ADN Program Information

Program Mission

The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program supports the mission and goals of the college. The ADN program is designed to provide educational opportunities to qualified students for a career as registered nurses, thereby helping to meet the expanding healthcare needs of the community. Our goal is to prepare individuals to give client care in beginning staff level positions as providers of care, managers of care, and members within the discipline of nursing and interdisciplinary team.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

1. Assume the role of the RN in providing client centered care by developing and integrating an individualized plan of care using evidence-based research ensuring care is age and culturally appropriate, based on needs, preferences, and values.

2. Practice nursing within legal and regulatory guidelines while demonstrating a moral compass of ethical characteristics as well as responsibility for lifelong learning to advance professional growth and responsible behavior.

3. Utilize data to enhance safe nursing practice that promotes and maintains a safe healthcare environment for self, clients across the lifespan, and other healthcare providers.

4. Demonstrate appropriate clinical decision-making skills, including clinical reasoning, differential diagnosis, reflective practice, and self-reflection/assessment.

5. Communicate effectively with clients across the lifespan and with members of the interdisciplinary health care team valuing cultural and personal diversity using written, verbal, and nonverbal modalities.

6. Function as a productive member of the interdisciplinary health care team to ensure continuity of client care and leadership that directs others to achieve optimal client outcomes.

7. Utilize advanced communication technologies to gather, interpret, summarize, and deliver health data in order to provide safe, quality centered care.

Program Outcomes