Nursing

Nursing is a program taught at Wytheville Community College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (Five-semester program (First semester consists of pre-requis) options.

The Nursing program at Wytheville Community College leads to an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing. It is designed to prepare students to provide direct patient care as beginning practitioners of nursing and to contribute to the health team in a variety of health services facilities. On successful completion, students are eligible to apply to the Board of Nursing for their respective state to be considered for eligibility to take the NCLEX-RN for licensure as a registered nurse (R.N.).

The program is delivered as a five-semester program. The first semester consists of pre-requisite courses. Students study nursing with end-of-program outcomes that include client-centered care, safe practice, clinical judgement, professional behaviors, quality improvement, collaboration, and pharmacology. The program also includes clinical agency requirements for students admitted into the clinical setting.

The minimum requirements for admission in Nursing at Wytheville Community College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Wytheville Community College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Wytheville Community College as pre-requiste for admission in Nursing.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Admission to the nursing program is selective and based on meeting minimum requirements as space is available. The minimum requirements are:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• High School Chemistry* “C” Grade or Better
• High School Biology* “C” Grade or Better
• Cumulative GPA≥ 2.5
• Completion of Prerequisite Semester Requirement: BIO 141 “C” Grade or Better
• Completion of Prerequisite Semester Requirement: ENG 111 “C” Grade or Better
• Completion of Prerequisite Semester Requirement: PSY 230 “C” Grade or Better
• Completion of Prerequisite Semester Requirement: SDV 100 “C” Grade or Better
• Completion of Prerequisite Semester Requirement: PHI 220 “C” Grade or Better
• Overall ATI TEAS Score (Composite Score)≥64% or Higher
• Science ATI TEAS Score≥45% or Higher

Students must submit: an application to Wytheville Community College and Selective Admissions to Health Professions Packet; a copy of high school diploma or equivalent; official transcripts from previously attended high school and colleges; Evidence of TEAS VII Score; and evidence of high school algebra, biology/lab, chemistry. Service region students (Bland, Carroll, Wythe, Grayson, Smyth (East of Marion) counties, and the city of Galax) are considered before out-of-region and out-of-state students.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.wcc.vccs.edu/program/nursing

• Registered nurse roles in staff positions in hospitals, extended care facilities, physicians’ offices, clinics, and other structured health care settings

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