2010-2011 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

• NURS 4212 Care of Vulnerable Populations – 2 semester hours
• NURS 4424 Nurses in the Community and Nursing the Community – 4 semester hours
• NURS 4392 Professional Issues and Nursing Research – 3 semester hours
• NURS 4294 Applied Research and Externship – 2 semester hours
• NURS 4464 Health Administration for Nurses – 4 semester hours
Subtotal of hours taken 28 hours
***NURS 3434 Care of Individuals III may be challenged if the RN has a minimum of one-year recent
experience in critical care nursing. (Recent experience means within the past 5 years). The challenge process
involves passing the teacher-made, comprehensive final exam with a grade of 75% or higher, demonstrating
competent care and nursing skills during at least two days of clinical practice, and developing an acceptable plan
of care for the client(s) served.
Summary of Credits
• Credit hours awarded based on a challenge process 35-39 hours
• Prerequisite and General Education course requirements 69 hours
• BSN course requirements 28-32 hours
• Upper division hours taken 28-32 hours
• Total Hours required for the BSN degree 128 hours
Graduation Requirements
• Submit a passing Graduating Level Curriculum Checkpoint portfolio
• Candidates for the BSN are expected to have earned a prescribed number of points in the Nursing Student
Association (NSA).
GENERIC TRANSFER OR RE-ENTRY NURSING
The challenge program is designed to give previous HBU nursing students or transfer students a chance to
document their knowledge base and nursing skills in specified courses of the BSN curriculum.
HBU nursing students or transfer students will be allowed to challenge those nursing courses for which they have
grades of ―C‖ or above.
The Challenge Process
To be approved for the Challenge Program, the following steps need to be completed:
1. Get admitted/readmitted to the university.
2. Submit to the Dean the course descriptions and course syllabi for those courses to be challenged.
3. Upon the Dean‘s approval, the student may then proceed with the Challenge Program for each of the
courses for which there is transcripted credit.
Graduation Requirements
In addition to meeting the university and nursing program requirements for graduation, the generic transfer or reentry
student must meet the following criteria:
• Complete the curriculum checkpoints.
• Attain the Nursing Student Association (NSA) required points.
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