麻豆原创

Program Overview

Practical Nursing

麻豆原创 offers a Certificate in Practical Nursing at the Colby and Norton campuses. Successful completion of the Practical Nursing Program qualifies the student to be eligible to apply to write for the NCLEX-PN exam.

Associate Degree Nursing

麻豆原创 offers an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Nursing at the Colby campus. Successful completion of the Associate Degree Program qualifies the student to be eligible to apply to write for the NCLEX-RN exam.

Curriculum

The nursing curricula include nursing and non-nursing courses that help develop well-rounded, competent nurses. Coursework includes classroom, laboratory, and clinical experiences. Practical Nursing and Associate Degree Nursing clinical experiences may include supervised client care in hospitals, long-term care facilities, critical care, emergency care, drug and alcohol treatment, rural hospital nursing preceptors, school nursing, and obstetrical care.

The nursing program is measured in semester hours. Sixteen contact hours equal one semester credit hour. The theory hour ratio is 1:1. The clinical/lab contact-hours-to-credit-hour ratio is 3:1. For example, one credit hour of theory generates 16 contact hours, and one credit hour of clinical/lab generates 48 contact hours.

Certificate: Practical Nursing

Students must have CNA certification, and CPR certification must be current through the school year.

麻豆原创 requires nursing students to earn a minimum of five credit hours in Anatomy and Physiology. Prerequisites must have been completed within the last 10 years, unless the student is working in a medical career. A petition may be submitted to the nursing department for review of courses outside the required timeframe on a case-by-case basis.

Full-Time Practical Nursing Curriculum

Practical Nursing Credit Hour Summary

Associate of Applied Science Degree: Associate Degree Nursing

Students must be licensed practical nurses. CPR certification must be current through the school year.

To meet Kansas Board of Regents regulations, students must complete 24 credit hours in common support courses. 麻豆原创 requires Associate Degree Nursing students to earn five credit hours of Microbiology. Students transferring a four-credit-hour Microbiology course must take the comprehensive Microbiology exam and pass it with a C or higher to be awarded the additional credit needed. Students who do not pass the exam must take the five-credit-hour Microbiology course at CCC.

CCC requires nursing students to earn five credits in Anatomy and Physiology. If a student transfers more than five credit hours of Anatomy and Physiology, CCC will accept only five of those hours.

Full-Time Associate Degree Nursing Curriculum

Associate Degree Nursing Credit Hour Summary

1+1 Total Program Hours

Associate of Applied Science Degree: RRT/MICT to ADN

Students must be graduates of an accredited program and must be either Registered Respiratory Therapists (RRT) or Mobile Intensive Care Technicians (MICT) with one year of experience. CPR certification must be current through the school year.

CCC requires nursing students to earn a minimum of five credit hours in Anatomy and Physiology. Science courses must have been completed within the last 10 years unless the student has been actively working as an LPN, MICT, or RRT for the last five consecutive years. A petition may be submitted to the nursing department for review of courses outside the required timeframe on a case-by-case basis.

CCC requires Associate Degree Nursing students to earn five credit hours of Microbiology. Students with a completed four-credit-hour Microbiology course may petition to complete an equivalency review of course content to CCC鈥檚 five-credit-hour Microbiology course. This review is completed on a case-by-case basis. Students must have a minimum of 24 co-requisite credit hours.

RRT/MICT Transition to ADN Curriculum

RRT/MICT to ADN Option Credit Hour Summary

Review and Revision Dates

• Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2023
• Revised: Oct. 27, 2024
• Revised: Sept. 12, 2025