Nursing - Olympic College

Nursing from Olympic College is a Campus Associate Registered Nurse degree that prepares you for a Nursing career. Olympic College offers a two-year curriculum designed to prepare qualified men and women to become Registered Nurses. The two-year curriculum is approved by the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission, and is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. The program includes a balance of general education courses, nursing theory, and nursing practice. Following acceptance, the average student will complete the program in six academic quarters. NURSE 151 requires a minimum 3.7 grade point, and NURSE 152 requires a 2.0 grade point. All other nursing courses require a minimum 2.7 grade point or above to progress in the Nursing Program. Graduates are prepared for employment as Registered Nurses in home health care, hospitals, long-term care, and communitybased care agencies. The graduate of the Nursing Program will receive the Associate in Technical Arts Degree which qualifies the candidate (for eligibility) to take the NCLEX examination for licensure as a Registered Nurse. The license permits the nurse to use the legal title of Registered Nurse in the State of Washington. Additional costs: 1. Uniforms, including regulation shoes, laboratory coat, name pin, Olympic College patch for uniform and laboratory coat, and Nursing Skills laboratory packets; 2. Wristwatch with sweep second hand and stethoscope; 3. Nursing student liability insurance; 4. Proof of health insurance or signed waiver; 5. Student Nurse Association dues (optional); 6. State license application fee; 7. NCLEX RN fee; 8. Transportation to and from clinical facilities not located on campus. Program Outcomes Upon completion of this program, successful students will have demonstrated the ability to apply their skills and knowledge in the following ways: 1. Critical Thinking The deliberative non-linear process of collecting, interpreting, analyzing, drawing conclusion about, presenting, and evaluating information that is both factually and belief based. In nursing this is demonstrated by clinical judgment which includes: ethnical, diagnostic, and therapeutic dimensions. 2. Communication The interactive sharing of information. It requires a sender, message, and receiver. Communication is both verbal and nonverbal. Verbal communication is either written or spoken. Nonverbal communication includes body language, facial expressions, gestures, physical appearance, touch, vocal cues, and spacial territory. In Nursing , communication is demonstrated by continuity of quality care for the client. 3. Therapeutic Nursing Interventions Actions taken to prevent illness/injury, resolve, restore and maintain optimum functioning of clients within their environment. 4. Job Placement Rates Percentage of graduates employed as a RN within 6-9 months after graduation. 5. Licensure Pass Rates Percentage of graduates who pass the NCLEX computerized, criterion referenced examination after graduation from the School of Nursing . 6. Graduate Program Satisfaction Program graduates perceived level of approval of the Nursing Program, including the educational environment, the curriculum, policies, learning resources, professional preparation, and facilitation of personal development. 7. Employer Satisfaction of Graduates Graduates? employers perceived level of approval of the Nursing Program, including the graduates functioning in the roles of provider of care, manager of care and member within the profession. View more details on Olympic College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Registered Nurse courses.