The School of Nursing is located in the Leichsenring Nursing Center, third floor of Wissink Hall in the center of the campus.
A total of 128 semester credits are necessary for the baccalaureate degree in nursing. The nursing major consists of 63 credits. Associate degree nursing graduates transfer in 30 semester nursing credits and take 33 semester nursing credits. A total of 40 upper division credits must be earned through a four–year college. Minnesota State University, Mankato has developed consortium agreements to allow distance students to take course work at 4–year colleges and universities closer to their home.
Students are strongly encouraged to complete all general education and required courses prior to enrollment in core nursing courses. Students meet with the RN Baccalaureate Completion Coordinator on an annual basis to update and revise their plan of study.
The length of time necessary to complete the Bachelor of Science degree in nursing will vary depending on the number of nonnursing credits earned prior to entering Minnesota State Mankato and the nursing plan selected by the student. Courses include general education and electives in addition to courses in the nursing major. The RN Baccalaureate Completion Program Coordinator assists each student in planning a program to meet his/her needs. Students must communicate with the RN Baccalaureate Completion Coordinator prior to applying for the SON.
In accordance with the statewide MN Articulation Agreement, 30 semester nursing credits are transferred for RN's. An additional 33 credits must be earned through a four–year college.
Students are encouraged to have all general education requirements and support courses met prior to beginning core nursing courses.
^ Web–based course with two supplemental on–campus classes.
Introduction to being a member of a profession with emphasis on understanding the relationship between nursing theory and practice, the research process and ethical decision making in nursing practice.
Explores the nurse's role in interacting with and providing care to families of diverse religious, ethnic and cultural backgrounds across the lifespan. Examines spirituality and the integration of complementary and alternative therapies with conventional practices to provide holistic care.
Current theories derived from organizational psychology, business, and educational leadership are explored and applied to the role of nurse manager within the complex changing health–care system. Management of human resources, patient care, and operational skills in interaction is emphasized.
This capstone course focuses on the community as the client and integrates previously learned theory and principles of nursing.
Health promotion, disease prevention, and health education are operationalized as principal interventions within the context of community health.
Examines the nurse's role in the promotion of physiological and psychosocial adaptation of the older adult client.
Explores pathophysiology concepts to enhance the RN student's understanding of illness and health. Identifies rational for clinical judgment and therapeutic intervention in disease conditions. Analyzes psychosocial and family concepts that emerge with pathophysiologic alterations.
This course examines family level approaches that promote family health while exploring concepts of family as client, family health experience, and nurse–family relationships. Nursing strategies to enhance family level care during acute, chronic and critical illnesses are analyzed.
Utilizing the nursing process framework the course emphasizes psychoanalytic theories, assessment and therapeutic communication. Historical landmarks in the care of the mentally ill are addressed as is the importance of the client's culture. Nursing interventions for specific disorders are discussed.
This course offers theoretical and simulated clinical practice to develop advanced skills in health and physical assessment throughout the life span. Students complete a client data base and identify nursing problems necessary in making clinical judgments and planning and caring for the health care needs of individual clients.
RN Baccalaureate Completion Program Co-Coordinators
School of Nursing
Norma Krumwiede Patricia Lipetzky
norma.krumwiede@mnsu.edu patricia.lipetzky@mnsu.edu
507-389-6822 507-389-6814
