As an integral part of the larger college system, the Associate Degree Nursing ADN faculty endorses the mission of Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas PCCUA which is committed to building stronger communities by delivering quality, affordable education for college transfer and work skills training.
The College provides multiple student support to ensure student access with success and encourage the pursuit of knowledge and lifelong learning striving to build a foundation for a better life for all College Catalog. The mission of the Associate Degree Nursing program is to provide a high quality, affordable educational program that prepares the student to function as a professional nurse providing safe, quality, evidence-based nursing care in the current healthcare environment and to plan for lifelong learning as a professional nurse.
The Associate Degree Nursing faculty uses the following program outcomes to measure program effectiveness. The Associate Degree Nursing faculty uses the following student learning outcomes and competencies to measure student achievement of end-of-program student learning outcomes and related competencies. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care in a variety of healthcare settings to diverse patient populations throughout the lifespan.
Implement patient-centered care that reflects an understanding of human growth and development, pathophysiology, pharmacology, nutrition, medical and nursing management throughout the lifespan and in a variety of healthcare settings. Provide comprehensive patient teaching that reflects developmental stage, age, culture, spirituality, patient preferences, and health literacy considerations. Implement nursing interventions to prevent illness, and restore, promote and maintain physical and mental health of patients across the lifespan in a variety of healthcare settings.
Provide patient-centered transitions of care and hand-off communications, including discharge planning, to ensure the receiving caregiver has the knowledge needed to provide safe care. Revise the plan of care based on an ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes including recognition of alterations to previous patient conditions. Demonstrate safe performance of psychomotor skills for efficient, safe, and compassionate patient care including accurate calculation of dosages.
