NURSING ASSOCIATE DEGREE
The Nursing associate degree at Bryant & Stratton College* uses a combination of classroom, laboratory, and clinical experiences to prepare students for a career in the healthcare industry. Students will develop a foundation in vital clinical decision-making processes along with additional career-specific duties that include computer-aided instruction, telecommunications technology, clinical simulations, and other technical learning strategies. Graduates of the program will be prepared for the various roles nurses are expected to perform in the 21st-century workplace.
Bryant & Stratton College’s Nursing associate degree prepares students to become safe and effective entry-level nurses through a relevant, high-quality, and modern course of study. Students are prepared to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) exam upon graduation. They will be required to take the NCLEX-RN review course and pass the NCLEX-RN test prior to obtaining employment as a registered nurse. Clinical sites and employers will require background checks and drug screening.
The associate degree nursing program offered at the Akron, Eastlake, Parma, Richmond, Wauwatosa and Bayshore campuses are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The Ohio Board of Nursing views Akron as a stand-alone program and the Eastlake and Parma campuses are viewed as one program. The Wauwatosa and Bayshore campuses are viewed as one program by the Wisconsin Board of Nursing.
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
(404) 975-5000
www.acenursing.org
*The Nursing associate degree is offered exclusively at our Akron, Bayshore, Eastlake, Parma, Richmond, Virginia Beach and Wauwatosa campuses.
The Nursing associate degree program at Bryant & Stratton College provides students with the ability to:
- Employ critical thinking and reasoning to utilize the nursing process as a framework to deliver comprehensive, safe, and culturally sensitive care across the lifespan.
- Demonstrate clinical competence in the performance of nursing skills utilizing quality measures to provide safe effective nursing care.
- Apply best current evidence and appropriate nursing judgment in collaboration with the patient to guide clinical decision making in the delivery of nursing care.
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with patients, families and their social support system, and the members of the health care team to achieve mutually agreed upon patient outcomes.
- Practice within the ethical, legal and regulatory frameworks of professional standards for nursing, including employing agencies’ standards of care, assuming students had no past conduct or convictions, which prevent such practice.
- Construct a framework of personal accountability for lifelong learning with an entry-level set of knowledge, skills, and behaviors to provide safe, effective nursing care.
- Employ information literacy skills through the effective use of informatics to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision making.