Nursing Curriculum Program Options
The
Chattanooga State Nursing Program prepares individuals to assume the
roles of the associate degree nurse: provider of care, manager of care and
member within the discipline of nursing. Graduates of the program are able
to use critical thinking and a clinical decision-making process as the basis for
providing care to diverse individuals across the life span.
The
nursing curriculum at
Chattanooga State is offered in a Day and a Night Program. The sequence of
nursing courses in the Day Program is four semesters in length. New day
classes enroll in the Fall semester each year.
The
Night Program is
designed to offer a program of study that can be completed on a
part-time basis during the evening. The Night Program is five semesters in length from the point of entry into the first nursing
course. Students who have completed all
prerequisite classes can expect to attend classes two to three evenings
per week in each nursing course. The next Night Program will be offered in Fall
2009 and every two years thereafter.
The Nursing Transition programs offer an accelerated
curriculum track for LPN's and licensed paramedics who wish to pursue
the Associate of Applied Science Degree in Nursing and RN licensure for
upgrading of both degree and professional skills. The transition
programs are an adaptation of the associate degree nursing curriculum
that recognizes the knowledge and skills of the licensed practical nurse
or paramedic. Following completion of a transition course, LPN's and
paramedics are awarded credit for the first year nursing courses. The
LPN to RN transition course is four credit hours; the transition course
for the paramedic is seven credit hours.
Following completion of the transition course, LPN's and
paramedics are able to enter second year nursing courses in the day program in the fall of each
year. Because the night program enrolls a new class every two years, following
completion of the transition course, LPN's and paramedics may transition into
the night program every other year (even years). They must then complete the
last three courses in the night program sequence of nursing courses.
Upon
completion of the nursing program, an Associate of Applied Science Degree
in Nursing will be conferred. Graduates are able to write the NCLEX-RN
state licensing exam.
Information about articulation between this
program and baccalaureate programs is available in the Nursing Program
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