Nursing Programs Offered

ADN Program Details

The Nursing Program at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College is designed to prepare the Associate Degree Program graduate for practice as a Registered Nurse once licensure requirements are satisfied. The registered nurse is prepared to care for people of any age who have acute or chronic health care problems in a variety of settings. The nurse practices within a combination of three roles: provider of care, manager of care, and member within the discipline of nursing. The faculty in the Department of Nursing believe that nursing is a unique profession concerned with assessing, promoting, maintaining, and restoring the health of individuals and families. The discipline of nursing incorporates the concepts of Person-Health-Environment.

Student’s applying for admission to the Nursing, A.A.S. program are required to comply with the general admission requirements as well as those admission requirements specific to the Nursing program.

Upon successful completion of the program the graduate will be able to:

-Value person as a unique, dynamic individual, group or community
-Appreciate the person as a wholistic being for the purpose of fostering growth and development across the lifespan
-Function within the roles of the A.D.N. (Associate Degree in Nursing)
-Incorporate a wholistic approach utilizing critical analysis in the care of the person to meet healthcare needs and role functions
-Value the perceptions of health as it relates to past and present life experiences
-Promote, maintain, and restore health of individuals or groups with acute/chronic health problems across the lifespan in a variety of settings
-Demonstrate personal/professional growth and development with increasing self-direction
-Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning through the use of resources, technology, and continuing education
-Maximize potential for learning by utilizing resources, advisement, technology, and services as appropriate throughout the Nursing Program