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Mission: The Cerritos College Nursing Program Mission is to prepare nurses to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing health care environment.
Vision: The Cerritos College Nursing Program is committed to advancing the art and science of nursing in a technology rich learning environment. The program empowers graduates to value scholarship, lifelong learning, and leadership in a dynamic healthcare settings.
Philosophy: Nursing is defined as the art, science, discipline and health care practice focused on concepts within the three domains of the patient, nurse, and healthcare environment across the lifespan.
The goals of nursing practice focus on wellness, health promotion, illness prevention, rehabilitation, and supporting the resources of the person who is ill or threatened with illness in adapting to changes within the environment.
The purpose of the Nursing Program is to provide the community with registered nurses who have the ability to adapt to changes on all levels in a variety of health care settings and who are responsive to trends in healthcare today and in the future.
Concept Based Curriculum (CBC) is the primary conceptual framework of the Nursing Program. The CBC model guides nursing students to attain insightful understanding of major concepts of nursing. The curriculum emphasizes deep understanding about the discipline’s most central concepts which leads to the student’s ability to develop habits of thought and pattern recognitions. The curriculum is conceptually based and is based on principles of adult and collaborative learning. This conceptual framework is learner- centered where the student develops a deeper understanding of prevalent health care conditions and situations across the lifespan.
The CBC model provides a learning environment that facilitates higher order thinking skills and clinical reasoning in undergraduate nursing students.
The following are elements of the Cerritos College Nursing CBC Model and Conceptual Framework:
Guides the student in acquiring the Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills, and Clinical Reasoning needed of today's nurse
Nursing Process and Clinical Judgment Model teach Noticing, Interpreting, Responding, and Reflecting
Focus on the domains of the patient, the nurse and health care system
Acknowledges key global nursing competencies reflected by Nurse of the Future Core Nursing Competencies
Incorporates Patient Centered Care, Professionalism, System Based Care, Communication, Teamwork and Collaboration, Safety, Quality Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice (Nurse Of The Future Nursing Competencies, 2016).
END OF PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES:
(Built upon the Nurse of the Future Core Competencies)
Upon graduation, the graduate will:
1) Engage in nursing practice that is patient-centered and culturally appropriate for individuals, families, and communities. (Patient centered care)
2) Integrate principles of quality improvement and safety into nursing practice within healthcare organization and systems. (Quality Improvement; Safety; System Based Practice)
3) Utilize evidence-based practice in providing nursing care to patients across the lifespan. (Evidenced based practice)
4) Demonstrate leadership and professional behaviors that influence individuals and groups in the delivery of nursing care . (Leadership and Professionalism)
5) Communicate effectively and collaboratively with the interprofessional team patient, family, and community in the delivery of nursing care. (Communication; Teamwork; Collaboration)
6) Utilize technologies for the management of information in the delivery of patient care. (Informatics; Technology)
*AFTER GRADUATION, GRADUATES APPLY TO THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING TO GAIN PERMISSION TO TAKE THE NCLEX-RN LICENSURE EXAM TO RECEIVE THEIR RN LICENSE IN CALIFORNIA.
REQUIRED NURSING CURRICULUM
36 nursing units
FIRST SEMESTER: 18 weeks
ADN 210 (5.0units) *Foundational Concepts in Nursing - 12weeks
ADN 215 (3.0units) **Healthcare Participant - 6weeks
ADN 200A (1.0unit) ** Pharmacology I - 9weeks
Skills Tutorial AED42.45
SECOND SEMESTER: 18 weeks
ADN 220 (5.0units) - **Health and Illness Concepts I - 12 weeks
ADN 200B (1.0unit) - **Pharmacology II - 12weeks
ADN 225 (3.0units) - Maternal Newborn Concepts - 6weeks
Skills Tutorial AED42.45
THIRD SEMESTER: 18 weeks
ADN 230 (5.0units) - Health and Illness Concepts II - 12 weeks
ADN 235 (3.0units) - Mental Health Concepts - 6 weeks
ADN 200C (1.0unit) - Pharmacology III - 18 weeks
Skills Tutorial AED42.45
FOURTH SEMESTER: 18 weeks
ADN 240 (4.5units) - ** Health and Illness Concepts III - 9 weeks
ADN 245 (4.5units) - **Health and Illness Concepts IV - 9weeks
Skills Tutorial AED42.45
ALL COURSES HAVE LECTURE AND CLINICAL COMPONENTS. COURSES HAVE A "LIFESPAN APPROACH", HOWEVER, SPECIFICALLY:
Geriatric content in: Foundations, Health and Illness Concepts, Pharmacology
**Pediatric content
+ 30 units of GENERAL EDUCATION = ASSOCIATE DEGREE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
*AFTER GRADUATION, GRADUATES APPLY TO THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING TO GAIN PERMISSION TO TAKE THE NCLEX-RN LICENSURE EXAM TO RECEIVE THEIR RN LICENSE IN CALIFORNIA.
LVN - RN BRIDGE PROGRAM
LVN - RN Bridge students will complete all bridge coursework, have valid LVN license, one year of nursing experience in patient care, TEAS Exam with 62% or higher. and complete application process. Will be admitted on space availability.
2nd SEMESTER: 18 weeks
ADN 220 (5.0units) - Health and Illness Concepts I - 12 weeks
ADN 225 (3.0units) - Maternal Newborn Concepts - 6weeks
ADN 200B (1.0unit) - Pharmacology II - 9weeks
Skills Tutorial AED42.45
3rd Semester : 18 weeks
ADN 230 (5.0units) - Health and Illness Concepts II - 12 weeks
ADN 235 (3.0units) - Mental Health Concepts - 6 weeks
ADN 200C (1.0unit) - Pharmacology III - 9 weeks
Skills Tutorial AED42.45
4th Semester: 18 weeks
ADN 240 (4.5units) - Health and Illness Concepts III - 9 weeks
ADN 245 (4.5units) - Health and Illness Concepts IV - 9weeks
Skills Tutorial AED42.45
MATH MEDICATION COMPETENCY EXAMINATIONS - every course. ➕➖➗🟰
Nurses spend nearly 60% of their day interacting with medications, intravenous solutions, and also monitoring side effects and outcomes of medications. Pharmacology + Dose Calculations = Very Important for patient safety!
Brush up on your overall algebra and start practicing DOSECALC if you find that "math is not my strength".
Math Medication Competency REQUIRED pass rates increase throughout the program from 80% - 90%.
PHARMACOLOGY REQUISITE: 💊💉 🏥
If you have taken a PHARMACOLOGY course that is 2.0units or more, you can submit this course to exempt you from ADN 200A in first semester ONLY.
Because ADN200B and ADN200C have complex IV Therapies, Blood Transfusion, TPN, Lipids, Central Line Management, etc. AND lab components, there will be no granted credit for these courses.
Send your unofficial transcript, reflecting the course grade, to Director Brooks, along with the course outline/syllabus ASAP.
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