May 27, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Nursing, ASN

Location(s): Clarion Campus


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The Associate of Science in Nursing program prepares nurses to exhibit integrity, and ethical behavior, while providing holistic patient-centered care, with dignity and respect for diversity. The program provides students with the knowledge and skills to sit for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) NCLEX exam.

Advisement Sheet   

Student Learning Outcomes


  • Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
  • Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
  • Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
  • Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.
  • Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
  • Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making. 

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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