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Students must meet a minimum proficiency score on a reading assessment prior
to admission into the nursing program. Students must meet a minimum
proficiency score on a math assessment prior to admission into the nursing
program. Textbooks are the primary reading materials used in the program.
Students will also read professional journals and use various health
reference books, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. Textbooks are generally
written at the upper college level. Written tests are based primarily on
applications of textbook and classroom materials. Skills tests are given to
test students' abilities to demonstrate specific procedures.
On the job, required
reading includes medical reports, charts, policy/procedure manuals, and patient-education
booklets.
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Interpersonal communication skills, including conversational English, are
essential both in the program and on the job, dealing with other
professionals, patients, family members, and members of multi-cultural
groups. The ability to interpret and explain health information to lay persons
is also necessary.
A variety of writing
tasks are required: completing chart documents, developing care plans for
patients, summarizing observations and evaluations of individual
patients, and writing professional papers. Accurate grammar and spelling are
essential.
In the Practical Nursing
program, students will take Composition I
(ENG 105). In the Associate Degree Nursing program, they will take
Interpersonal and Small Group Communication (SPC 126).
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Students must meet a minimum proficiency score on a math assessment prior to
admission into the nursing program. Basic math and algebraic skills are
required both in the program and on the job. Math skills include calculating ratio/proportion
problems utilizing various systems of measurement.
Required Math course:
NONE
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The ability to be self-directed while using the scientific method is
essential both in the program and on the job in order to solve various
patient-related situations.
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In the program and on the job, basic computer skills (including keyboarding,
word processing, e-mail, and use of internet resources) are required.
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