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Nursing/Registered Nurse - Associate in Applied Science

Program Code - CIP Code: NURS.AAS/51.3801
Credits Required: 68
Academic Division: Health Professions
Contact:registerednursing@kckcc.edu

The Nursing department is committed to providing a student-learning environment that encourages and assesses a spirit of inquiry, clinical competence, professional accountability, and effective communication skills for a diverse student population.  We believe these attributes will prepare our graduates to pass the NCLEX-RN®, and to provide and manage safe, cost-effective care to meet client needs.  The faculty have developed a conceptual framework utilizing the concepts of client needs, nursing intervention classifications, and nursing outcome classifications. Each course emphasizes growth and development, communication, the nursing process, nutrition and diet therapy, pharmacology, management, and legal and ethical issues.

Requirements for admission to the program:

  • This is a selective admission program. Application to the program does not constitute
    admission.
  • Minimum 2.50 GPA and completion of pre-requisites.
  • Minimum score of 60.0 on the ATI TEAS test  (Maximum three (3) attempts).
  • Applications are due January 31 for Fall start and July 31 for Spring start.
  • Contact program for application, full requirements and program-specific advising.

Go to the Nursing Department's webpage for further information and program-specific application.

Accreditation

The Associate Degree Nursing program at Kansas City Kansas Community College at the Main Campus located in Kansas City, KS is accredited by the:

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30326
404-975-5000

The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the Associate Degree Nursing program is Continuing Accreditation.

View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this program at http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programSearch.htm.

KCKCC Registered Nursing Program is approved by the Kansas Board of Nursing.

General Education Requirements

Course Credit Hours
ENGL 0101 Composition I* 3
SPCH 0151 OR
SPCH 0201
Public Speaking OR
Interpersonal Communication
3
PSYC 0101  Psychology* 3
PSYC 0203  Human Development* 3
MATH 0104 Intermediate Algebra** or higher 3
BIOL 0141
BIOL 0143 
Human Anatomy and Laboratory or 
Human Anatomy and Physiology***
4
BIOL 0271 Physiology*/*** 3
BIOL 0272 Physiology Lab*/*** 1
BIOL 0261 Microbiology*/*** 3
BIOL 0262 Microbiology Lab*/*** 2
NURS 0135 OR
BIOL 0284
Basic Concepts of Pathophysiology*/*** 3
Total Hours for General Education Requirements 31
* See course syllabus for prerequisite.
** Math sequence is contingent upon previous high school mathematics background and transfer
institution. Students should confer with an advisor to determine correct placement.
*** BIOL courses completed more than five (5) years prior to admission must be repeated.

Registered Nursing Requirements*

Course Credit Hours
NURS 0106 Pharmacology I 1
NURS 0107 Pharmacology II 2
NURS 0108 Pharmacology III 1
NURS 0131 Introduction to Professional Nursing Concepts 3
NURS 0132 Foundational  Concepts 4
NURS 0143 Nursing Concepts/Clients with Common Health Problems 8
NURS 0193 Health Assessment for Nurses 3
NURS 0243 Nursing Concepts/Clients with Complex Health Problems 8
NURS 0244 Nursing Concepts/Clients with Multisystem Emergent Health Problems 4
NURS 0245 Nursing Management of Care Concepts 3
  Total Hours for Registered Nursing Requirements 37
*See course syllabi for Registered Nursing course prerequisites.

Total Hours

Total Hours for an Associate in Applied Science in Registered Nursing Degree 68
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