Jun 25, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog (DRAFT) 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog (DRAFT)

Nursing, ASN

Location(s): Clarion Campus, Edinboro Campus


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The Pennsylvania Western University Associate of Science in Nursing Program prepares nurses to exhibit integrity and ethical behavior and to provide holistic client-centered care with dignity and respect for diversity.   The two-year Associate of Science in Nursing Program provides educational experiences that promote Client-centered care, Interprofessional Partnerships and Collaboration, Nursing Knowledge and Scholarship, Quality Improvement & Safety, Informatics and Health Care Technology, and Professionalism and Leadership Development. The program encourages students to aspire towards excellence and provides the graduate with a foundation for further education.  Upon completing the program, the graduate will be eligible for the national RN licensure examination.

Student Learning Outcomes


  • Client-centered care: Recognize the client or designee as the source of control and partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care.
  • Interprofessional Partnerships and Collaboration: Communicate and collaborate effectively, utilizing shared decision making within nursing and inter-professional teams.
  • Nursing Knowledge and Scholarship: Integrate research and theory into current evidence-based nursing practice.
  • Quality Improvement & Safety: Recognize safety and quality measures and implement nursing strategies to create a safe environment for care delivery
  • Informatics and Health Care Technology: Use information technology to improve client outcomes.
  • Professionalism and Leadership Development: Cultivate a professional nursing identity embodying accountability, self-reflection, and leadership.

Curriculum Requirements


General Education


Competencies


Major


Total Credits: 61


Depending on the program of study, students may need to complete additional credits to ensure the total credit hour requirement is met.

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