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Nursing (ADN)

Central Carolina Technical College

Associate's DegreeAcademicCIP: 51.3801

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The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program prepares graduates to function as competent registered nurses who are caring, culturally sensitive, and use critical thinking and technology to provide care in structured settings for patients and their families/significant others. Throughout the program, the student has planned clinical experiences to complement classroom learning and enhance skills in the application of nursing principles and associated technology.

Credits

66 credits

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Program Details

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Requirements

What you need to earn this credential

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Financial Aid

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Scholarships

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Sumter, South Carolina

    506 N Guignard Dr, Sumter, South Carolina, 29150-2499

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

Auto-populated·from O*NET via SOC 29-1141.04

Skills

SpeakingReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingJudgment and Decision MakingService OrientationMonitoringSocial PerceptivenessActive ListeningActive LearningComplex Problem SolvingWritingCoordinationInstructingLearning Strategies

Knowledge

Medicine and DentistryEnglish LanguagePsychologyBiologyEducation and TrainingCustomer and Personal ServiceTherapy and CounselingAdministrative

Abilities

Oral ComprehensionOral ExpressionWritten ComprehensionWritten ExpressionProblem SensitivityDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningSpeech ClaritySpeech RecognitionInformation OrderingNear Vision

Tasks

  • Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated speci
  • Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient car
  • Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or confe
  • Develop and evaluate work processes based on evidence-based standards.
  • Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
  • Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and ins
  • Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other metho
  • Assess patients' mental and physical status, based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.
  • Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
  • Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, trea
  • Mentor nursing students.
  • Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.
  • Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-
  • Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac lif
  • Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
  • Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
  • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
  • Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

Technology

Medical softwareOffice suite softwareData base user interface and query softwareElectronic mail softwareSpreadsheet softwareInformation retrieval or search softwarePresentation softwareCloud-based data access and sharing softwareDocument management softwareBusiness intelligence and data analysis softwareCategorization or classification softwareComputer based training softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareWord processing software

Tools

Alligator forcepsAngiocathsApnea monitorsArterial blood gas testing equipmentArterial line cathetersAutomated external defibrillators AEDAutomated medicine dispensing equipmentAutotransfusion systemsBackboardsBedpansBilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilatorsBlood drawing syringesBlood glucometersBlood pressure monitorsBreast pumpsBed scalesBlood warming equipmentBulb syringesBinocular light compound microscopesBlood pressure cuffsCathetersElectrocardiogramHandheld thermometersHypodermic needlesIntravenous IV pumpsLaser facsimile machinesMechanical restraintsMechanical stethoscopesMedication administration systemsNebulizers

Work Values

SupportAchievementRelationshipsWorking ConditionsRecognitionIndependence
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Clinical Nurse Specialists29-1141.04
  • Critical Care Nurses29-1141.03
  • Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses29-1141.02
  • Acute Care Nurses29-1141.01
  • Registered Nurses29-1141.00
  • Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary25-1072.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

Auto-populated·from NSX Competency Framework

Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Associate's Degree)

  • Specialty clinical care — manage a defined caseload of inpatients and outpatients within a specialty such as geriatrics or neonatal care with routine independence and periodic peer consultation.
  • Care coordination — lead structured communication with physicians, pharmacists, and allied health providers to resolve moderately complex patient care issues across an interdisciplinary team.
  • Current practice integration — independently review clinical literature and apply relevant findings to adjust nursing approaches within a familiar specialty practice context.
  • Standards implementation — implement evidence-based nursing practice standards in a specialty unit and monitor staff adherence through regular observation and feedback cycles.
  • Policy maintenance — update departmental procedures and infection control standards in response to regulatory guidance, coordinating revisions with unit leadership.
  • Nursing staff instruction — design and deliver competency-based training sessions on disability management, clinical technology, and resource utilization for nursing personnel in a specialty setting.
  • Practice quality monitoring — systematically collect and analyze unit-level data to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Complex problem solving — assess multifaceted patient or systems problems in specialty care, develop response plans, and adjust approaches based on observed outcomes.
  • Time and caseload management — organize clinical, educational, and administrative responsibilities across competing priorities within a busy specialty department without direct oversight.
  • Written communication — author clear, evidence-referenced clinical summaries, policy drafts, and staff education materials tailored to specialty nursing audiences.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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