2002-2004 Catalog - St. Charles Community College

St. Charles Community CollegeALLIED HEALTHADN PROGRAMAdmission Requirements:• Set up appointment withcareer-technical counselor.• Meet all of the collegeadmissions requirements.• Submit a high schooltranscript (required)indicating date ofgraduation, cumulativegrade pointaverage (GPA) of 2.5 orhigher on a 4 point scale orGED certificate with scores(260 minimum scorerequired).If minimum high schoolGPA or GED scores are notachieved, 6 credit hours ofcollege course work with a2.5 cumulative GPA will beconsidered (officialtranscripts are required).• Submit previousofficial college transcripts(hand carried transcriptsnot accepted) if you havealready taken collegecourses.• Submit ACT scores. Testsmust have been takenwithin the last five years.(Minimum acceptablecomposite score is 20).• Pass the DosageCalculations Test with ascore of 90 percent orabove.Admission Procedure:After you are accepted to thecollege, the career-technicalcounselor will help youcomplete a Nursing ApplicationWorksheet to plan course workand to establish a timetable forcourses, tests, etc. At this time,you will be assigned to aspecific year to start nursingcourses. You must maintaincontact each semester with acareer-technical counselor. Youwill then have until thedeadline specified in theapplication to complete otheradmission requirements.NURSINGThe Nursing program includescourses in science, liberal arts andin nursing. The nursing coursesconsist of lecture and laboratoryperiods and provide carefully planned clinicalexperiences in health care facilities. These clinicalexperiences begin early in the first semester andincrease in length of time and complexity of skill asthe program progresses.The nursing program is fully accredited by theMissouri State Board of Nursing and by the NationalLeague for Nursing.Upon successful completion of the program,graduates are eligible to apply to take the NationalLicensure Exam for Registered Nurses. However,completion of this program does not guaranteelicensure. The state board may refuse licensure toapplicants who may jeopardize the well-being ofMissouri citizens.“The Missouri State Board of Nursing mayrefuse to issue any certificate of registration orauthority, permit or license required pursuant tothis chapter for one or any combination of causesstated in subsection 2 of this section. (1-14)1990.” RSMo 335.066General Education Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28BIO 240/243 . .Anatomy and Physiology I . . . .4BIO 241/244 . .Anatomy and Physiology II . . .4BIO 245/247 . .Microbiology . . . . . . . . . . . . .4ENG 101 . . . . .English Composition I . . . . . .3CHM 101/103 .Introduction to Chemistry . . .4**MAT 098 . . .Beginning Algebra . . . . . . . . .3PSY 101 . . . . . .Introduction to Psychology . . .3SOC 101 . . . . .Introduction to Sociology . . . .3Required Courses for Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42NUR 103/113 .Introduction to Nursing . . . . .8123NUR 104/114 .Nursing of Adults and124 . . . .Children I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9NUR 105/125 .Nursing of Adults andChildren II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3NUR 253/263 .Nursing of Adults and273 . . . . .Children III . . . . . . . . . . . . .10NUR 254/264 .Nursing of Adults and274 . . . .Children IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Other Required Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7ENG 102 . . . . .English Composition II . . . . . .3or any literature course*HIS or POL . .History or Political Science . .3NUR 199 . . . . .Nursing Capstone . . . . . . . . . .0Total Required Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76*Choose one of the following: HIS 101,HIS 102, HIS 115, POL 101, POL 102.**This course is a prerequisite for chemistry and iswaived if math assessment scores place studentsat level of MAT 098 or above.66