Nursing

Mission Statement

The mission of the South Suburban College Associate Degree Nursing (“ADN”) Program is framed from the mission of South Suburban College. The Nursing Program’s mission is to offer nursing education to the diverse student body served by South Suburban College, prepare graduates for eligibility to take the NCLEX-RN® licensing examination, educate students to provide safe, quality, patient-centered nursing care in current healthcare settings, and provide a nursing knowledge base for lifelong learning, either through continuing nursing education or formal degree programs.

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Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the ADN Program graduates will be able to:

1. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care in a variety of healthcare settings to diverse patient populations across the lifespan.
2. Engage in clinical reasoning/nursing judgment to make patient-centered care decisions and to function within the complex healthcare environment.
3. Participate in quality improvement processes to improve patient care.
4. Participate in collaboration and teamwork with members of the interprofessional team, the patient, and the patient’s support persons.
5. Use information management principles, techniques, and systems, and patient care technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
6. Assimilate management, legal, and ethical guidelines in practice as a professional nurse.
7. Promote a culture of caring to provide holistic, compassionate patient care.