Requirements
Students must meet the following requirements to enroll in the first semester of nursing coursework.
- The following prerequisites must be completed with a grade of "C" or higher before entering the first nursing courses.
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Enrollment in all nursing courses limited to the nursing major requires at least a 2.5 TCU cumulative GPA. Students who are repeatedly unable to achieve or maintain a 2.5 GPA prior to enrollment in nursing courses will be discontinued from the major.
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Prerequisite sciences must be completed within five (5) years of application to the program. Sciences include A&P 1 and 2, and Microbiology.
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Current American Heart Association cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for health care providers card. (Online CPR courses do not meet this requirement.)
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Documentation of required immunizations (contact TCU Nursing for list).
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CPR, TB tests or other immunization documentation that will expire during a semester must be updated and documentation submitted to the nursing office by August 1 and January 1.
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Cannot have more than 12 hours of TCU Core incomplete.
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Completion of the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) entrance exam.
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Documentation of health insurance.
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Drug screen and criminal background check as required by health care agencies and BON.
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Transfer students must take a 3-credit hour cultural awareness (CA) course to fulfill TCU Core requirements.
Nursing Curriculum Plan
TCU Nursing, has an innovative curriculum designed to prepare graduates to work in a wide variety of agencies, clinics, home care agencies, and other community facilities in addition to hospitals and extended-care facilities. Emphasis in classrooms and patient care settings is on the development of critical thinking, clinical reasoning and decision-making. Students are expected to assume considerable responsibility for their own learning. They are expected to become increasingly independent in the exercise of clinical judgment and in application of nursing process to a variety of nursing problems and situations.
Nursing courses constitute approximately one-half of the four-year program. The sequence of nursing courses provides learning experiences in all major practice areas and in a variety of institutions and agencies in and around the Fort Worth-Dallas Metroplex.
Courses within the program and the sequence are designed to promote student success. Once enrolled in TCU Nursing clinical coursework, classes must be taken and retaken at TCU. As such, transfer credit will only be allowed for NURS 10303 and NURS 20363 after syllabus review indicates the course is equivalent to the TCU course.
Typical Schedule
Schedules for TCU Core Curriculum courses may vary for individual students.
First-year
Semester 1
| BIOL 20204 | Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
| ENGL 10803 | Introductory Composition: Writing as Inquiry | 3 |
| FAR | Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
| OCO | Oral Communication | 3 |
| PSYC 10213 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Semester 2
| BIOL 20214 | Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
| NTDT 20403 | Nutrition | 3 |
| SOCI 20213 | Introductory Sociology | 3 |
| HT | Historical Traditions | 3 |
| HUM | Humanities Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Sophomore Year
Semester 1
| BIOL 20234 | Microbiology of Human Disease | 4 |
| ENGL 20803 | Intermediate Composition: Writing Argument | 3 |
| MATH 10043 | Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| RT | Religious Traditions | 3 |
| NURS 10303 | Human Development | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Semester 2
| NURS 20043 | Professional Role I: Member of the Profession | 3 |
| NURS 20263 | Health Assessment: Concepts | 3 |
| NURS 20271 | Health Assessment: Lab | 1 |
| NURS 20363 | Pathophysiology | 3 |
| LT/HUM | Literary Traditions/Humanities | 3 |
| | Elective | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Choice of elective will depend on other choices made within the HMVV and HEE
Junior Year
Summer work in non-nursing courses is recommended prior to junior year
Semester 1
| NURS 30163 | Pharmacotherapeutics | 3 |
| NURS 30263 | Foundations of Nursing Care: Concepts | 3 |
| NURS 30182 | Foundations of Nursing Care: Clinical | 2 |
| NURS 30171 | Foundations of Nursing Care: Lab | 1 |
| NURS 30243 | Professional Role II: Member of the Healthcare Team | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Semester 2
| NURS 30563 | Care of Adults with Health Alterations I: Concepts | 3 |
| NURS 30582 | Adults with Health Alterations I: Clinical | 2 |
| NURS 30663 | Behavioral Health Nursing: Concepts | 3 |
| NURS 30682 | Behavioral Health Nursing: Clinical | 2 |
| NURS 30633 | Professional Role III: Member of the Research and Evidence Based Practice Community | 3 |
| NURS 30671 | Clinical Reasoning and Simulation I | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 14 |
Senior Year
Semester 1
| NURS 40563 | Care of Adults with Health Alterations II: Concepts | 3 |
| NURS 40582 | Adults with Health Alterations II: Clinical | 2 |
| NURS 40663 | Maternal, Child and Family Nursing Concepts | 3 |
| NURS 40682 | Maternal, Child and Family Nursing: Clinical | 2 |
| NURS 40672 | Clinical Reasoning in Simulation II | 2 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Semester 2
| NURS 40763 | Leadership in Nursing Practice: Concepts | 3 |
| NURS 40783 | Transition into Practice: Clinical | 3 |
| NURS 40863 | Public Health Nursing: Concepts (CSV) | 3 |
| NURS 40882 | Public Health Nursing: Clinical | 2 |
| NURS 40871 | Clinical Reasoning in Simulation | 1 |
| NURS 40001 | NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination in Nursing) Review | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |