California State University, Chico RN Self-Support 2014 Cohort Advising Memo Revised 1/28/2015

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1 California State University, Chico RN Self-Support 2014 Cohort Advising Memo Revised 1/28/2015 Janet Ellis is the RN advisor. Jan is available for advising preferably by at or by phone at , or in more urgent situations You will receive a faster reply by sending your questions by . Julie Garnett is the RN-BSN administrative support coordinator. She can be reached from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday at , or by at [email protected] Bookmark the CSUC School of Nursing website for the most updated announcements (Select the link, Currently Enrolled RN-BSN Students Updates, Memos, etc. The schedule for upcoming spring 2015 classes is described in this memo. You can enroll directly for these classes through Regional & Continuing Education (RCE). If course enrollments are less than 10, a class may be canceled. Students who do not follow their advising plan, or who request a course out of sequence will be accommodated only if space is available. See registration instructions on the RCE website: Fees must be paid in December for January intersession and they must be paid in January for Spring semester. If fees aren t paid on time, students are automatically disenrolled from classes. SPRING CLASS SCHEDULE Note: Mandatory Orientation 9AM-4:30 PM on Friday, January 16, 2015 The first part of orientation day will be divided between a discussion about the Summer Community Health Nursing Clinical, general discussion about the program, and the orientation for NURS 422W. Be prepared to be present by 9AM and have a lunch break between Noon and 1PM. Lunch will be on your own. NURS 422W: Leadership Management and Professional Issues in Nursing (3 units) Instructor: Instructor: Janet Ellis, [email protected] Textbooks: Huston, C.J. (Ed.) (2014). Professional Issues in Nursing: Challenges and opportunities (3 rd ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins. ISBN: 13: (same book as for N300W) 1

2 Marquis, B. & Huston, C. (2015). Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and application (8 th ed.).philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: Rath, T. (2007). Strengths Finder 2.0. New York: Gallup Press. ISBN: Note: Do not buy a used book. The value of this book is it s personalization to each reader by the on-line strengths finder questionnaire that you complete. You must have an authorization code to take do the questionnaire and each code can only be used once. You can buy the e-version/kindle version. The vendor supplies the code to you so you can access the online questionnaire. Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.) (2009). (same book you purchased at beginning of program) NURS 495W (4 units) Concepts of Advanced Pathophysiology and Nursing Theory Instructor: Deanna Persaud, [email protected] Mandatory Orientation: Friday, January 16, 1:00-3:00 pm, Holt Hall 363 Text - any recent, advanced pathophysiology book. Can be borrowed, checked out of library, rented. If you want to purchase one, here is a recommendation: ISBN-13: Lewis, S.L., Heitkemper, M., Dirksen, S.R., O Brien, P. G., Bucher, L. Medicalsurgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems. St. Louis Mo, Mosby 2013 NURS 309P Portfolio II (8 units) Instructor: Deanna Persaud, [email protected] Mandatory Orientation, Friday January 16: 3:15pm 4:30 pm, Holt Hall 363 Text-ISBN Bodenheimer, T. and Grumbach, K. Understanding health policy: A clinical approach (6th edition) New York, NY, McGraw Hill 2012 WHAT IF YOU CAN T COMPLETE A COURSE? Dropping a course. If you decide you cannot meet the course requirements, you may choose to drop a course. You must file a change of program form, signed by the instructor. The form is available online. If you meet certain deadlines, partial fee refunds may be available. Drops after the fourth week of classes require approval of the director and the dean. Courses may not be dropped during finals week. If you do not formally drop a course and do not complete course requirements, you will receive an F for the course. As all courses are pre-requisites for the following semester, if you drop a course you will not be able to progress in the program.. Note: Poor grades in the course do not constitute a serious and compelling reason for a late drop from a course. 2

3 Incompletes. If you have done most of the work for a course, but serious and compelling reasons will prevent you from meeting the deadlines for finishing the course requirements, you should explain your circumstances to the instructor and request an incomplete. You may be asked to provide verification of the circumstances. If the instructor agrees to the incomplete, you will sign a contract specifying the work that needs to be completed, and a date for completion. You will have one year to remove the incomplete, after which time it will become an F on your transcript. You may not register for other nursing courses until the incomplete is cleared. Note: Poor grades in the course do not constitute a serious and compelling reason for an incomplete. Taking a leave. If you were admitted to the university and enrolled, then decide to take a semester off, you should apply to the university to take a Planned Educational Leave (PEL). However, due to the nature of the program courses are only offered once during the 15 month sequence. This means that if you stop out for a semester, you will not have the opportunity to return until the same time the following year, on a space available basis only. This formal leave process will avoid having to reapply to the university when you are ready to return. Forms are available at: FILING FOR GRADUATION You must file one year in advance for graduation. You must file in order to get an advanced degree audit from evaluations, so you know if you will have all the courses you need to meet degree requirements. Filing deadline: You should already have filed for graduation for August If you have not, contact the RN-BSN Advisor and follow the instructions below. You can apply for graduation online. Go to the website, click on Graduate Application. You will be asked to log in; then you will have access to the form: There is a graduation application fee of $28. There is a $10 fee for late filing. Graduation and Pinning Ceremonies Once you complete our program, you are entitled to purchase the CSU, Chico nursing pin if you wish. Please Jeannie Howell, [email protected] for the information and order form. As an August graduate, you may participate in the pinning ceremony with the on-campus students. This is a very nice ceremony for families to attend. The pinning is held on the last Friday of finals week, at 4 pm. Please notify Jeannie in the Nursing office early in the spring semester if you plan to attend. Regardless of whether you choose to participate in the pinning ceremony or not, you may purchase the pin. Walking at the university graduation ceremony in May is an option for August graduates. Filing for graduation (see above) must be done a year in advance, though if you ve 3

4 missed the deadline, you may be able to file late with an added fee. Once you ve filed, you will receive information from the university about how to order the academic caps and gowns, etc. Upper Division General Education Exceptions for Nursing Majors Nursing majors only have to take two upper division general education (GE) courses, not three. Because you are in a self-support program, the School of Nursing has organized two upper division courses for you. They are built into your Major Academic Plan in terms of when you take them and what courses you are to take. If you are a second degree student you will not need these courses. Some students have taken these courses already, but you will need to ensure that your graduation diversity requirement has been met. The upper division general education courses in your plan are also chosen to meet the university diversity requirement for graduation. Your first upper division GE was taken in Summer 2014 and was RELS 332. Your second upper division GE course will be taken in January 2015 intersession and is MCGS 310. Fees While not expected during your 15 month program, if any increase in fees occurs during these difficult budget times, we will provide you with at least six months notice of the increase. We will work with you to keep you on track, but some budget issues are out of our control. Graduation needed to graduate with a BSN = 120 units total 70 units are transferred to Chico State from your community college courses. Your RN- BSN program is 50 units = 120 units needed for graduation. Be sure to check your transfer credit evaluation and your degree progress reports online through your Student Center on the portal, to make sure you have all requirements needed for degree completion. The application for graduation that you completed in August triggered Evaluations to complete a degree audit for you, so you know exactly what courses are still needed to graduate. 4

5 MAJOR ACADEMIC PLAN (MAP) CSUC RN-BSN SELF SUPPORT SCHOOL OF NURSING Summer Session Cohort N301 e-portfolio Development 2 N307P Nursing Portfolio I 6 RELS 332 World Religion and Global Issues (GC) 3 Meets CSU UD GE TOTAL UNITS 11 Fall Semester NURS 300W Bridge Course 4 NURS 342W Evidence-Based Nursing Practice 3 N308P Nursing Portfolio II 8 TOTAL UNITS 15 January Intersession MCGS 310 LGBTQ Issues & Identities (USD) Meets 3 CSU UD GE TOTAL UNITS 3 Spring Semester NURS 495W Concepts of Advanced Pathophysiology 4 and Nursing Theory NURS 422W* Leadership/Management & Professional 3 Issues in Nursing N309P Nursing Portfolio III 8 TOTAL UNITS 15 Summer Session 2 N474R** Community Health Nursing Practice 3 N475W Public Health Theory 3 TOTAL UNITS 6 Total = 50 *Writing proficiency (WP) course for the major, Writing Intensive (WI), Capstone (C) for General Education. **Public Health clinical course. Attempts are made to place students in agencies close to where they live, but such placement is not guaranteed. 5