Nursing

The Associate Degree Nursing curriculum provides knowledge, skills, and strategies to integrate safety and quality into nursing care, to practice in a dynamic environment, and to meet individual needs which impact health, quality of life, and achievement of potential.

Course work includes and builds upon the domains of healthcare, nursing practice, and the holistic individual. Content emphasizes the nurse as a member of the interdisciplinary team providing safe, individualized care while employing evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics.

Graduates of this program are eligible to apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN). Employment opportunities are vast within the global health care system and may include positions within acute, chronic, extended, industrial, and community health care facilities.

Program Information

Use the links to the right to move straight to each degree offered in this program. Clicking on a class title will bring up a description of that class.

Suggested Schedule for 2011-2012 (Updated Aug 19, 2011)

Associate In Applied Science Degree (AAS) A45110

Fall Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
NUR 111 Introduction to Health Concepts 4 6 6 8
NUR 117 Pharmacology 1 3 0 2
PSY 150 General Psychology 3 0 0 3
Total: 13
Spring Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
NUR 112 Health - Illness Concepts 3 0 6 5
NUR 114 Holistic Health Concepts 3 0 6 5
PSY 241 Developmental Psychology 3 0 0 3
Total: 13
Summer Semsester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
ENG 111 Expository Writing 3 0 0 3
NUR 113 Family Health Concepts 3 0 6 5
Total: 8
Fall Semester 2
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
BIO 175 General Microbiology 2 2 0 3
ENG 114 Professional Research and Reporting 3 0 0 3
MAT 140 Survey of Mathematics 3 0 0 3
NUR 211 Health Care Concepts 3 0 6 5
NUR 212 Health System Concepts 3 0 6 5
Total: 19
Spring Semester 2
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
NUR 213 Complex Health Concepts 4 3 15 10
  Humanities/Fine Arts 3 0 0 3
Total: 13

Total Credit Hours: 66

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