Northwest Florida State College RN to BSN Nursing Program

program completion. Students enroll in thirty (30) credits of upper division nursing credits. The
baccalaureate program allows the inclusion of credit hours earned through the Associate of
Science in Nursing Degree program and diploma programs. Students complete at least 25% of
the coursework towards the degree and 50% of the upper division program coursework (not to
include portfolio assessment) in residence at Northwest Florida State College. (Plan of Study
options appear in Appendix L.)
All students are required to complete general education courses prior to the beginning of
their senior year. Students in the program meet the general education requirements with a
number of courses that are relevant to professional nursing practice. For example, an
understanding of statistical analysis is essential prior to enrolling in the course Evidence-based
Practice – Incorporating Nursing Research NUR 4165. Humanities, psychology and social
science courses increase students’ awareness of behavioral norms as they relate to nursing
practice. Communication courses provide students with the means to effectively communicate
orally and in writing, critical skills required in all upper division nursing courses.
Key Element III-D:
Curriculum and teaching-learning practices are evaluated at regularly scheduled intervals
to foster ongoing improvement.
The faculty has developed a process for evaluation of all courses in the program as
published in the Program Evaluation and Assessment Plan (Appendix I). Mechanisms that
ensure regular review of curriculum and teaching-learning practices include student evaluation of
instruction each term using standardized evaluation tools; further, students will evaluate the
entire curriculum prior to graduating from the BSN program, as well as evaluating their
experiences at the college. (All survey and evaluation tools are available in the onsite resource
room.) Consistent with NWFSC policy, all courses will be evaluated anonymously by students
each term. At the college level, the NWFSC Online Distance Learning Course Evaluation
affords students the opportunity to provide feedback regarding instructional delivery, use of
course resources, testing, course objective, course delivery, and grading. Students’ comments
often offer valuable information to the faculty in evaluating course effectiveness.
Program faculty (Committee-of-the-Whole) will meet at the end of each course to review
the course evaluations completed by students in order to identify strengths, areas of improvement
and strategies to improve the course the next time it is offered. Faculty or students may bring
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