Nursing BSN MOS-68C LPN to BSN Bridge
The UMSL College of Nursing offers U.S. Army service members the opportunity to pursue a BSN degree in nursing. Active duty service members and veterans who have completed MOS-68C training may participate in an LPN-BSN program tailored to their previous education. With in-person learning environments in the classroom and hospital settings, students will have the opportunity to enhance nursing skills in becoming nurse leaders responsive to the specific needs of the populations served respective of commission status.
Admission Criteria
- Completion of MOS-68C Training Program as evidenced by Joint Service Transcript.
- Ability to attend nursing classes in person and participate in clinical rotations at assigned facilities in the St. Louis area.
- Cumulative GPA of 2.75 (4.0 scale)
- Unencumbered LPN license
General Education Course Requirements
Nursing majors must complete all general education requirements and graduation requirements of the university as outlined in this Bulletin. The general education courses may be completed and accepted as transfer credit (following course review) or taken during one of the terms of the nursing program.
Required General Education Courses include:
| MATH 1030 | College Algebra (MOTR MATH 130) | 3 |
| MATH 1105 | Basic Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| PSYCH 1003 | General Psychology (MOTR PSYC 100) | 3 |
| Total Hours | 9 | |
Nursing Major Courses
| NURSE 1000 | Cultural Diversity in a Global Society | 3 |
| NURSE 2050 | Pathophysiology | 3 |
| NURSE 3050 | Pharmacology for Nurses | 3 |
| NURSE 3060 | Behavioral Health Concepts | 4 |
| NURSE 3070 | Care of the Adult Client I - Acute and Common Care | 5 |
| or NURSE 3170 | Concepts of Caring for the Adult Client I - Acute and Common Care | |
| NURSE 4010 | Care of the Adult Client II - Chronic and Complex Care | 5 |
| or NURSE 3180 | Concepts of Caring for the Adult Client II – Chronic and Complex Care | |
| NURSE 3900 | Role of the Baccalaureate-Prepared Nurse | 3 |
| NURSE 4020 | Concepts of Caring for Women and the Childbearing Family | 5 |
| NURSE 4030 | Concepts of Caring for Children and Families | 5 |
| NURSE 4060 | Synthesis of Concepts in Professional Nursing | 4 |
| NURSE 4065 | Synthesis of Professional Practice Immersion Clinical | 4 |
| NURSE 4080 | Healthcare Policy, Ethics, and Legal Issues | 3 |
| or NURSE 4900/4910 | Ethics and Values in Population Health | |
| Total Hours | 47 | |
All undergraduate nursing students must have access to transportation to their clinical practice experiences. Students must provide their own transportation to and from clinical agencies, which may be scheduled throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area, including Jefferson County and Illinois. Students who must use public transportation must inform their Program Director.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to:
- Integrate evidence-based concepts from nursing, the arts, sciences, and humanities to provide comprehensive nursing care in a variety of settings.
- Integrate clinical decision making into professional practice.
- Administer culturally competent, compassionate, holistic care to promote healthy outcomes and health equity for diverse individuals, families, communities, and populations.
- Apply knowledge of health care policies and the impact on health care access and quality within healthcare systems.
- Use effective communication to enhance relationships with individuals, families, communities, and populations and collaboration among members of the healthcare team.
- Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for decisions and actions based on professional intrapersonal values, ethical and legal obligations, standards of practice, social justice, and economics.
- Demonstrate initiative and self-direction in activities that contribute to personal, professional and intellectual development.
- Integrate principles of quality care, patient safety, and health education when organizing, coordinating, and engaging in professional nursing practice across the healthcare continuum.
Plan of Study
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer | Hours |
| ENGL 1100 | 3 | CHEM 1052 | 4 | ENGL 3100 (online) | 3 |
| MATH 1030 | 3 | NURSE 1000 | 3 | EXPLORE - Humanities and Fine Arts (online) | 3 |
| NURSE 2050 | 3 | NURSE 3060 | 4 | ||
| NURSE 3050 | 3 | NURSE 3070 | 5 | ||
| NURSE 3900 | 3 | PSYCH 1003 | 3 | ||
| EXPLORE - Social Sciences | 3 | EXPLORE - Humanities and Fine Arts | 3 | ||
| 18 | 22 | 6 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||
| NURSE 4010 | 5 | NURSE 4060 | 4 | ||
| NURSE 4020 | 4 | NURSE 4065 | 4 | ||
| NURSE 4030 | 4 | NURSE 4900 | 3 | ||
| HIST 1001 | 3 | NURSE 4910 | 3 | ||
| EXPLORE - Humanities and Fine Arts | 3 | EXPLORE - Humanities and Fine Arts | 3 | ||
| 19 | 17 | ||||
| Total Hours: 82 | |||||