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lSignsVitaDEPARTMENTOFNURSINGBRIARCLIFFUNIVERSITYSIOUXCITYIA51104VOLUME21,ISSUE2Spring2009ICurriculumRevisionsforBSNProgramnthefallof2007,nursingfacultybegantheprocessofcurriculumrevision.Astheresultoftheirworkoverthelast18months,theyAftermuchdiscussion,thechemistryrequirementwasreducedfromeightcreditstofour,reflectingthecurrentpracticesinbaccalaureatenursingeducation.ThecurriculumfortheRN-BSNprogramwasreducedfrom22creditsofnursingto21,reflectingthechangeinthenumberofcreditsforthesecondcommunitynursingcourse.Inaddition,theNURS58/63IRcourseshavebeencombinedintoathreecreditcourse.ContingentuponapprovalbytheIowaBoardofNursing,implementationofthenewcurriculumwillbeginwiththefreshmanclassinFall2009.Thepresentcurriculumwillbephasedoutasthenewisphasedin,thuseliminatinganydiscrepancyamongcoursesforcurrentnursingstudents.havedevelopedarevisedBachelorofScienceinNursing(BSN)curriculumthatreflectsthebestpracticesinnursingeducation.Whilethecurrentcurriculumisgood,ithadnotbeenrevisedforalmost10yearsanditwastimetorevisitthephilosophy,purposes,outcomes,andcourses.Inthecurrentcurriculumfortraditionalnursingstudents,thenursingcoursesequencestartsinTermIIofthesophomoreyear.WedecideditisnecessarytobeginnursingcoursesinTermIofthesophomoreyear,whichwillbenefitourstudentsbyspreadingmedical/surgicalnursingcontentoverfourtermsinsteadofthree.Coursesinthecurrentcurriculumhavebeencombined,deleted,renamed/renumberedormoved.Also,twonewcourseshavebeendevelopedandaddedtotheproposedcurriculum.However,thetotalnumberofcreditsinnursingcourses,55,didnotchange.PAGE2PUTTHISINFORMATIONONYOURNEED-TO-KNOWLIST!ChangesMadeintheLetterScaleBriarCliffUniversity’sfacultyorganizationhasadoptednewpercentagesforthelettergradescale.AthroughC+,DandFremainthesame;C,C–andD+willchange.Thischangewilltakeplacewhenthe2009-2011catalogbecomeseffectiveFall2009.Asaresultofthisaction,thenursingprogramlettergradescalewillbe:A=95-100A–=92-94B+=89-91B=84-88B–=81-83C+=78-80C=75-77C–=73-74D+=70-72D=65-69F=00-64Kaplan