The Basic nursing program curriculum begins with biomedical and social science courses taken as prerequisites to the clinical component of the program.  Freshmen entering UB as nursing majors should complete the prerequisite courses during the first two years of study while fulfilling the University's General Education requirements.

Students entering with transfer credit from other institutions may have already satisfied some of the nursing prerequisites and/or general education requirements.  Equivalent courses may be found at http://taurus.buffalo.edu while courses not yet articulated in Taurus can be submitted to Transfer and Articulation Services at taurus@buffalo.edu. 

Prerequisites

General Psychology	PSY 101	Microbiology	MIC 301
Sociology OR American Pluralism	SOC 101or UGC 211/Cognates	Applied Physiology	PGY 412
Human Growth & Development	NUR 250	Pharmacology	PMY 302
Human Physiology	PGY 300
Human Anatomy	ANA 113	Chemistry	HS or College
Health Care Informatics	NUR 293	Ethical Values in Medicine	PHI 337
Nutrition	NTR 108	Basic Statistics	STA 119 PSY 207 CEP 207

Applicants with a previous non-nursing bachelor's degree from a U.S. institution or international equivalent and a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 will be waived from: NUR 293 Informatics and the Health Care Environment (3), PHI 337 Social and Ethical Values in Medicine (3), PSY 101 Introductory Psychology (3), and SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3) or UGC 211 American Pluralism and the Search for Equality (or cognates) (3)

Upper Division - Junior Year

Fall Semester

		Cr
N370	Nursing as a Profession	3
N371	Health Care Delivery Perspectives	3
N309	Health Assessment	4
N373L	Basic Nursing Therapeutics	3
N372	Health Promotion	3
	Total	16

Spring Semester

		Cr.
N348*	Introduction to Nursing Research	3-4
N374	Primary Care with Families Across the Lifespan	5
N374L	Nurs. Therapeutics:  Primary Care	3
N376	Principles of Nursing Leadership	1
N310	Assessment of Families and Communities	3
	Total	12-15

Upper Division - Senior Year

Fall Semester

		CR
N470	Health Maintenance and Restoration	4
N470L	Nurs. Therapeutics: Health Maintenance and Restoration	4
N471	Clinical Seminar:  Health  Maintenance and Restoration	1
N472	Nursing Management of Patient Care	1
N348*	Introduction to Nursing Research	3-4
	Total	13-14

Spring Semester

		Cr.
N475	Nursing Management in Complex Situation	2
N478	Concepts of Complex Acute Care	3
N478L	Nurs. Therapeutics:  Complex Acute Care	4
N479	Clinical Seminar: Complex Acute Care	1
N447	Advanced Clinical Nursing	3
	Total	13

*NUR 348 may be taken in either the first or second year

Special Features

• Membership in nursing’s national honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International, through the Gamma Kappa chapter, encourages and recognizes superior scholarship and leadership achievement in nursing
    
• Clinical affiliations with Western New York’s major health care facilities

• Fully equipped health assessment and nursing skills labs
   
• Faculty who are expert practitioners of nursing with advanced preparation in their specialties; many have achieved national and international recognition
   
• The School of Nursing Simulation Center features a “state of the art” patient simulator housed in a virtual operating room
   
• The Center for Nursing Research houses a research library and is a repository for information on internal and external sources of funding including guidelines and application forms
   
• Students have access to “state-of-the-art” educational technology including a wide variety of health care databases and computer assisted instruction

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