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
| ACA-122 | College Transfer Success | 0 | | 0 | 1 |
| NUR-111 | Introduction to Health Concepts | 4 | | 6 | 8 |
| BIO-168 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 3 | | 0 | 4 |
| PSY-150 | General Psychology | 3 | | 0 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Spring Semester I
| NUR-113 | Family Health Concepts | 3 | | 6 | 5 |
| NUR-112 | Health-Illness Concepts | 3 | | 6 | 5 |
| BIO-169 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 3 | | 0 | 4 |
| PSY-241 | Developmental Psychology | 3 | | 0 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Summer Semester I
| NUR-211 | Health Care Concepts | 3 | | 6 | 5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 5 |
Fall Semester II
| NUR-114 | Holistic Health Concepts | 3 | | 6 | 5 |
| NUR-212 | Health System Concepts | 3 | | 6 | 5 |
| ENG-111 | Writing 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
| NUR-213 | Complex Health Concepts | 4 | | 15 | 10 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Total Credit Hours: 67