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.
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.
2021 median pay for registered nurses: $77,600/year according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
How to apply
The application window to apply for the nursing program for the fall 2022 semester is now closed. Anyone who has attended a mandatory information session may still submit their application to the admissions office. These applications will continue to be reviewed on a space-available basis. Decisions letters will be sent via mail on a rolling basis. Decisions will not be given over the phone or by email.
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%
- Learn more about our program evaluation »