Calculating Number of Lab Hours for Nursing Clinical Courses

Calculating Number of Lab Hours for Nursing Clinical Courses

To calculate the number of hours for either the Generic/Basic BSN or ABSN clinical lab use, take the number of lab hours shown below for each clinical course,and multiplyby the number of weeks for the termin which the course is taken. Fall and Spring semesters are 15 weeks of lab, and summer is normally 10 weeks for G/B BSN and 15 weeks for ABSN. All labs are odd numbered. Your Degree Progress Report (under Course History), or a University transcript, will state the term in which you completed each clinical course.

Here are the Generic/Basic and ABSN sequences so you can calculate your lab hours.

Generic/Basic BSN NURS Course Requirements (66 units)

Course / Course Title / Units / Lab Hours
Per
week in a term
NURS 200 / Introduction to Nursing Practice / 4
NURS 201 / Introduction to Nursing Practice Lab / 2 / 6
NURS 202 / Introduction to Pharmacology / 1
NURS 210 / Nursing Communication & Assessment / 2
NURS 211 / Nursing Communication & Assessment Lab / 1 / 3
NURS 212A / Pathophysiology & Pharmacology I / 2
NURS 212B / Pathophysiology & Pharmacology II / 2
NURS 220 / Nursing Care of Adults I / 2
NURS 221 / Nursing Care of Adults I Lab / 3 / 9
NURS 222 / Nursing Care of Adults II / 2
NURS 223 / Nursing Care of Adults II Lab / 3 / 9
NURS 230 / Nursing Care of the Childrearing Family / 2
NURS 231 / Nursing Care of the Childrearing Family Lab / 2 / 6
NURS 232 / Nursing Care of Children / 2
NURS 233 / Nursing Care of Childbearing Lab / 2 / 6
NURS 260 / Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing / 2
NURS 261 / Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Lab / 2 / 6
NURS 320 / Nursing Care of Adults III / 2
NURS 321 / Nursing Care of Adults III Lab / 2 / 6
NURS 352 / Nursing Research / 3
NURS 370 / Health Promotion & Patient Education / 3
NURS 440 / Community Health Nursing / 3
NURS 441 / Community Health Nursing Lab / 3 / 9
NURS 442 / Nursing Case Management / 3
NURS 443 / Nursing Case Management – Acute Care Lab / 3 / 9
or
NURS 445 / Nursing Case Management – Community Base Lab / 3 / 9
NURS 450 / Nursing Leadership & Professional Issues / 3
NURS 451 / Nursing Leadership & Management LAB / 2 / 6
NURS 490 / Transition to Nursing Practice Seminar / 1
NURS 491 / Transition to Nursing Practice Internship / 2 / 6

Accelerated BSN NURS Course Requirements (69 units)

CSUSM Course / CSUSM Course Title / Units / Lab Hours
Per
week in a term
NURS 300 / Fundamentals of Nursing Communication and Skills / 4
NURS 301 / Practicum: Fundamentals of Nursing / 3 / 9
NURS 314 / Health Assessment, Teaching, & Health Promotion / 4
NURS 315 / Practicum: Health Assessment and Teaching / 2 / 6
NURS 316A / Pathophysiology / 2
NURS 316B / Pathophysiology / 2
NURS 322 / Nursing of Adults in the Acute Care Setting / 4
NURS 323 / Practicum: Nursing of Adults in the Acute Care Setting I / 4 / 12
NURS 324 / Nursing of Adults in the Acute Care Setting II / 4
NURS 325 / Practicum: Nursing of Adults in the Acute Care Setting II / 4 / 12
NURS 330 / Nursing Care of Women, Childrearing Families, and Children / 4
NURS 331 / Practicum: Nursing Care of Women, Childrearing Families, and Infants / 4 / 12
NURS 352 / Nursing Research / 3
NURS 360 / Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing / 2
NURS 361 / Practicum: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing / 2 / 6
NURS 440 / Community Health Nursing / 3
NURS 442 / Nursing Case Management / 3
NURS 447 / Practicum: Community Health Nursing and Nursing Case Management / 4 / 12
NURS 450 / Nursing Leadership and Health Care Issues / 3
NURS 451 / Practicum: Nursing Leadership and Advanced Medical/Surgical Nursing / 2 / 6
NURS 490 / Transition to Nursing Practice Seminar / 1
NURS 495 / Internship for Accelerated Students / 2 / 6

(ll 10-10)