Associate Degree of Nursing
Effective January 6, 2013, this program is no longer available for future enrollments
The mission of Colorado Technical University’s Associate’s Degree of Nursing (ADN) Program is to prepare students to become trustworthy, competent and caring members of the healthcare team. Our graduates should be equipped to practice nursing in a contemporary healthcare environment through our use of evidence-based curricula, taught by professional faculty, in an individualized, caring environment. Colorado Technical University empowers our students with quality education to provide the highest quality of clinical nursing care.
The following must be completed prior to admission:
- Students must be a
- Certified Nursing Assistant or have transcripts of CNA training
OR
- Certified Psychiatric Technician
OR
- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
- Health Programs History and Physical and Immunization Record
- Current CPR certification in basic life support
Admission Requirements:
- Application to the Nursing Program
- Basic computer skills (Microsoft Word, internet searching, and email)
- Satisfactory completion of entrance testing
- Completed criminal background check with negative results
- Completed drug screen with negative results
- International students must demonstrate proficiency in the English language, as measured by a
- TOEFL score of 550 or above; 213 or higher on the computer-based exam
- GPA of 2.75 or higher in high school or previous college experiences.
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
- Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance
- Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test
- changes to continuously improve quality and safety of health care systems
- Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making
- Demonstrate behaviors characteristic of professional nursing
Program outcomes have been adopted using competencies from Quality and Safety Education for Nurses found at www.qsen.org. Ironside, P.M. Exploring the Complexity of Advocacy: Balancing Patient-Centered Care and Safety. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.qsen.org/teachingstrategy.php?id=58
Degree Requirements
Courses: Preparatory
| ENGL080 | English Composition Preparation | 4 |
| MATH 060 | |
| MATH 080 | |
Courses: General Education
| BIO141 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | 4 |
| BIO142 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | 4 |
| BIO200 | Applied Microbiology | 4 |
| BIO210 | Pathophysiology | 4 |
| Elective | Elective from Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences or Humanities | 4 |
| ENGL111 | English Composition I | 4 |
| ENGL112 | English Composition II | 4 |
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| INTD111 | Creating Academic and Professional Success | 4 |
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| NRSG143 | Transition to Practice | 4 |
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| MATH153 | Algebra for Health Care Professionals | 4 |
| PSYC260 | Human Development | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 40 |
Courses: Core
| NRSG129 | Foundations of Patient Centered Care | 4 |
| NRSG130 | Patient-Centered Care | 4 |
| NRSG131 | Patient-Centered Care Clinical | 3 |
| NRSG132 | Chronic Adult Illnesses | 4 |
| NRSG133 | Chronic Adult Illnesses Clinical | 3 |
| NRSG140 | Pharmacologic Support for Patient-Centered Care | 4 |
| NRSG141 | Ethical Decision Making In Nursing | 3 |
| NRSG142 | Gerontological Principles of Nursing | 4 |
| NRSG230 | Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing | 4 |
| NRSG231 | Adult Medical-Surgical Clinical | 3 |
| NRSG232 | Care of Mental Health Clients | 4 |
| NRSG233 | Care of Mental Health Clients Clinical | 3 |
| NRSG234 | Care of the Childbearing Family | 4 |
| NRSG235 | Care of the Childbearing Family Clinical | 3 |
| NRSG236 | Pediatrics | 4 |
| NRSG237 | Pediatrics Clinical | 3 |
| NRSG238 | Complex Care of the Adult | 4 |
| NRSG239 | Complex Care of the Adult Clinical | 3 |
| NRSG240 | Nursing Leadership and Management | 4 |
| NRSG241 | Nursing Leadership and Management Clinical | 3 |
| NRSG260 | Nursing Practice Readiness | 3 |
| NRSG261 | Nursing Practicum | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 77 |
Total Credit Hours: 117