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Associate Degree Nursing
Prerequisites
  Credit Hours
CHEMISTRY
 One year of High School or one semester College Chemistry
  
COMPUTER LITERACY One year of High School BCIS, one semester College Computers (BCIS1305) or successful completion of the Computer Department Exam  
     
**BIOL 2401 Human Anatomy and Physiology I   4
MATH 1342

Elementary Statistics OR

MATH1314 College Algebra

   3
**BIOL 2402 Human Anatomy and Physiology II   4
Total hours 11
 
First Year
First Semester Credit Hours
*BIOL  2420 Microbiology
   4
RNSG 1219 Integrated Nursing Skills I   2
RNSG 1213 Introduction to the Profession of Nursing   2
RNSG 1300

Health Assessment Across the Lifespan

  3
RNSG 1361 Clinical Nursing I   3
Total hours 14
 
Second Semester Credit Hours
*PSYC 2314
 Developmental Psychology
   3
*ENGL 1301 Composition I   3
RNSG 2504 Integrated Care of Client with Common Health Care Needs   5
RNSG 1562 Clinical Nursing II   5
Total hours 16
 
Minimester
RNSG 1163 Clinical - Psychiatric Nursing   1
Total hours   1
 
Second Year
First Semester Credit Hours
*ENGL1302 Composition II   3
*H/FA Elective
 Humanities or Fine Arts Elective   3
RNSG 2514 Integrated Care of the Client with Complex Health Care Needs   5
RNSG 2561 Clinical Nursing III   5
Total hours 16
 
Second Semester Credit Hours
*SPCH 1315 Public Speaking OR SPCH1321 Business &      Professional Speech   3
RNSG 2535 Integrated Client Care Management   5
RNSG 2562 Clinical Nursing IV   5
Total hours 13
 
Grand total hours 71

*Courses marked with a single asterisk may be taken prior to the semester indicated but no later than the semester in which they are listed. All coursework must be completed with a “C” or better.   

Failure to successfully complete the Clinical Math Exams will result in a clinical failure and dismissal from the nursing program.  An External Exit Exam must be passed within two attempts in order to graduate from the program. Students must also complete a state mandated jurisprudence exam with a score of 75 in order to take the NCLEX - RN.

**NOTE: Since some courses may not transfer, have all transcripts sent to the Registrar's Office and request a Degree Audit.   (Example:  The NCTC Associate Degree Nursing Program does not accept SCIT1407 & SCIT1408 as equivalent courses for BIOL2401 & BIOL2402.)

Note: You can tell easily how many hours of credit a particular course is worth by looking at the course identification number. The second digit in this four-digit number gives the semester-credit-hour value of the course. For example, the English course ENGL1301 is worth three (3) hours credit, and the Microbiology course BIOL2420 is worth four (4) hours of credit. One lecture hour is equivalent to one credit hour. A 2:1 ratio is used in determining lab hours to credit hours and a 3:1 ratio is used in determining clinical hours. Each credit hour of lecture equals 50 contact minutes per week. A five (5) credit hour clinical course of 256 fifty-minute contact hours (240 sixty-minute clock hours) generally results in a clinical course that meets for two consecutive eight-hour days each week for 15 weeks during both the fall and spring semesters. See catalog course descriptions for the number of hours of lecture, laboratory, and clinical hours required for each course.

 

Chemistry Note:

The college chemistry course may be any credited Chemistry course with a lab. NCTC offers General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Chemistry for the Health Sciences. Any of them will satisfy the requirement. Chem for Health Sciences is geared toward nursing students and does not have as much Math as the General Chemistry. If you are considering going on to get your Bachelor's later, you may want to take the General Chemistry course.