RN to BSN Curriculum consists of 30 hours of upper division nursing requirements. Three courses are fully online; the remainder are blended with a class meeting one Saturday approximately every three weeks.

Fall
NUR 302 Advanced Concepts in Nursing Practice (5)
NUR 304 Health Assessment for RNs (3)
NUR 306 Pharmacology in Nursing Practice (3)

Spring
NUR 308 Scholarship & Inquiry for Evidence Based Practice (3) (pre-req: Statistics)
REL 370 Health Care Ethics (3)
NUR 401 Population Based Nursing Care (5) (practicum course)

Summer
NUR 403 Organizational and Systems Leadership (3)
NUR 405 Nursing Synthesis and Capstone (5) (practicum course)


Total of 120 credit hours are needed for BSN degree at the University of Pikeville. Fulfillment of the 120 hours can be earned by successful completion of 30 semester hours in the RN-BSN curriculum (see the above list of courses), 52 semester hours of general education core requirements, and up to 40 hours of NUR semester hours from an associate degree nursing program. Elective credit may be needed to fulfill the remainder of the 120 hours required by the University of Pikeville.


Click here to obtain an application for the RN-BSN program at the University of Pikeville.

Click here or click the PDF file above “Admission and Curriculum RN-BSN” for detailed information on admission criteria, transfer credit, and required general education and nursing courses for a baccalaureate degree in nursing at the University of Pikeville.

For more information:
• Contact Canda Byrne, D.N.P., RN at (606)218-5744
• Contact Mary R. Simpson, Ph.D., RN at (606)218-5754