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2023-2024 Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Catalog

Nursing - Summer Entry Option (for returning LPN’s only), AAS


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A 45 11 0 SU

Contact: (336) 334-4822, ext. 50400

Limited Enrollment Program: Contact the Enrollment Services Office for Program admission requirements and Program application deadlines.  This option is taught at the Jamestown Campus.

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.

This program entry option is only for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) who wish to further their education.  Graduates are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN.  The State Board of Nursing may, however, deny licensure based on criminal background screening.

Program Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the Associate Degree Nursing program, the graduate will be able to:

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

LPNs are given advanced standing credit for NUR 111 , NUR 112 , NUR 113 , NUR 212 .  General education course prerequisites include BIO 168 , BIO 169 , PSY 150 , and PSY 241 .

Total Credits: 7


Fall Semester I


Total Credits: 13


Spring Semester I


Total Credits: 13


Total credit hours required for degree: 70


Electives


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