Students must meet the following requirements to enroll in the first semester of nursing coursework.

The following prerequisites must be completed with a grade of "C" or higher before entering the first nursing courses:

BIOL 20204

BIOL 20214

BIOL 20234

NURS 10303

PSYC 10213

SOCI 20213

MATH 10043

NTDT 20403

Enrollment in all nursing courses limited to the nursing major requires at least a 2.5 TCU cumulative GPA. Students who are repeatedly unable to achieve or maintain a 2.5 GPA prior to enrollment in nursing courses will be discontinued from the major.
Prerequisite sciences must be completed within five (5) years of application to the program. Sciences include A&P 1 and 2, and Microbiology.
Current American Heart Association cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for health care providers card. (Online CPR courses do not meet this requirement.)
Documentation of required immunizations (contact TCU Nursing for list).
CPR, TB tests or other immunization documentation that will expire during a semester must be updated and documentation submitted to the nursing office by August 1 and January 1.
Cannot have more than 12 hours of TCU Core incomplete.
Completion of the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) entrance exam.
Documentation of health insurance.
Drug screen and criminal background check as required by health care agencies and BON.
Transfer students must take a 3-credit hour cultural awareness (CA) course to fulfill TCU Core requirements.

Nursing Curriculum Plan

TCU Nursing, has an innovative curriculum designed to prepare graduates to work in a wide variety of agencies, clinics, home care agencies, and other community facilities in addition to hospitals and extended-care facilities. Emphasis in classrooms and patient care settings is on the development of critical thinking, clinical reasoning and decision-making. Students are expected to assume considerable responsibility for their own learning. They are expected to become increasingly independent in the exercise of clinical judgment and in application of nursing process to a variety of nursing problems and situations.

Nursing courses constitute approximately one-half of the four-year program. The sequence of nursing courses provides learning experiences in all major practice areas and in a variety of institutions and agencies in and around the Fort Worth-Dallas Metroplex.

Courses within the program and the sequence are designed to promote student success. Once enrolled in TCU Nursing clinical coursework, classes must be taken and retaken at TCU. As such, transfer credit will only be allowed for NURS 10303 and NURS 20363 after syllabus review indicates the course is equivalent to the TCU course.

Typical Schedule

Schedules for TCU Core Curriculum courses may vary for individual students.

First-year

Semester 1

BIOL 20204	Anatomy and Physiology	4
ENGL 10803	Introductory Composition: Writing as Inquiry	3
	Fine Arts Elective	3
	Oral Communication	3
PSYC 10213	Introduction to Psychology	3
Total Credit Hours:		16

Semester 2

BIOL 20214	Anatomy and Physiology	4
NTDT 20403	Nutrition	3
SOCI 20213	Introductory Sociology	3
	Historical Traditions	3
	Humanities Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		16

Sophomore Year

Semester 1

BIOL 20234	Microbiology of Human Disease	4
ENGL 20803	Intermediate Composition: Writing Argument	3
MATH 10043	Elementary Statistics	3
	Religious Traditions	3
NURS 10303	Human Development	3
Total Credit Hours:		16

Semester 2

NURS 20043	Professional Role I: Member of the Profession	3
NURS 20263	Health Assessment: Concepts	3
NURS 20271	Health Assessment: Lab	1
NURS 20363	Pathophysiology	3
	Literary Traditions/Humanities	3
	Elective
Total Credit Hours:		16

Choice of elective will depend on other choices made within the HMVV and HEE

Junior Year

Summer work in non-nursing courses is recommended prior to junior year

Semester 1

NURS 30163	Pharmacotherapeutics	3
NURS 30263	Foundations of Nursing Care: Concepts	3
NURS 30182	Foundations of Nursing Care: Clinical	2
NURS 30171	Foundations of Nursing Care: Lab	1
NURS 30243	Professional Role II: Member of the Healthcare Team	3
	Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Semester 2

NURS 30563	Care of Adults with Health Alterations I: Concepts	3
NURS 30582	Adults with Health Alterations I: Clinical	2
NURS 30663	Behavioral Health Nursing: Concepts	3
NURS 30682	Behavioral Health Nursing: Clinical	2
NURS 30633	Professional Role III: Member of the Research and Evidence Based Practice Community	3
NURS 30671	Clinical Reasoning and Simulation I	1
Total Credit Hours:		14

Senior Year

Semester 1

NURS 40563	Care of Adults with Health Alterations II: Concepts	3
NURS 40582	Adults with Health Alterations II: Clinical	2
NURS 40663	Maternal, Child and Family Nursing Concepts	3
NURS 40682	Maternal, Child and Family Nursing: Clinical	2
NURS 40672	Clinical Reasoning in Simulation II	2
	Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Semester 2

NURS 40763	Leadership in Nursing Practice: Concepts	3
NURS 40783	Transition into Practice: Clinical	3
NURS 40863	Public Health Nursing: Concepts (CSV)	3
NURS 40882	Public Health Nursing: Clinical	2
NURS 40871	Clinical Reasoning in Simulation	1
NURS 40001	NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination in Nursing) Review	1
Total Credit Hours:		13

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