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1+2+1 Nursing Program

Step 1: Apply to Penn State Abington. 

Step 2:  Upon admission, you must meet with an adviser to enroll in the following courses:

Semester 1 Fall Credits Semester 2 Spring Credits
ENGL 15 3 CAS 100A, B, or C 3
MATH 21 or GQ 3 STAT 200 4
General Humanities (GH) 3 CHEM 130 or 110/111 3 or 4
PSYCH 100 3 General Art (GA) 3
Interdomain 3 Interdomain 3
First Year Seminar 1    
Total 16 Total

16 or 17

Step 3: Before or during your second semester at Abington, you must apply to the Jersey College RN program. Students must maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher. 

Step 4: Upon successfully completing your first two semesters at Abington, you will then attend Jersey College and complete coursework to earn an associate degree in nursing over the next two years. Once you complete your classes at Jersey College, you will be eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam to obtain your RN license. After passing the licensure exam, you will re-enroll at Penn State Abington by contacting the Office of the Registrar. 

Step 5:  Re-enroll at Penn State Abington to complete your last year.

Semester 7 Fall Credits Semester 8 Spring Credits
NURS 390 3 NURS 417 4
NURS 357 3 NURS 475 3
NURS 352 3 NURS 200W 3
NURS 465 3 Nursing Supporting Course 400-level 3
ENGL 202 3    
  15   13

1+2+1 Nursing Program

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Brenda Holtzer, Ph.D., RN, PCNS-BC
RN to B.S.N. Nursing Program Director
and Associate Teaching Professor
Penn State Abington
215-881-7398
[email protected]

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The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post graduate APRN certificate program at The Pennsylvania State University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791. http://www.ccneaccreditation.org

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