Nursing (RN) Degree
Nursing is a diverse and rewarding discipline that combines sophisticated health technology with compassion. The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Program prepares students to be frontline providers of health care. Registered nurses design, manage, and coordinate care for individuals, families, groups, communities, and larger populations. Nursing students learn how to attend to the sick and the injured; how to rehabilitate, counsel, and educate patients; and how to work as part of a health care team in many settings.
Students take courses in psychology, medical microbiology, human anatomy and physiology, the humanities, and nursing. Supervised clinical experience is provided in hospital departments such as maternity, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery. Nurses should be responsible, caring, empathetic, and detail oriented. They must be able to supervise or direct others, correctly assess patients' conditions, establish priorities of care, and determine when consultation is required. They must be emotionally stable and able to cope with human suffering, emergencies, and other stresses.
The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Program is a 72 semester hour program with a bridge option for licensed practical nurses (LPNs). The curriculum is designed to prepare highly educated, technically competent, and caring individuals who are prepared to practice professional nursing in a variety of healthcare settings. Students are required to make a minimum grade of (C) in all courses each term for progression.
Students are admitted to the Health Care Assistant Certificate Program or Healthcare Science Certificate Program any term to begin work on required non-nursing courses. Selection of applicants to begin the ADN is competitive and occurs once per year in spring. The admitted ADN students begin the program Fall Semester. Transfer students who wish to compete should contact the Office of Admissions by January to establish their status.
Program graduates are prepared to function as providers and managers of nursing care in a variety of healthcare settings such as, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, home healthcare, physicians' offices and long-term care facilities. Career placement services are available to assist students in finding employment. Graduates are eligible to apply for advanced nursing programs in neighboring university systems. The ADN curriculum has been accepted by both Columbus State University and Troy University RNBSN Bridge Program for advanced degrees.
Program graduates who meet graduation requirements are eligible to apply to the Georgia Board of Nursing to write the national licensure examination (NCLEX) to become registered nurses (RNs). The program has full approval by the Georgia Board of Nursing, and is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission Inc.
Program Admission Requirements for Nursing-Associate Degree (RN)
(Competitive Admission)
Must have presented official documentation of an earned high school diploma or official GED scores to the Admissions Office
- Be at least 18 years old.
- No provisional and/or special admission students considered for the program.
- Must have minimum Reading (79) and Writing (62) COMPASS scores and these scores can not be more than five (5) years old in the semester you compete.
- Accumulative GPA of 2.5 in designated competitive admission courses is required to compete for the Associate Degree Nursing program.
- Must have a minimum overall GPA of 2.0 at the end of spring semester.
- Submit packet containing the following:
- Letter of Intent
- Personal Data Form.
- After completing the pre-NLN Exam, the minimum total overall score must be in the 75TH percentile (115) or above for the competitive admissions process.
- Provide current physical exam (medical form)/immunization record and current CPR card after program acceptance.
Packets should be turned in to HSC-3100 by October 1, 2013 for Spring semester 2014 admission no sooner than two weeks prior to due date. All packets must be complete prior to due date.
Entrance into any healthcare program is contingent upon completion of a Background Check/Drug Screen from H.I.R.E. which must be completed after being conditionally accepted to the program.
Curriculum Outline
All general education courses must be successfully completed with a C or better.
( 72 Semester hours)
General Core Courses (27 semester hours)
Course |
Title |
Credits |
BIOL 2113* |
Anatomy and Physiology I |
3 |
Anatomy and Physiology Lab I |
1 |
|
Composition and Rhetoric I |
3 |
|
BIOL 2114* |
Anatomy and Physiology II |
3 |
Anatomy and Physiology Lab II |
1 |
|
College Algebra |
3 |
|
Introductory Psychology |
3 |
|
BIOL 2117* |
Introductory Microbiology |
3 |
Introductory Microbiology Lab |
1 |
|
Public Speaking |
3 |
|
Introduction to Humanities |
3 |
(*The five prerequisites utilized for competitive admission.)
(#denotes all courses must be completed prior to program admission)
Pre-requisite courses have changed Microbiology is required for admission instead of PSY
(45 Semester Hours)
Course |
Title |
Credits |
Professional Practice I:Nursing Foundations of Health Promotion and Restoration |
6 |
|
Health Assessment through the Life Span |
3 |
|
Pharmacology and Dosage Calculation |
5 |
|
Professional Practice II: Health Promotion Adult and Child |
6 |
|
Professional Practice III: Health Promotion for Women's Health Care and the Child Bearing Family |
4 |
|
Professional Practice IV: Health Promotion and Restoration for Mental Health |
4 |
|
Professional Practice V: Health Restoration Adult and Child |
6 |
|
Professional Practice VI: Complex Care for Adult and Child |
6 |
|
Professional PracticeVII: Role Transition for Professional Nursing |
5
|
New Co Requisites change for RNSG 1110-Co Req RNSG 1130, RNSG 1140, and PSY 1101