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
multiply by the number of weeks for the term in 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
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
or
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
NURS
200
201
202
210
211
212A
212B
220
221
222
223
230
231
232
233
260
261
320
321
352
370
440
441
442
443
Introduction to Nursing Practice
Introduction to Nursing Practice Lab
Introduction to Pharmacology
Nursing Communication & Assessment
Nursing Communication & Assessment Lab
Pathophysiology & Pharmacology I
Pathophysiology & Pharmacology II
Nursing Care of Adults I
Nursing Care of Adults I Lab
Nursing Care of Adults II
Nursing Care of Adults II Lab
Nursing Care of the Childrearing Family
Nursing Care of the Childrearing Family Lab
Nursing Care of Children
Nursing Care of Childbearing Lab
Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing
Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Lab
Nursing Care of Adults III
Nursing Care of Adults III Lab
Nursing Research
Health Promotion & Patient Education
Community Health Nursing
Community Health Nursing Lab
Nursing Case Management
Nursing Case Management – Acute Care Lab
4
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
445
450
451
490
491
Nursing Case Management – Community Base Lab
Nursing Leadership & Professional Issues
Nursing Leadership & Management LAB
Transition to Nursing Practice Seminar
Transition to Nursing Practice Internship
3
3
2
1
2
Lab
Hours
Per
week in a
term
6
3
9
9
6
6
6
6
9
9
9
6
6
Accelerated BSN NURS Course Requirements (69 units)
CSUSM
Course
CSUSM Course Title
Units
NURS 300
Fundamentals of Nursing Communication and Skills
4
NURS 301
Practicum: Fundamentals of Nursing
3
NURS 314
Health Assessment, Teaching, & Health Promotion
4
NURS 315
Practicum: Health Assessment and Teaching
2
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
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
NURS 330
Nursing Care of Women, Childrearing Families, and
Children
4
NURS 331
Practicum: Nursing Care of Women, Childrearing
Families, and Infants
4
NURS 352
Nursing Research
3
NURS 360
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
2
NURS 361
Practicum: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
2
NURS 440
Community Health Nursing
3
NURS 442
Nursing Case Management
3
NURS 447
Practicum: Community Health Nursing and Nursing Case
Management
4
NURS 450
Nursing Leadership and Health Care Issues
3
NURS 451
Practicum: Nursing Leadership and Advanced
Medical/Surgical Nursing
2
NURS 490
Transition to Nursing Practice Seminar
1
NURS 495
Internship for Accelerated Students
2
Lab Hours
Per
week in a
term
9
6
12
12
12
6
12
6
6
(ll 10-10)