Associate Degree 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 (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.

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
Fall		Hours
Session 1
BIO-168	Anatomy and Physiology I	4
ENG-111	Writing and Inquiry	3
NUR-111	Introduction to Health Concepts (16 Weeks )	8
NUR-117	Pharmacology (16 Weeks )	2
PSY-150	General Psychology	3
Session 2
NUR-111 (16 Weeks Continued)
NUR-117 (16 Weeks Continued)
	Hours	20
Spring
Session 1
BIO-169	Anatomy and Physiology II	4
NUR-112	Health-Illness Concepts	5
NUR-114	Holistic Health Concepts	5
PSY-241	Developmental Psychology	3
	Hours	17
Summer
NUR-113	Family Health Concepts	5
	Hours	5
Second Year
Fall
Session 1
ENG-112	Writing and Research in the Disciplines	3
NUR-211	Health Care Concepts (16 Weeks )	5
NUR-212	Health System Concepts (16 Weeks )	5
Session 2
NUR-211 (16 Weeks Continued)
NUR-212 (16 Weeks Continued)
	Hours	13
Spring
Session 1
BIO-175	General Microbiology	3
NUR-213	Complex Health Concepts (16 Weeks)	10
PHI-240	Introduction to Ethics	3
Session 2
NUR-213 (16 Weeks Continued)
	Hours	16
	Total Hours	71