Program Description
The Associate Degree in Nursing Program is designed to prepare the graduate as an entry level registered nurse in a variety of healthcare settings and to allow a smooth transition for completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at the University of Wyoming.
The 66 credit, concept-based program is shared statewide with a curricular framework based on the six core concepts of safety, clinical judgment, leadership, patient-centeredness, professionalism, and health promotion. The program has a strong clinical focus with ample opportunities to apply the theoretical components of nursing, in additional to general education courses to enhance professional nursing knowledge and practice. In preparation for professional practice, the student will use the nursing process and clinical judgment in the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention of disease and disability, the care and rehabilitation of the sick, and to support the dying.
Upon program completion, the graduate is awarded an Associate Degree in Nursing and is eligible to apply for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. The Wyoming State Board of Nursing determines eligibility to take the NCLEX-RN and is responsible for oversight of nursing practice and education in the state of Wyoming. Successful completion of the nursing program does not guarantee professional licensure.
Employment opportunities are vast within the global healthcare system and may include positions in acute, chronic, extended, industrial, and community healthcare settings.
The nursing program is approved by the Wyoming State Board of Nursing (130 Hobbs Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82002, 307.777.7601) and accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326, 404.975.5000).
General Education Requirements
| Writing Level I (WR1) |
3 credits |
| Writing Level II (WR2) |
3 credits |
| American & Wyoming Government (POLS 1000) |
3 credits |
| LSCI/MATH/SOC |
(in program) |
| UNST |
1 credits |
Program Requirements
Course Requirements
| BIOL 1010 | General Biology I | 4 credits |
| MATH 1400 | College Algebra | 4 credits |
| NURS 1100 | Professional Nursing Care in Health Promotion | 8 credits |
| NURS 1110 | Pharmacology in Health Promotion | 1 credit |
| NURS 1200 | Professional Nursing Care of the Patient w/Chronic Illness | 8 credits |
| NURS 1210 | Pharmacology in Chronic Illness | 1 credit |
| NURS 2300 | Professional Nursing Care of the Patient w/Acute Illness | 8 credits |
| NURS 2310 | Pharmacology in Acute Illness | 1 credits |
| NURS 2400 | Professional Nursing Care of the Patient w/Complex Illness | 8 credits |
| NURS 2410 | Pharmacology in Complex Illness | 1 credit |
| PSYC 1000 | General Psychology | 4 credits |
| ZOO 2015 | Human Anatomy | 4 credits |
| ZOO 2025 | Human Physiology | 4 credits |