest State Community College
Fall Semester - Total 14 credit hours
PSY 110 Introduction to Psychology
NRS 106 Nursing Perspectives
NRS 107 Basic Concepts
SOC 101 Sociology

Spring Semester - Total 14 credit hours
PSY 230 Human Growth and Development
NRS 108 Nursing Care of Clients with
Physiological Health Needs I
NRS 110 Pharmacology
NRS 131 Physical Assessment

Summer Semester - Total 6 credit hours
NRS 213 Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family
NRS 214 Nursing Care of the Childrearing Family

3rd Year at Northwest State Community College
Fall Semester - Total 15 credit hours
BIO 257 Microbiology
NRS 215 Nursing Care of Clients with
Psychosocial Health Needs
NRS 216 Nursing Care of Clients with
Physiological Health Needs II
PHI 220 Ethics in Health Care (3)

Spring Semester - Total 15 credit hours
NRS 217 Nursing Care of Clients with
Physiological Health Needs III
NRS 218 Concepts in Management of Groups
of Clients
STA 120 Statistics
HUM 210 Renaissance to Present

NCLEX-RN exam during the summer

4th Year at Defiance College
Total of 35 credit hours
NR 365 Nursing in a Globalized World
NR 380 Nursing Informatics
NR 400 Nursing Transitions
NR 415 Nursing Research
NR 475 Community Health Nursing
NR 480 Nursing Leadership and Management
EN 220 Topics in Literature
AR --- Any Art course
RL 200 level Religion, except RL 250
Plus
A Professional Elective