Associate Degree Nursing
CURRICULUM DESCRIPTION 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. Coursework 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.
Courses
- BIO 168 — Anatomy and Physiology I 3 3 4
- NUR 111 — Intro to Health Concepts 4 6 6 8
- NUR 117 — NUR 118, NUR 211, and NUR 212
- PSY 150 — General Psychology
- BIO 169 — Anatomy and Physiology II
- ENG 111 — Writing and Inquiry 3 0 3
- NUR 112 — Health-Illness Concepts 3 0 6 5
- NUR 211 — Health Care Concepts 3 0 6 5
- NUR 118 — Nutrition/Diet Therapy 2 0 0 2
- PSY 241 — Developmental Psych 3 0 3
- NUR 114 — Holistic Health Concepts 3 0 6 5
- CIS 110 — Introduction to Computers
- ENG 112 — Writing/Research in the Disc 3 0 3
- NUR 113 — Family Health Concepts 3 0 6 5
- NUR 212 — Health System Concepts 3 0 6 5
- BIO 175 — General Microbiology 2 2 3
- NUR 213 — Complex Health Concepts 4 3 15 10
- ART 111 — Art Appreciation 3 0 3
- ART 114 — Art History Survey I 3 0 3
- ART 115 — Art History Survey II 3 0 3
- MUS 110 — Music Appreciation
- MUS 112 — Introduction to Jazz 3 0 3
- PHI 215 — Philosophical Issues 3 0 3
- PHI 240 — Introduction to Ethics 3 0 3
- BIO 275 — Microbiology