Registered
Nursing
Program Description
Special Notice:
Applications to the Winter 2008 6 Quarter Nursing Program will open on
August 15, 2008 and will remain open until 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 6,
2008
he Nursing Program prepares
individuals to become Registered Nurses. The curriculum provides a
strong foundation in natural and social sciences and an understanding
of patient care in a variety of settings. Throughout the program,
students integrate experience caring for patients in acute care hospitals,
long-term care facilities and community agencies. Graduates receive
an Associate Degree in Applied Arts and Sciences in Nursing. After
graduation, individuals must take and pass the N-CLEX-RN examination
to be licensed by the state as a Registered Nurse. Licensed graduates
are qualified for employment as entry-level staff nurses in hospitals,
long term care facilities, clinics, doctors' offices and home care agencies and
to coordinate patient care provided by a nursing team.
This program is approved
by the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission and is nationally accredited
by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission at 61 Broadway,
New York, NY 10006 (212-363-5555).
Outcomes
Students who complete
this program will:
- Value nursing as a
profession and support the health and well-being of individuals
and society.
- Value and maintain
ethical, legal and professional standards of nursing practice.
- Value caring as an
approach to the nursing profession and serve as a role model of
caring for others.
- Value self awareness
that leads to continued learning, self development in nursing and
development of the nursing profession.
- Value critical thinking
and judgment as fundamental attributes for the registered nurse.
- Assess the client as
a total person.
- Analyze data in order
to accurately identify nursing diagnoses requiring independent action,
medical problems needing referral and potential problems requiring
nursing preventive action.
- Plan appropriate and
culturally sensitive nursing care.
- Provide safe, effective
nursing care through technical skills, communication and health
teaching.
- Evaluate nursing care,
re-analyze and re-plan based on this evaluation.
- Lead a group of nursing
personnel in the care of a group of clients.
- Communicate and collaborate
effectively with other members of the health care team.
- Use technology and
both human and material resources in a cost-effective and appropriate
manner.
Prerequisites for Nursing Admission
To apply, every nursing applicant (basic, LPN, and transfer) MUST meet
the following minimum prerequisites.
1. Grade point average: 2.0 on college level work;
2.
English 101 (meets Gen. ed. requirement); In addition must have
completed the COMPAS test showing competence in reading and writing at the
English 101 level within one year of application to the nursing program.
3.
Mathematics Competence: Must have completed the COMPASS Test showing
competence at a level higher than intermediate algebra within one year of
application to the nursing program.
4.
Chemistry: Must have completed a five-credit college level inorganic
chemistry course (Chem 101) within the past 10 years for basic applicants
and 15 years for LPN advanced placement applicants. Chem 101 may be counted
toward the Quantitative Reasoning requirement for the degree
5.
Anatomy (BioSci 210) and Physiology (BioSci 211) or an equivalent 10
credits of Anatomy and Physiology I and II within the past 5 years for a
basic applicant and 10 years for LPN advanced placement (See course equivalence sheet
link above ). If anatomy and physiology are combined as part one and
part two, complete the entire sequence at the dame college.
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