2024-2025 Academic Catalog

ADN Program

Credential: A.A.S. (Code: A45110)

The Associate Degree Nursing curriculum provides knowledge, skills, and strategies to integrate safety and quality into nursing care, to practice in a dynamic environment, and to meet individual needs which impact health, quality of life, and achievement of potential. Course work includes and builds upon the domains of healthcare, nursing practice, and the holistic individual. Content emphasizes the nurse as a member of the interdisciplinary team providing safe, individualized care while employing evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. Graduates of this program are eligible to apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN). Employment opportunities are vast within the global health care system and may include positions within acute, chronic, extended, industrial, and community health care facilities.

 

Admission for the ADN program is based on selective criteria. Applicable fees are attached to Nursing Classes in this program and student is required to purchase uniforms. This course of study fits the Uniform Articulation Agreement between the University of North Carolina RN to BSN Programs and the North Carolina Community College System Associate Degree Nursing Programs.

Bladen Community College, Associate Degree in Nursing Program, is accredited by the National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA) located at 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037. 202-909-2487.

Associate Degree Nursing A.A.S. Curriculum

Fall Semester-1st Year

AdvisingTermCLClCr
NUR 111Introduction to Health Concepts

FA

4

6

6

8

BIO 168Anatomy and Physiology I

FA, SP

3

3

0

4

ENG 111Writing and Inquiry

FA, SP, SU

3

0

0

3

HUM 115Critical Thinking

FA, SP, SU

3

0

0

3

ACA 115Success & Study Skills

I

0

2

0

1

OR

ACA 122College Transfer Success

FA, SP, SU

0

2

0

1

Total Credit Hours:19

Spring Semester-1st Year

AdvisingTermCLClCr
NUR 112Health-Illness Concepts

SP

3

0

6

5

NUR 114Holistic Health Concepts

SP

3

0

6

5

BIO 169Anatomy and Physiology II

FA, SP, SU

3

3

0

4

PSY 150General Psychology

FA, SP, SU

3

0

0

3

Total Credit Hours:17

NUR 112 and NUR 114: 8 weeks

Fall Semester-2nd Year

AdvisingTermCLClCr
NUR 113Family Health Concepts

FA

3

0

6

5

NUR 212Health System Concepts

FA

3

0

6

5

NUR 211Health Care Concepts

FA

3

0

6

5

ENG 114Professional Research & Reporting

FA, SP, SU

3

0

0

3

Total Credit Hours:18

Spring Semester-2nd Year

AdvisingTermCLClCr
NUR 213Complex Health Concepts

SP

4

3

15

10

PSY 241Developmental Psychology

FA, SP, SU

3

0

0

3

NUR 117Pharmacology

FA, SP

1

3

0

2

Total Credit Hours:15
 
SEMESTER HOURS REQUIRED TO GRADUATE
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES 20
MAJOR COURSES 49
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 69

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