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2024-2025 Academic Catalog
Professional Nursing Program, AS
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Total Credits: 64
Major Code: 5275
Program Description
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Nursing Program is a dual admission program with Metropolitan State University and Minnesota State University, Moorhead. The Nursing Program is dedicated to increasing the educational capacity for baccalaureate education through the dual acceptance option. The program is a concept-based baccalaureate curriculum, based on a set of core competencies, intended to prepare graduates to provide care to individuals, families, and communities in health promotion, acute or chronic illness, and at the end of life. This curriculum provides a seamless transition from associate to baccalaureate nursing education. The program is designed as 2 years of full-time study at Anoka-Ramsey, followed by 2 years of study at the university level. Successful completion of the first 4 semesters leads to an Associate of Science Degree in Nursing offered by Anoka-Ramsey Community College and eligibility to take the NCLEX-RN licensure examination. The curriculum continues for 4 additional semesters leading to a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Nursing (BSN) offered by a partner school.
For additional information about the Nursing Program, visit the Nursing Program website linked here.
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Program Requirements: 34 Credits
Complete one of following two requirement tracks based on program admission.
Program Requirements - Traditional: 34 Credits
Program Requirements - LPN: 34 Credits
Note
All students admitted to the program must be a previous or current Certified Nursing Assistant with placement on the Nursing Assistant Registry.
General Education/MnTC Requirements: 30 credits
Complete the following 30 credits from the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC):
Program Goals
- Demonstrate professional nursing behaviors including comportment, self-reflection, self-analysis, self-care, and lifelong learning.
- Demonstrate leadership skills and use information technologies to enhance quality nursing care and improve health outcomes.
- Evaluate evidence utilizing informatics to guide decision making.
- Collaborate with inter/intra-professional teams to provide holistic nursing care.
- Adapt communication strategies to effectively respond to a variety of health care situations.
- Incorporate ethical and evidence-based practice within the nursing discipline and organizations.
- Practice safe, holistic, evidence-based equitable person-centered care promoting social justice for individuals, families, and communities.
- Demonstrate clinical judgment founded on practice standards, conceptual knowledge, and safety principles.
Completion Requirements
- A minimum of 64 semester credits in courses numbered 1000 or above.
- A minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 in courses numbered 1000 or above at ARCC.
- A minimum grade of C or higher in all Program Requirements.
- A minimum grade of C or higher in all General Education/MnTC Requirements specified for the program.
- An evaluation of “safe professional practice” in clinical practice must be earned.
- All nursing courses (NURS) in each semester must be completed concurrently with a C or higher to progress to the next semester.
- General Education/MnTC courses can be taken earlier, but not later, than the identified semester.
- Nursing courses must be completed within 3 years. Students may petition to extend the window beyond 3 years.
- Satisfy residency requirements.
- Completion of specific degree requirements.
- To complete your program, please submit the appropriate application found here.
- The requirements of this program are subject to change without notice.
Program Sequence (Traditional Track)
The sequence that follows is suggested for full-time students.
Program Sequence (LPN Track)
The sequence that follows is suggested for full-time students.
Total: 13 credits + 4 credits of advanced standing
Note
This information is subject to change. Changes and updates are posted on anokaramsey.edu.
You are encouraged to contact an academic advisor at 763-433-1230 for course planning assistance, information about transfer credit evaluation, and transfer options.
Anoka-Ramsey Community College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and educator and a member of Minnesota State. Disclaimer, Non-Discrimination Statement, and Student Consumer Information, such as graduation rates and median debt, can be found here: AnokaRamsey.edu/disclosures.
This document is available in alternative formats to individuals with disabilities by calling the Minnesota Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-627-3529.
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