Associate of Science in Nursing (RN) Requirements

HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM

(REGISTERED NURSE)


ENTRY LEVEL FOR PREREQUISITES ARE:
Completion of:  Math 25X or Math 26  Eng 21  Eng 22

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Placement into:  Math 27  Eng 102  Eng 100
Math proficiency level must be achieved in order to be considered for admission to nursing program.
PREREQUISITE NON-NURSING COURSES

(Total = 30 credits)

BIOL 141 Human Anatomy/Physiology I

BIOL 141L Human Anatomy/Psysiology I Lab

PSY 100 Survey of Psychology

ENG 100 Expository Writing

SPCO 151 Intro to Speech & Comm.

*ANTH 200 Cultural Anthropology

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BIOL 142 Human Anatomy/Physiology II

BIOL 142L Human Anatomy/Physiology II Lab

MICR 130 Microbiology

MICR 130L Microbiology Lab

FAMR 230 Human Development

PHRM 203 General Pharmacology

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*Corequisite non-nursing support course that may be taken either prior to admission or during the nursing program.

NURSING COURSE SEQUENCE

(Once admitted into A.S. program)

1ST YEAR A.D.N.
Fall

NURS 151 Mental Health Nursing

NURS 153 Nursing Concepts & Skills

NURS 158 Issues & Trends I

  

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 Spring

NURS 157 Adult Health Nursing

 

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2ND YEAR A.D.N.
Fall

NURS 254 Family Health Nursing Care I

NURS 255 Family Health Nursing Care II

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Students may take NCLEX-PN Exam upon completion of NURS 254, NURS 255

  

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 Spring

NURS 257 Advanced Adult Health Nursing

NURS 260 Nursing Management

NURS 251 Mental Health & Psychiatric Nursing

NURS 258 Issues & Trends II

 

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INFORMATION FOR NURSING APPLICANTS

TO THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE (RN) PROGRAM

REGARDING THE NLN EXAMINATION

 
 
Hawaii Community College nursing applicants must take the National League for Nursing Pre-admission Examination-RN. Applicants to the Hilo program for Fall 2008 need to take the examination in Hilo on Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. in UCB (Building 301), Room 100, main/upper campus. This is the only time the examination will be given in Hilo. For information on West Hawaii exam times and location, click here.  Advanced registration and payment ($50.00 non-refundable) for the examination is required. APPLICANTS WHO DO NOT REGISTER FOR THE EXAM BY THE DEADLINE (4:00pm, December 28, 2007) WILL NOT BE TESTED. Come by or call the nursing office at 974-7560 for an registration form or to download the form, click here.

Applicants who have taken the examination within the past two years may, if they wish, use their old scores instead of retaking the test.  If the Nursing Office does not presently have a copy of your previous test results, you will need to arrange with the NLN for a copy to be sent.  It is the student's responsibility to make sure that test scores are received by the Nursing Office prior to the application deadline.

Applicants must bring to the examination two sharpened number 2 pencils and some form of picture identification. Applicants without proper identification will not be tested.

Please plan to spend approximately four hours in the examination room. The test will cover three major areas: verbal (word knowledge and reading comprehension), math (integers, fractions, decimals, percentages, basic algebra and geometry), and science (general science, health, biology, chemistry, physics). All questions are of the multiple-choice type. Practice exams can be ordered directly from the National League for Nursing. A review book, Review guide for RN Pre-Entrance Exam (ISBN 0-7637-2486-6, 2nd Edition) by the National League for Nursing may be purchased from your local book store or through the publisher, Jones and Bartlett (800-832-0034). Order forms are available through the HawCC Nursing Office (Ph. 974-7560).

Additional questions about the examination should be addressed to the HawCC Nursing & Allied Health office (974-7560).


Hawaii Community College Nursing

Last Updated October 4, 2007 by Julie Moore