Surry Community College

Nursing Programs Offered

ADN Program Details

The Associate Degree Nursing curriculum provides knowledge, skills, and strategies to integrate safety and quality into nursing care, to practice in a dynamic environment, and to meet individual needs which impace health, quality of life, and achievement of potential.

Course work includes and builds upon the domains of healthcare, nursing practice, and the holistic individual. Content emphasizes the nurse as a member of the interdisciplinary team providing safe, individualized care while employing evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics.

Graduates of this program are eligible to apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN). Employment opportunities are vast within the global health care system and may include positions within acute, chronic, extended, industrial, and community health care facilities.

NOTE: Each nursing (NUR) course must be successfully completed in order to progress to subsequent nursing courses.

A nursing student prohibited from participating in a clinical agency may be dismissed from the nursing program due to their inability to progress.

Graduates of the SCC ADN Program will:

-Practice professional nursing behaviors incorporating personal responsibility and accountability for continued competence.

-Communicate professionally and effectively with individuals, significant support person(s), and members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

-Integrate knowledge of the holistic needs of the individual to provide an individual centered assessment.

-Incorporate informatics to formulate evidence-based clinical judgments and management decisions.

-Implement caring interventions incorporating documented best practices for individuals in diverse settings.

-Develop a teaching plan for individuals, and/or the nursing team, incorporating teaching and learning principles.

-Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to advocate for positive individual and organizational outcomes.

-Manage health care for the individual using cost effective nursing strategies, quality improvement processes, and current technologies.

LPN Program Details

The Practical Nursing curriculum prepares individuals with the knowledge and skills to provide nursing care to children and adults.

Students will participate in assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care.

Graduates are eligible to apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-PN) which is required for practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse. Employment opportunities include hospitals, rehabilitation/long term care/home health facilities, clinics, and physicians’ offices.

NOTE: Each nursing (NUR) course must be successfully completed in order to progress to subsequent nursing courses.

A nursing student prohibited from participating in a clinical agency may be dismissed from the nursing program due to their inability to progress.

Graduates of the SCC PNE Program will:

-Participate in application of the nursing process through data collection and collaboration with the registered nurse who is in charge of managing the patient’s plan of care;

-Participate in teaching and counseling of clients through implementation of established teaching plans designed by the registered nurse

-Communicate professionally and effectively with individuals, significant support persons and members of the interdisciplinary team;

-Implement caring interventions incorporating documented best practices for the Licensed Practical Nurse in a variety of health care settings;

-Demonstrate professionalism and expected nursing behaviors incorporating personal responsibility and accountability for continued competence;

-Participate in controlling health care costs using effective nursing strategies, quality improvement processes and current technologies.