About
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 that impact 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.
Organization
Wake Technical Community College
Wake Technical Community College is a community college in Raleigh, North Carolina, with online and campus-based education. Its occupational fields include nursing, cybersecurity, dental assisting, diagnostic medical sonography, HVAC, Cisco CCNA certification, medical administrative assisting, medical assisting, medical billing and coding, medical office work, phlebotomy, and practical nursing. The college offers nearly 100 fully online programs and describes its online learning environment as accessible to a diverse learning community. Online courses are designed around creative engagement, group interaction, and instructor feedback. New students must complete an eLearning Intro before enrolling in an online course, and returning students who have not successfully completed an online course must complete it before registering for another online course.