Nursing | Registered Nurse AAS
Pikes Peak State College offers the following programs:
- Registered Nurse Associate of Applied Science Degree
- Registered Nurse Associate of Applied Science Degree with PN Exit Option
- Registered Nurse Associate of Applied Science Degree for Advanced Placement (LPN-RN)
- Nursing Assistant Certificate
- Practical Nursing
Declaring the Nursing AAS as your major does not mean you’ve been officially admitted to the program yet. Admission to this program is selective and competitive. There are prerequisite classes and additional steps you’ll need to complete before you can apply for program entry to be considered for program acceptance.
Admission to the RN program with the LPN exit option and the Advanced Placement option require separate admission criteria. All students interested in the registered nursing programs who do not have previous college courses must complete the PPSC placement exams prior to being advised. Potential students should attend Information Sessions held each month to obtain information prior to advising. Dates for each session can be found on the PPSC nursing website.
The application process and schedules are posted on the PPSC Nursing website. Students interested in the Nursing Assistant Certificate should apply directly to the college and then sign up for appropriate classes. All students will be required to meet regulations regarding CPR, immunizations, and disability issues. It is the policy of the PPSC Program of Nursing to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified students with disabilities. Whether or not a requested accommodation is reasonable will be determined on an individual basis. Determining what is a reasonable accommodation is an interactive process which the students should initiate with Accessibility Services.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the Nursing degree program, students should be able to:
- Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, person-centered nursing care in a variety of healthcare settings to diverse patient populations across the lifespan
- Engage in critical thinking/clinical judgment to make person-centered care decisions
- Implement quality measures to improve patient care
- Participate in collaborative relationships with members of the interdisciplinary team, the patient, and the patient’s support persons
- Use information management principles, techniques, and systems, and patient care technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making
- Provide leadership in a variety of healthcare settings for diverse patient populations
- Assimilate professional, legal, and ethical guidelines in practice as a professional nurse
- Promote a culture of caring to provide holistic, compassionate, culturally competent care
Nursing: Registered Nurse
Associate of Applied Science Degree with Licensed Practical Nurse Exit Option
Recommended basic skills courses are
- College Readiness in English
- College Readiness for Quantitative Literacy
The Registered Nursing program is an Associate of Applied Science degree. Nursing courses begin in either the fall or spring semester. The PPSC Nursing program is designed to be completed in 4 semesters. Admission criteria for the state community college nursing programs are standardized. They are subject to change. PPSC nursing program maintains a competitive admission process. Students must complete the Nursing program application after completing all prerequisites. An application can be obtained by downloading a copy from the PPSC nursing website.
Students are eligible to apply to take the NCLEX-PN at the successful completion of the first year of nursing courses and NUR 1069 (minimum of C grade).