If are beginning your college career and want to pursue a career in nursing, Jacksonville University’s School of Nursing offers you the opportunity to complete your nursing degree in three years with our traditional program.  

To apply, you must submit a nursing application with supporting materials to the School of Nursing by April 1, including unofficial transcripts and three forms of recommendation, two professional and one personal. You will also have an interview, after which you will be assigned an essay topic. You will be scored on your cumulative GPA, interview, essay, and recommendations.

Admission requirements:

• A $15 nonrefundable application fee
• A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale in non-nursing courses
• Complete, prior to enrollment, a minimum 28 credit hours towards the nursing major including the following prerequisitesⁱ.

• Human Anatomy & Physiology I
• Human Anatomy & Physiology II
• A General Chemistry (must include a lab)
• English Composition I

ⁱCredit received on the basis of CLEP or Advanced Placement may be included to meet some of these requirements as appropriate under JU policies. Prerequisites courses with less than a “C” grade may be repeated once, and no more than two courses may be repeated. Letters to the School of Nursing Admissions, Progression and Retention Committee may request an exception to this requirement.

For additional information, please contact Stephanie Bloom at slbloom@ju.edu or 904-256-7286.

Recommended Curriculum Plan:

Freshman Year - Fall

 

Course	Title	Credits
**BIOL 215	Anatomy & Physiology I	4
**ENGL103	Intro to Writing	3
**CHEM 101/103	Intro to Chemistry/Genl Chemistry	4
*HIST 150	The Modern World	3
	Total	14

 

Freshman Year - Springⁱ

 

Course	Title	Credits
**BIOL 216	Anatomy & Physiology II	4
*ENGL 203	World Literature	3
*CS 150	Intro to Computer	3
**MATH 205	Intro to Statistics	3
XXX xxx	Elective	3
	Total	16

 

Sophomore Year - Fall

 

Course	Title	Credits
NUR 212	Foundations of Pro. Nursing	3
NUR 222	Nursing Assessment	3
**BIOL 210	Human Nutrition	3
**PSYC 210	Human Growth & Development	3
*XXX xxx	Social Science Core	3
	Total	15

 

Sophomore Year - Spring

 

Course	Title	Credits
NUR 220	Essentials of Nursing	3
NUR 221	Essentials of Nursing Pract	2
NUR 202	Intro to Pharmacology	1
**BIOL 222	Micro for Health Professionals	4
*PHIL 101	Intro to Philosophy	3
*HUM xxx	Any Humanities	3
	Total	16

 

Summer

 

Course	Title	Credits
*ECON 201	Macroeconomics	3
*IS xxx	International Studies Core	3
*XXX xxx	Fine Arts Core	3
	Total	9

 

Junior Year - Fall

 

Course	Title	Credits
NUR 310	Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Theory	3
NUR 311	Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Practice	2
NUR 314	Adult Health Theory	3
NUR 315	Adult Health Practice	2
NUR 302	Pharmacology I	1
NUR 316	Research	3
	Total	14

 

Junior Year - Spring

 

Course	Title	Credits
NUR 320	Advanced Adult Health Theory	4
NUR 321	Advanced Adult Health Practice	2
NUR 304	Pharmacology II	1
NUR 328	Child-Rearing Family Theory	3
NUR 329	Child-Rearing Family Practice	2
	Total	14

 

Senior Year - Fall

 

Course	Title	Credits
NUR 410	Critical Care Nursing Theory	2
NUR 411	Critical Care Nursing Practice	3
NUR 412	Physiological Adaptation to Illness	3
NUR 418	Care of the Child-Bearing Family Theory	2
NUR 419	Care of the Child-Bearing Family Practice	2
	Total	12

 

Senior Year - Spring

 

Course	Title	Credits
NUR 420SI	Community Health Nursing Theory	3
NUR 421	Community Health Nursing Practice	2
NUR 422WI	Nursing Leadership & Management	3
NUR 423	Nursing Synthesis	5
	Total	13

 

*University core requirements

**School of nursing prerequisites (must be completed by beginning of the Junior year)​​