Nursing (Accelerated RN to BS) – Admitted Students
After your Application is Complete:
- You will receive a letter from the SIUE Office of Admissions with instructions for connecting with SIUE by creating your e-id and setting up your SIUE email.
- SIUE will verify your employment and confirm that you are able to participate in the corporate partnership agreement.
- You will have access to the SIUE School of Nursing Immersion Experience in Blackboard.
- Your transfer credits will be evaluated.
- The School of Nursing will provide a personalized course list for degree completion.
- With an advisor, you will create a plan to complete the courses. Students have final approval of the plan.
- SIUE staff will register you for all coursework.
- Course materials: The required materials for each course are listed under the course descriptions tab; students are required to purchase or rent their own materials.
Nursing Immersion Course
Each student in the RN to BS Nursing program has access to an immersion which introduces all of the required online tools. This on-demand resource can be accessed from Blackboard. The immersion is separated into four modules:
- How to be a successful online student
- How to best use Blackboard tools
- Library resources
- Opportunity to demonstrate successful use of the Blackboard tools
The immersion will be available as a resource throughout the program. SIUE Instructional Technology Services is also available to assist students and provides additional resources and individual student support.
Grades
As a part of the application, you have given permission for SIUE to share your final grades with your employer. SIUE will submit your final grades one week after they are submitted.
Online Tutoring
Online tutoring is available for CHEM 120a General Organic & Biological Chemistry, QR 101 Quantitative Analysis, RA 101 Reasoning & Argumentation, and STAT 107 Concepts of Statistics. Contact Mary Lou Wlodarek, Tutoring Resource Coordinator at mwlodar@siue.edu or 618.650.2055 to set up tutoring for these courses.
Drop and Withdrawal Policy
Students who find it necessary to drop a class must contact their advisor in writing (usually via email). The advisor will drop the student and email a written confirmation of the drop; the student should retain the communication for his or her records. Telling the instructor or not participating in the course does not constitute an official drop. Students in the RN to BS partnership program take 8-week fully online classes and the drop/withdrawal policy is below. Students who drop a course will be required to approve a new completion plan before registering for additional courses with the partnership program.
| Date | Refund | Grade |
| Prior to the Friday of the 2nd week of classes | 100% | No Grade |
| End of 2nd week - Friday of the 4th week of classes | 50% | W |
| End of 4th week - Friday of the 6th week of classes | 0% |
WP (withdraw passing) or WF (withdraw failing) |
| After Friday of the 6th week of classes | 0% |
Earned grade |
Awarding of Proficiency Credit
Academic proficiency credit for lower-division nursing courses completed as part of a student’s preparation for licensure program at another institution will be given to applicants who have completed their nursing course work within five years of acceptance into the SIUE School of Nursing Accelerated RN to BS program.
Applicants who have completed their nursing course work over five years prior to acceptance into the program must submit a portfolio of professional work. The portfolio will be reviewed by the assistant dean of undergraduate programs.
Applicants should contact the Accelerated RN to BS program advisor for details.
The proficiency credit is applied to the student’s transcript upon successful completion of NURS 240R and 335R with a grade of C or better.
The School of Nursing has identified the proficiency credit courses as those that have comparable content and skills as taught in courses at the associate-degree level in community college nursing programs. The proficiency credits will apply toward the nursing major at SIUE.
| Human Development – Life Span* | 3 |
| Pharmacology for Nurses- Adult Medicine | 2 |
| Pharmacology for Nsg- Specialty Courses | 2 |
| Foundation & Assessment in Nursing Practice | 6 |
| Adult Health 1 | 5 |
| Adult Health 2 | 5 |
| Care of Women and Childbearing Families | 5 |
| Care of Children and Adolescents | 5 |
| Care of the Person with Mental Health Needs | 5 |
| Care of the Person withComplex Health Needs | 5 |
| Total Proficiency Credits | 40-43 |
Graduation
120 credit hours are required for graduation. Generally, this is how the credits are awarded:
- Total general education hours: 48
- Total nursing hours by enrollment: 22
- Total nursing hours by proficiency credits: 40-43
- Elective hours: 9- 12
Students should apply for graduation at least one semester before they plan to graduate. See details at siue.edu/registrar/forms/graduation.shtml
