Course Catalog

Associate Degree Nursing - AAS Degree

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 interprofessional 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 Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Associate Degree Nursing Program, the graduate should be able to:

  • Practice professional nursing behaviors incorporating personal responsibility, professional identity, and accountability for continued competence.
  • Communicate professionally and effectively with individuals, significant support person(s), and members of the interprofessional healthcare team
  • Integrate nursing judgment and knowledge of the holistic needs of the individual to provide an individual centered assessment and care.
  • Incorporate informatics to formulate evidence-based clinical judgments and management decisions
  • Implement caring interventions incorporating documented best practices for individuals in diverse settings to provide client-centered care.
  • Develop a teaching plan for individuals, and/or the nursing team, incorporating teaching and learning principles.
  • Collaborate with the interprofessional healthcare team to advocate for positive individual and organizational outcomes.
  • Manage health care for the individual using cost-effective nursing strategies, quality improvement processes, and current technologies.
  • Integrate strategies which promote human flourishing to assist individuals striving for health, quality of life, and achievement of potential.
  • Integrate a spirit of inquiry in clinical nursing practice and learning.

Associate Degree Nursing Checklist

Fall Semester I

Course NameCourse TitleClassContactClinicalCredits
ACA-122College Transfer Success

0

0

1

NUR-111Introduction to Health Concepts

4

6

8

BIO-168Anatomy and Physiology I

3

0

4

PSY-150General Psychology

3

0

3

Total Credit Hours:16

Spring Semester I

Course NameCourse TitleClassContactClinicalCredits
NUR-113Family Health Concepts

3

6

5

NUR-112Health-Illness Concepts

3

6

5

BIO-169Anatomy and Physiology II

3

0

4

PSY-241Developmental Psychology

3

0

3

Total Credit Hours:17

Summer Semester I

Course NameCourse TitleClassContactClinicalCredits
NUR-211Health Care Concepts

3

6

5

Total Credit Hours:5

Fall Semester II

Course NameCourse TitleClassContactClinicalCredits
NUR-114Holistic Health Concepts

3

6

5

NUR-212Health System Concepts

3

6

5

ENG-111Writing and Inquiry

3

0

3

Total Credit Hours:13

Spring Semester II

Select One Course: ENG-112, ENG-114

 

Select One Course from the Humanities/Fine Arts Courses for 3 credit hours: ART-111, ART-114, ART-115, HUM-115, MUS-110, PHI-240

Course NameCourse TitleClassContactClinicalCredits
NUR-213Complex Health Concepts

4

15

10

Total Credit Hours:16

Total Credit Hours: 67