Study nursing at JCC
The Nursing degree at Jamestown Community College prepares you to take the National Council of State Boards for Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) to become a registered nurse. As a registered nurse, you can pursue careers in providing patient care, advice, emotional support, and education. Registered nurses work in hospitals, physician’s offices, home healthcare services, nursing care facilities, outpatient clinics, schools, hospice care, nursing education, rehabilitation facilities, psychiatric facilities, prisons, telephone triage, organ procurement, military service, and travel nursing nationally and internationally.
While at JCC, you’ll use the National League for Nursing (NLN) Association Degree (AD) competencies and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies. You’ll also practice within the three roles of the AD nurse. Nursing faculty are experts in their field, and many are clinical instructors who work with students in the healthcare agencies.
2020 median pay for registered nurses: $75,330/year according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
How to apply
The Nursing program has a supplemental application in addition to the JCC application.
Where to study at JCC
Nursing skills
After you complete the program, you will be able to:
- Utilize the nursing process to provide quality, safe, holistic (biophysical, psychological, socio-culture, spiritual), patient centered care across the life span.
- Demonstrate caring behaviors.
- Communicate professionally and effectively with patients, families, and members of the healthcare team.
- Develop a teaching plan for individuals incorporating teaching learning principles.
- Manage care incorporating evidence based information to support clinical decision making.
- Manage care cost effectively.
- Manage care utilizing principles of prioritization, delegation, and quality improvement.
- Demonstrate professional behaviors.
Program outcomes
- Graduate performance on the NCLEX-RN examination will be equal to or exceed state and national mean for first time writers.
- 75 percent or greater of the respondents to the JCC Nursing Graduate Surveys express satisfaction with the program.
- 75 percent or greater of the respondents to the JCC Nursing Employer Surveys express satisfaction with the program.
- 70 percent or greater of students enrolled in the JCC Nursing Program complete the program with an Associate's Degree in Applied Science Nursing (measured by one and one-half times the program length).
- 75% or greater of the respondents to the JCC Nursing Graduate Survey are employed 6 months after graduation.
- 2019 NCLEX-RN pass rate: 94%
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