Associate
in Applied Science in Nursing
General
Information
The Associate in Applied Science Degree in
Nursing at West Virginia University at Parkersburg is designed to guide
qualified students through structured learning experiences in health care
settings to meet eligibility requirements for the National Council Licensing
Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN)
WVU Parkersburg's Associate Degree in
Nursing is approved by the West
Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses and
accredited by the National League for Nursing
Accrediting Commission, Inc., 61 Broadway, 33rd Floor, New York, NY
10006, Phone: 800.669.1656.
Program education outcomes include:
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Utilize the nursing
process to provide therapeutic nursing interventions that assist the
individual, family, and community in the promotion, restoration, and
maintenance of health across the
life span.
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Create a caring
environment to protect the person's dignity while honoring their values,
customs, cultures, and spiritual beliefs.
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Use therapeutic communications to
collaborate with the individual, family, community, and health care team in
promoting patient centered care.
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Make sound clinical decisions in a
reflective manner using reasoning, analysis, and research.
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Manage patient
care consistent with Standards of Nursing Practice and ANA Code of
Ethics.
Clinical nursing
experiences are offered under faculty supervision at Camden-Clark Memorial
Hospital, Marietta Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital, area nursing
homes, and other selected community agencies.
Students requesting
admission the nursing program must first meet the requirements for general
admission to the college including foundation requirements in math, reading
and English and
be admitted to the college.
Applicants to
the nursing must be eligible to meet requirements for licensure in the state of
West Virginia as stated in the West Virginia Code. These conditions
include:
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Be a high school graduate
or equivalent
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Be a graduate of an
accredited school of nursing
The Board of Examiners for
Registered Professional Nurses may deny testing to any applicant proved guilty
of certain infractions such as, but not limited to, fraud, felony, or moral
misconduct. (See Chapter 30, Article 7, Section 11 of The West Virginia
Code).
Additionally, the applicant must be able
to engage in educational and training activities in a manner that does not
endanger themselves or others.
  
Update 2/2007
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