Associate Degree Nursing
Program Code: A45110
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 (NCLEXRN). Employment opportunities are vast within the global health care system and may include positions within acute, chronic, extended, industrial, and community health care facilities.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| NUR courses day only Fall Semester 1 | ||
| NUR-111 | Introduction to Health Concepts | 8 |
| NUR-117 | Pharmacology | 2 |
| BIO-168 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| PSY-150 | General Psychology | 3 |
| ENG-111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 |
| Hours | 20 | |
| Spring | ||
| NUR-112 | Health-Illness Concepts | 5 |
| NUR-114 | Holistic Health Concepts | 5 |
| BIO-169 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| PSY-241 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Summer | ||
| NUR-113 | Family Health Concepts | 5 |
| Hours | 5 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| NUR-211 | Health Care Concepts | 5 |
| NUR-212 | Health System Concepts | 5 |
| ENG-112 | Writing and Research in the Disciplines | 3 |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Spring | ||
| NUR-213 | Complex Health Concepts | 10 |
| BIO-175 | General Microbiology | 3 |
| PHI-240 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Total Hours | 71 | |
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