Associate Degree Nursing

A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts.

Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.

Clinical experiences include introduction to the roles of the registered nurse with emphasis on health promotion and primary disease prevention across the life span, essential components of the nursing health assessment, identification of deviations from expected health patterns, the application of a systematic, problem-solving process to provide basic nursing care to diverse clients across the life span, and applicable competencies in knowledge, judgment, skills and professional values within a legal/ethical framework.

Nursing process is the systematic problem-solving process utilized in this course.

Prerequisites: First Science BIOL 2401; PSYC 2301; ENGL 1301 and acceptance into the ADN program.

Corequisites: RNSG 1216; RNSG 1128; RNSG 1125; RNSG 1430 Semester Hour 1 (4 clinical hours/week).