Nursing Associate Degree
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Pursuing your Nursing Associate Degree? Congratulations, you're training for a rewarding career with flexibility and plenty of room for growth. In two years, you can complete the necessary training to work as a nurse in a hospital, clinic, or physician's office. You learn highly sought skills to qualify for work throughout the United States as well as abroad.
Nurses, following completion of their associate degree, often head to positions as floor nurses in hospitals where, with experience and/or additional training can qualify for positions in:- Ambulatory Care Nursing
- Cardiac Care Nursing
- Community Health Nursing
- Correctional Facility Nursing
- Critical Care Nursing
- Dermatology Nursing
- Emergency Nursing
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Flight Nursing
- Forensic Nursing
- Gastroenterology Nursing
- Genetics Nursing
- Gynecology/Obstetric Nursing
- HIV/AIDS Nursing
- Home Health Care Nursing
- Hospice Nursing
- Infection Control Nursing
- Informatics Nursing
- Labor and Delivery Nursing
- Long-Term Care Nursing
- Missionary Nursing
- Neonatal Nursing
- Neuroscience Nursing
- Nurse Anesthetist
- Nurse Midwifery
- Nurse Practitioner
- Nurse Researcher
- Nursing Administration
- Occupational Health Nursing
- Oncology Nursing (Cancer Nursing)
- Operating Room Nursing
- Ophthalmic Nursing
- Orthopedic Nursing
- Pain Management Nursing
- Pediatric Nursing
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Public Health Nursing
- Pulmonary Care Nursing
- Radiology Nursing
- Rehabilitation Nursing
- Substance Abuse Nursing
- Telephone Triage Nursing
- Trauma Nursing
- Travel Nursing
Coursework and Experience in Nursing Associate Degree Programs
Your Nursing Associate Degree program will cover the essential coursework in Chemistry, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Nursing Theory, Nutrition, Physiology, Pharmacology, and Psychology. Depending on your program, you may also take classes in surgical assisting, maternity care, psychiatric nursing, medical ethics, writing and speech, computer software, blood drawing, and other practical procedures.
It all adds up to comprehensive training, preparing you for an in-demand career.
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