Licensure: This program meets the educational requirements designed to lead to an occupationally required professional license or certificate in the state of Utah. Students pursuing occupations requiring a license or certificate in a state other than Utah should contact the appropriate BYU academic advisement center as well as the licensing agency in the state where they intend to work to seek information and guidance regarding licensure and certification requirements.

A "C" grade or higher must be maintained in all required courses.

Requirement 1 —Complete 3 Requirements

Prerequisite courses:

Requirement 1.1 —Complete 2 Courses

course - Intro Bio-organic Chemistry 4.0

course - Essentials of Human Nutrition 3.0

Note: Chem 101 or an acceptable score on the Chemistry Placement Exam is recommended prior to taking Chem 285 if the student has not completed previous chemistry course work.

Requirement 1.2 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Human Anatomy (w/ virtual lab) 3.0

course - Human Anatomy (with lab) 4.0

Requirement 1.3 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Human Dev: Life Span 3.0

course - Human Development 3.0

Requirement 2 —Complete 1 Requirement

Supporting courses:

Requirement 2.1 —Complete 6 Courses

course - Human Physiology 4.0

course - General Microbiology 3.0

course - Gen Micro Lab 1.0

course - Principles of Statistics 3.0

Note: Math 110 (or equivalent) may need to be taken prior to Stat 121.

Requirement 3 —Complete 28 Courses

course - Nursing Skills I 1.0

course - Think Like a Nurse 1.5

course - Cl Prac Nurs Fundamentals 1.5

course - Hlth Assessment & Promotion 2.0

course - Fund Nurs 2.0

course - Introduction to Population Health Nursing 2.0

course - Nursing Skills II 1.0

course - Pharmacology in Nursing 3.0

course - Applied Patho in Nursing 3.0

course - EBP & Informatics 3.0

course - Acute & Chronic Illness 3.0

course - Cl Prac Acute/Chronic Illness 2.5

course - Nursing Skills III 1.0

course - Nurs Care of Women 2.0

course - Cl Prac Women across Lifespan 2.0

course - Nurs Care of Children 2.0

course - Cl Prac Children 1.0

course - Nursing Skills IV 1.0

course - Global and Population Hlth Nsg 3.0

course - Cl Prac Glob & Pop Hlth Nurs 4.0v

NURS 449 - Ethics in Nursing 3.0 - This course is no longer available for registration and will count only if you completed it while it was offered. Please see your college advisement center for possible substitutions. 

course - Psych/Mental Hlth Nursing 2.5

course - Cl Prac Psych/Mental Hlth Nurs 2.0

course - Nurs Care of Adults in Crisis 3.0

course - Cl Prac Adults in Crisis 2.5

course - Nursing Skills V 0.5

course - Nursing Capstone 2.0

course - Cl Prac Capstone Nurs 5.0

Requirement 4 —Complete 4 hours

Complete a minimum of 4 credit hours

course - Cl Prac Publ & Glob Hlth Nurs 3.5v