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Upon completion of the Nursing Associate’s program, you should be able to:
- Demonstrate responsibility and accountability in the provision of competent nursing care within legal, moral, ethical principles, and established health care guidelines.
- Recognize the role of the associate degree nurse in nursing research and evidence-based practice to advance the practice of nursing.
- Implement the concepts of the nursing process, critical thinking, decision making, and clinical reasoning skills in the provision of patient-centered care to individuals across the life span in various health care settings.
- Demonstrate competence in the utilization of health informatics and emerging technologies for the promotion of safety and quality in health care delivery.
- Use effective interpersonal communication skills in interacting with patients, families, and the members of the interdisciplinary health team.
- Apply knowledge of leadership skills with the focus on accountability, collaboration with other disciplines, responsibility to direct one’s practice as manager, educator, advocate, and provider of care.
- Incorporate, within the concepts of cultural awareness, the guidelines of health promotion, disease prevention and management in the planning of patient care in various settings.
- Select therapeutic nursing interventions that are rooted in evidence-based knowledge and practice for the assurance of effective health outcomes.
- Examine infection prevention and control procedures and guidelines established within the health care systems to minimize health care risks.
- Develop plans for personal and professional growth through commitment in continuing education, participation in professional organizations, service to the community, and lifelong learning.
Total tuition for an associate’s degree in Nursing at ANU is only $49,028. Large online colleges with course-based programs are up to 56% higher and do not include fees or textbooks.(1) ANU tuition includes all fees (application, course, technology, graduation, etc.), textbooks, and lab equipment (where applicable).
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