Registered Nursing

The two-year traditional Registered Nursing Associate Degree program prepares the student for licensure as an RN at the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) level. The four-semester program provides theory and clinical content required for registered nursing licensure. Upon completion of the degree, the student will be eligible for the national/state licensure examination for registered nursing.

A registered nurse can seek employment in a variety of settings: acute care hospital, community/home health care, skilled and long term care, clinics, physician offices, and any number of private industries that interface with health care delivery. A national shortage of registered nurses is predicted for the next two decades.

Admission to the Program
Students are admitted by application only. Contact the Nursing Department or visit www.butte.edu/healthoccupations for application dates and materials. Admission to the program is based on academic and general requirements. In the event that there are more qualified candidates than spaces in the program, a computerized lottery will be used to select the individuals to be enrolled.

Requirements for Application and Admission: Age 17 years or older with a 12th grade education or equivalent.

Completion of all prerequisites courses (prerequisites may not be in progress at the time of application).

An overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 for Human anatomy, Human Physiology, and Microbiology courses, with no grade less that "C" for each course and no more than one repetition of one of these courses.

An overall GPA of 2.5 for all prerequisite courses.

A minimum 62% composite score on the TEAS V test (may be repeated once).

Applicants that have failed, more than once, from any nursing program (LVN and/or RN) are ineligible to apply.

Persons with substance abuse issues or with conviction of crimes substantially related to the practice of nursing may not be granted a license by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Fingerprints are a required part of the application for licensure. Records that are expunged or sealed, and juvenile records will be accessed and reviewed. For more information, please visit the following website: http://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/enforcement/discguide.pdf

The Nursing Department will not accept online labs for BIOL 20 Human Anatomy, BIOL 21 Human Physiology or BIOL 15 Introduction to Microbiology.

Program Requirements

Associate in Science Degree in Registered Nursing

Program Goal: Career
GE Pattern(s): Butte Local
Program Code: 14583.00AS

Program Learning Outcome(s):

Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:

• Adhere to standards of professional practice, and practice within legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks.
• Demonstrate effective verbal, non-verbal, and written communication using compassion and cultural awareness resulting in trusting relationships.
• Provide comprehensive assessments with a holistic view of the client using the functional health assessment.
• Demonstrate evidenced-based practice and the use of critical thinking based on the nursing process to provide the foundation for appropriate clinical decision making.
• Adapt care when providing nursing interventions to assist the clients in achieving desired outcomes.
• Develop individualized teaching plan based on assessed needs.
• Demonstrate decision-making coordination with the client, significant support person(s), and members of the healthcare team.
• Demonstrate effective management through gathering information, planning, and directing in collaboration with the health care team to assist the client to move toward positive outcomes in an efficient and cost effective manner.

Unit(s): 4.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab
Total Course Hours: 102.00

Structural organization of the human body: gross and microscopic structure of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, sensory, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems, from cellular to organ system levels of organization. This course is primarily intended for nursing, allied health, kinesiology, and other health related majors. (C-ID BIOL 110B).

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 20 and CHEM 110 or, CHEM 1 or, CHEM 51
Unit(s): 4.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab
Total Course Hours: 102.00

Study of the physiological principles, function, integration and homeostasis of the human body at the cellular, tissue, organ, organ system and organism level: integumentary system, bone, skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles, nervous system, sensory organs, cardiovascular system, lymphatic and immune systems, respiratory system, urinary system, digestive system, endocrine system, and reproductive system. This course is primarily intended for Nursing, Allied Health, Kinesiology, and other health related majors. (C-ID BIOL 120B).

Prerequisite(s): CHEM 51 or CHEM 110 or CHEM 1 and one year high school biology, or, BIOL 1 or, BIOL 2 or, BIOL 20 or, BIOL 21
Unit(s): 5.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture / 102.00 hours Lab
Total Course Hours: 153.00

This course includes the study of the structure and function of viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa, with emphasis on the predominant pathogenic members of those groups. Study of basic organic chemistry, genetics, metabolism, microbe-host interactions, the immune response and etiological factors involved in disease are also included. Methods of detection, identification, isolation, culture, enumeration, and control of microbes are provided. Consideration is also given to applied and environmental microbiology, as well as biotechnology techniques.

Unit(s): 3.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 51.00

This course provides an introduction to the principles of psychology by surveying the basic theories, concepts and research in the science of human behavior and cognitive processes. Topics include the science of psychology, the biological bases of behavior, ethics, sensation and perception, learning and memory, development, cognition, motivation and emotion, sexuality and gender, stress and health, personality, social psychology, psychological disorders and therapies, and applied psychology. (C-ID PSY 110).

Unit(s): 3.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 51.00

This course examines the scientific concepts of nutrition related to the function of nutrients in basic life processes and current health issues with emphasis on individual needs. (C-ID NUTR 110).

Unit(s): 4.00
Transfer Status: CSU
Contact Hours: 68.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 68.00

This course introduces the basic principles of nutrition related to health and disease. The course focuses on the diseases that affect nutritional status and the medical nutrition therapy that is used to manage and treat these conditions.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 118, ENGL 119 or Equivalent: Equivalent Placement Guidance: See "AB 705 Placement Guidance" in the Butte College Catalog
Unit(s): 3.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 51.00

This course develops college-level critical reading and writing practices. Students will critically read expository, argumentative, and fictional texts and develop expository, persuasive, and argumentative academic writing. Essays will demonstrate reading comprehension, analysis, critique, academic research, and synthesis. (C-ID ENGL 100).

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 219 or, ENGL 119 or Equivalent Placement Guidance: See "AB 705 Placement Guidance" in the Butte College Catalog
Unit(s): 4.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 51.00

This course builds on literacy practices by developing expository and argumentative writing, awareness of audience, purpose and appropriate and effective use of language, close reading, cogent thinking, research strategies, information literacy, and documentation. Students will critically read and write primarily expository and argumentative texts that respond to a variety of rhetorical situations and contexts and incorporate college-level research. (C-ID ENGL 100)

Unit(s): 3.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 51.00

This course is the study of the fundamentals of public speaking with an emphasis on extemporaneous style delivery. Focus is placed on critical thinking including: the organization of ideas, the use of research, the development of critical analysis in the construction and consumption of messages and the practice of ethical and mindful communication. (C-ID COMM 110).

Unit(s): 3.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 51.00

This is an Honors level introductory Public Speaking course. Through a process of thorough analysis, critical thinking, extended discussions, and original oral and written responses, students will study the fundamentals of extemporaneous public speaking. Emphasis is placed on the organization of ideas, the use of research techniques, and the development of critical analysis for problem solving. (C-ID COMM 110).

Unit(s): 3.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 51.00

This course is the study of theory and research findings and their application to communication in small group contexts. It emphasizes group discussion for problem solving, leadership, listening, information gathering, analysis and public speaking. This class is designed to be experiential and exposes students to small group communication theory and public speaking fundamentals within the context of their own small group interactions, activities and presentations in classroom settings and real-world environments. (C-ID COMM 140).

Unit(s): 3.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 51.00

This course is the study of theory and research findings and their application to communication in interpersonal relationships in personal and professional contexts. It examines effective and appropriate uses of verbal and non-verbal messages in the initiation, development, maintenance, and termination of interpersonal relationships. Emphasis is placed on the psychological, social, cultural and linguistic factors that affect person-to-person communication. (C-ID COMM 130).

Other Required Courses: Select one (may be taken prior to or concurrently with the first year of program)

Unit(s): 3.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 51.00

This course explores how anthropologists study and compare human culture. Cultural anthropologists seek to understand the broad arc of human experience focusing on a set of central issues: how people around the world make their living (subsistence patterns); how they organize themselves socially, politically and economically; how they communicate; how they relate to each other through family and kinship ties; what they believe about the world (belief systems); how they express themselves creatively (expressive culture); how they make distinctions among themselves such as through applying gender, racial and ethnic identity labels; how they have shaped and been shaped by social inequalities such as colonialism; and how they navigate culture change and processes of globalization that affect us all. Ethnographic case studies highlight these similarities and differences, and introduce students to how anthropologists do their work, employ professional anthropological research ethics and apply their perspectives and skills to understand humans around the globe. (C-ID ANTH 120).

Unit(s): 3.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 51.00

This course introduces students to the sociological perspective. Students will gain an understanding of the external social forces that guide human action and how the wider society influences individual and collective experiences. The course will cover the basic concepts, theoretical approaches, and research methods of sociology. Topics may include the analysis and explanation of social structure, group dynamics, socialization and the self, social stratification, culture and diversity, social change, human impact on the environment, and global dynamics. (C-ID SOCI 110).

Unit(s): 3.00
Transfer Status: CSU/UC
Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture
Total Course Hours: 51.00

An identification and analysis of contemporary social problems including (1) the role of power and ideology in the definition of social problems, (2) their causes and consequences, (3) evaluations of proposed solutions, and (4) methods of intervention. Topics will vary. (C-ID SOCI 115).