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Nursing 110
Nursing 110 “Basic Nursing Concepts” is a prerequisite to the nursing program. This course focuses on basic concepts which form the foundation of nursing practice. Basic nursing skills are included in the laboratory component of the course.
The Test for Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) is included in Nursing 110. For more information on the TEAS, please visit http://www.atitesting.com/global/students/teas-faq.aspx
The prerequisites for N110 include a minimum of 4 units of anatomy and physiology with a “C” or better. Beginning in spring 2009, Microbiology (minimum 4 units) will be a corequisite.
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This is a most adventurous time to enter the nursing profession! Demand for nurses continues to grow while supply steadily decreases. This situation will worsen with the aging of our population. In addition, a significant number of nurses are expected to retire within the next ten years.
Rewards in nursing include constant opportunities to give compassionate competent care that makes a difference in the lives of others and positively contributes to the health and well being of humanity. Nursing also gives you job security, flexibility in hours, full benefits for part-time work, incentives to continue with education, pension plans, varied work settings, and sign-on bonuses.
Men and women from diverse backgrounds who enter nursing find the advances in technology, expanded practice roles, and specialty areas such as surgical, emergency, obstetrical, pediatric, and critical care nursing to be interesting, exciting and rewarding. In addition, nursing careers are expanding to also include increasing emphasis in home care and community health nursing. Nurses can also have academic careers that include teaching and research. In fact, the diversity of career choices within nursing makes it a very attractive profession. Challenges on the horizon include preparing nursing to competently respond to bio-terrorism threats, increasing global environmental health hazards, escalating health care costs, and providing culturally competent health care to an increasingly diverse society.
Our graduates and local community health care providers find that our program solidly prepares competent entry-level nurses. Please consider the Evergreen Valley College Nursing Program as your program of choice as you consider a career in nursing.
Lynette Apen, MSN, RN
Dean of Nursing and Allied Health
The San Jose/Evergreen Community College District Governing Board approves the Nursing Program. The California State Board of Registered Nursing (1625 North Market Boulevard, Suite N217, Sacramento, California, 95834; telephone: 916-322-3350; web site: www.rn.ca.gov),) approves the Nursing Program and the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (61 Broadway, New York, New York 10006; telephone: 1-800-669-1656 extension 153; web site: www.nlnac.org) accredits the Nursing Program. Graduates of the program are eligible to apply to take the National Council’s Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Nursing students have the same responsibilities and privileges of other college students. The Nursing Program encourages male and female students from culturally diverse backgrounds to become eligible and apply for admission. Students are admitted annually with 50.0% enrolled fall semester and 50.0% enrolled spring semester.
The program is a full-time course of study that can be completed in two academic years. In the clinical education component principles derived from academic study are applied to clinical nursing practice. Students are placed in local acute care hospital settings and community health care agency settings.
The San Jose/Evergreen Community College District reserves the right to add, amend or repeal any of the rules, regulations, policies and procedures consistent with applicable laws.