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, 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.
The nursing program is designed for full- or part-time study and may be completed in a minimum of two academic years of full-time study. The four-semester sequence of nursing courses, which begins each fall semester, must be completed sequentially. Students who desire part-time study may complete the general degree requirements before seeking admission to the program.
JCC's Nursing degree has been included in the 2021 Best Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) Programs in New York list from Nursing Schools Almanac.
2022 median pay for registered nurses: $81,220/year according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Application process
The application for the fall 2023 semester is now closed.
Students who were not ready or eligible to apply for the fall 2023 semester are encouraged to try next year. New information will be available on this website in the fall for the 2024 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 at a rate equal to or exceeding 80% for first-time test takers.
- 75% or greater of the respondents to the JCC Nursing Graduate Surveys express satisfaction with the program.
- 75% or greater of the respondents to the JCC Nursing Employer Surveys express satisfaction with the program.
- 55% or greater of students enrolled in the JCC Nursing Program will have on-time completion of the program with an Associate's Degree in Applied Science Nursing (4 semesters).
- 75% or greater of the respondents to the JCC Nursing Graduate Survey are employed 6 months after graduation.
- NCLEX-RN 2020 pass rate: 86% | 2021 pass rate: 89% | 2022 pass rate: 80%
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