St Catharine College

Nursing Programs Offered

ADN Program Details

The highly competitive Associate of Science in Nursing (ADN) program at St. Catharine College in Kentucky includes two semesters of prerequisite classes including anatomy and physiology, psychology, and chemistry. The Kentucky Board of Nursing allows clinical groups to include 10 students per instructor, but St. Catharine strives to keep groups to just 7 students per instructor to allow more individual attention and interaction among students. We admit approximately 20 new students into the program each semester. In addition to their classroom instruction, students receive clinical experience in small regional hospitals as well as in large facilities in and around Louisville. Program graduates are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN national licensing exam.

Nurses are at the heart of healthcare. Nursing is a great career choice for those with a strong desire to help others, great compassion, an ability to work under pressure, and specialized technical skills to serve both patients and other clinicians on the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Special Program Highlights and Features:

-Students gain experience in many different areas including medical-surgical, obstetric and psychiatric nursing. Many get to experience critical care and others observe in surgery.
-All students benefit from extensive experience working directly with patients.
-Students gain experience in facilities of different sizes and in different specialty areas of nursing to help them choose a suitable career path.
-Nursing students may participate in the Catherine of Siena Project that annually chooses a service organization to support. This year the group chose Hospice as its service focus.

Interesting Courses You Might Take

Fundamentals of Nursing – Course introduces students to nursing and the nursing process, which are studied in relationship to the individual with basic human needs, the environment, health, and nursing. Areas of study include foundation knowledge, concepts and fundamental skills. Emphasis will also be placed on health promotion, health and physical assessment, medication math, communication techniques, and critical thinking. Concepts of nursing care are presented according to the American Nurses‘ Association (ANA) standards of practice.

Medical Surgical Nursing – This is the first in a two-part series of courses designed to utilize the nursing process as a part of reflective practice in providing holistic care to clients across the lifespan. Teaching/learning principles will be introduced and applied regarding caring for clients at various developmental levels during acute/chronic episodes of altered basic human needs as well as during states of wellness. Emphasis on advanced nursing skills, critical thinking, and application and analysis of knowledge will begin to be incorporated into the nurse‘s role as provider and manager of care.

Professional Nursing Management – Course emphasizes the discipline of nursing and its professional and legal standards of practice. The roles of manager of care, and member of the profession, will be stressed. Delegation, evaluation, management and leadership principles as related to the practice are examined. Issues impacting the professional nurse in the health care setting are explored including ethical, legal, education, and licensure.

RN to BSN Program Details

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion Program at St. Catharine College in Kentucky is available to individuals who have graduated with an Associate of Science in Nursing and are licensed to practice as a registered nurse Opportunities for nursing practice increase once an associate degree prepared RN receives a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Nursing is a dynamic career that is ever changing to meet the complex health needs of our society. Currently, BSN prepared RNs are generalsits who have the knowledge to serve in a variety of positions within hospital settings and to enter school nursing, community health, industry, military/government, and private agencies. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree permits the RN to seek admission to graduate nursing programs.

Special Program Highlights and Features:

-Individualized assignments to compliment one’s area of practice.
-Weekly scheduled courses in eight and sixteen week time frames.
-Nursing courses presented in a hybrid format. Class attendance scheduled every three to four weeks with remaining content completed online.
Applications accepted for fall and spring admission.
Caring and nurturing faculty who understand the demands of continuing one’s education.

Interesting Courses You Might Take:

-Cultural courses in art, history, sociology and English
-Public speaking to facilitate the ability to express oneself effectively in multiple settings.