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Career Pathway—Health Sciences
Registered nurses (RNs) are health professionals who serve individuals, families, and communities with actual or potential health care needs. Registered nurses are leaders, advocates, communicators, educators, and care providers in the management of actual and/or potential health problems. The curriculum in the Associate Degree Nursing program focuses on the development of clinical knowledge and skills that equip graduates to function as RNs in a variety of health care agencies. The nursing courses include instruction in the classroom, clinical skills laboratory, and health care agencies.
Graduates of the Associate Degree Nursing Program receive the Associate in Applied Science and are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN licensing examination. As RNs, graduates are qualified for employment in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, home health care agencies, and primary care agencies. Graduates may elect to continue their professional development by entering baccalaureate nursing programs that confer BSN degrees.
Admission Prerequisites
Associate Degree Nursing Program
(Full-Time and Part-Time Options)
Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program is selective due to space limitations, enrollment limitations imposed by regulatory bodies, and program prerequisites. Please refer to page 13 for more specific information related to the admission process for nursing programs.
Admission prerequisites must be completed before a student can be admitted to the Associate Degree Nursing Program. Admission prerequisites for the full-time and part-time options for the ADN Program are as follows:
- ACT score of 19 or higher or equivalent SAT score (waived for applicants who have documentation of a degree from an accredited college)
- Grade point average 2.0 or higher in high school (or equivalent GED test result) and in college
- Prerequisite courses with grades of “C” (2.0) or higher:
- Chemistry 100 (Fundamentals of Chemistry I) or equivalent, or higher level chemistry course
- Mathematics 101 (Beginning Algebra) or higher, or equivalent, or COMPASS algebra score of 40 or higher
- Biology 99 (Preparation for Biology) or equivalent, or a biology course for which Biology 99 or Biology 110 is a prerequisite
- Chemistry 100 (Fundamentals of Chemistry I) or equivalent, or higher level chemistry course
Associated Degree Nursing Program
(LPN Advanced Placement Option)
Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program is selective due to space limitations, enrollment limitations imposed by regulatory bodies, and program prerequisites. Please refer to page 13 for more specific information related to the admission process for nursing programs.
Admission prerequisites must be completed before a student can be admitted to the Associate Degree Nursing Program. Admission prerequisites for the LPN advanced placement option for the ADN program are as follows:
- Grade point average 2.0 or higher in high school (or equivalent GED test result) and in college
- Prerequisite courses with grades of “C” (2.0) or higher:
- Chemistry 100 (Fundamentals of Chemistry I) or equivalent, or higher level chemistry course
- Mathematics 101 (Beginning Algebra) or higher, or equivalent, or COMPASS algebra score of 40 or higher
- Biology 201 (Human Anatomy) or equivalent
- Biology 202 (Human Physiology) or equivalent
- English 151 (Freshman Composition) or equivalent
- Communication 101 (Foundations of Interpersonal Communication) or Communication 111 (Business and Technical Communication) or equivalent
- Psychology 201 (Introduction to Psychology) or equivalent
- Psychology 220 (Developmental Psychology) or equivalent
- Chemistry 100 (Fundamentals of Chemistry I) or equivalent, or higher level chemistry course
- Current Michigan licensure as a LPN
General Education Courses
The following general education courses may be taken along with or prior to being admitted to the ADN Program. These courses focus on development of knowledge, understanding and skills related to communication, critical thinking, creativity, culturally diverse societies, and health principles.
| CREDITS | |
|---|---|
| Biology 201, Human Anatomy | 4 |
| Biology 202, Human Physiology | 4 |
| English 151, Freshman Composition | 3 |
| Communication 101, Foundations of Interpersonal Communication
or 111, Business and Technical Communication
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3 |
| Psychology 201, Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| Psychology 220, Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| Creativity Elective° | 2-3 |
| Global Awareness Elective° | 3 |
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° For options to fulfill the Creativity and Global Awareness Electives, see page 33.
NURSING COURSES
The nursing courses must be taken in sequence since each course builds on the knowledge and clinical skills developed in the prior nursing major course. The nursing courses focus on development of knowledge, understanding and skills necessary for clinical nursing practice of registered nurses.
| CREDITS | |
|---|---|
| Nursing 110, Foundations of Nursing | 6 |
| Nursing 130, Adult Nursing I | 6 |
| Nursing 135, Maternal/Child Nursing | 6 |
| Nursing 245, Mental Health Nursing | 6 |
| Nursing 246, 247, & 248, Pharmacology | 3 |
| Nursing 250, Adult Nursing II | 6 |
| Nursing 255, Adult Nursing III | 6 |
| Nursing 260, Leadership and Management in Nursing Practice | 6 |
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