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Associate of Science in Nursing <br />Program Description <br />The Associate of Science in Nursing (ADN) pre-licensure program is designed to provide an associate <br />degree in two years. The curriculum provides the student with a greater understanding of how health <br />impacts patients and how their care impacts the healthcare delivery system. Students will learn a <br />multisystem approach to care using QSEN principles. Students will develop critical thinking and <br />compassionate care. <br />The pre-licensure nursing program builds on the college and school mission by preparing students to <br />successfully take the National Council Licensure Examination - Registered Nurse (NCLEX). The program <br />also provides options to concurrently enroll in the Pacific College online RN to BSN program accredited <br />by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) The program is responsive to the changing <br />needs of the community, is accessible to students seeking academic progression, and is representative of <br />the diversity of the college community. <br />Program Learning Outcomes <br />The program outcomes reflect the mission, philosophy, and QSEN conceptual framework which is <br />threaded through -out the curriculum. The nursing graduates of Pacific College will be prepared in all <br />domains i.e., cognitive, psychomotor and affective. These students will develop critical thinking skills and <br />adopt a lifelong learning approach which facilitates and values the need for continuous quality <br />improvement and evaluation. This integrated approach elevates these standard by utilizing QSEN to <br />improve patient outcomes. <br />1. Graduates will apply the nursing process through critical thinking and professional nursing <br />judgment to provide and evaluate nursing care in acute and long-term care, and community <br />settings at the entry-level practice. <br />2. Graduates will utilize the standards of nursing practice to perform and apply its application to the <br />discipline of nursing and its essential relationship to evidence -based nursing practice. <br />3. Graduates will function within the specific professional nursing roles to provide care, coordinate <br />care, deliver health education, and advocate for individuals, families, groups, and communities. <br />4. Graduates will practice within the ethical, legal, and regulatory framework of professional nursing <br />practice. <br />Course Learning Outcomes <br />Learn Outcome <br />Ma e <br />P <br />NUR 101 <br />Define health promotion, heath illness, and the <br />PLO: 3 <br />Fundamentals of <br />components of health how it relates to nursing <br />Nursing: Care of <br />practice. <br />the Adult and <br />Identify other nursing/healthcare providers and <br />PLO: 2 <br />Older Adult <br />their roles. <br />Discuss the use of Therapeutic Communication and <br />PLO :1 <br />the Nursing Process. <br />Describe the nursing process and nursing role in <br />PLO: 1 <br />caring for age appropriate clients/patients. <br />Pacific College 2020-2021 Catalog 81 <br />