Nursing

Program Specific Requirements

• Application to the AD Mobility Nursing Program
  
  • Apply to Northland College - If you have never been a student at Northland College, then you must apply to Northland College before completing the application to the AD Mobility Nursing Program.
  
  
  • Apply to the AD Mobility Nursing Program - Once a student has been accepted to the college, he/she can then apply as a candidate for the AD Mobility Nursing Program. Applications must be received by February 28 to be considered for priority admission for the fall full time program and by September 30 to be considered for priority spring part-time program. Students applying for admission to the AD Mobility Nursing Program are chosen competitively.
  
  


• Students achieving assessment scores below the established minimums must register and successfully complete (with a grade of "C" or better) the required developmental courses in order to meet graduation requirements. Arithmetic assessment score greater than or equal to 50 and an Elementary Algebra assessment score greater than or equal to 60. Or MATH 0090 or higher level course.


• Students must complete the following courses prior to applying for the AD Mobility Nursing Program
  
  • BIOL 2221 Microbiology
  
  
  • BIOL 2252 Anatomy & Physiology I
  
  
  • BIOL 2254 Anatomy & Physiology II
  
  
  • ENGL 1111 Composition I
  
  
  • PSYC 2201 Developmental Psychology
  
  
  • To increase your selection probability into the AD Mobility Nursing Program, plan ahead. Concentrate on performing well in your science classes. Complete the co-requisite sciences and other co-requisite courses early. Co-requisite courses:
    
  • BIOL 2256 Advanced Physiology -- You receive an extra point towards admission.
  
  
  • CHEM 2205 Survey General/Organic/Bio Chemistry -- You receive 3 extra points towards admission only if you take NCTC CHEM 2205 rather than an alternative chemistry.
  
  
  • SPCH 1101 Intro to Public Speaking
  
  
  • MN Transfer Curriculum Area G6: Any Humanities/Fine Arts Elective
  
  
  • History/Social Science -- choose 1 of the following: ANTH 2202 Cultural Anthropology, PSYC 2215 Abnormal Psychology, SOCI 1101 Intro to Sociology
  
  
  • Changes in selection criteria
  
  
  • For information on program: review AD Mobility Student Policy Handbook
  
  


• Students must have evidence of IV Certification competency through one of the following:
  
  • An Intravenous Therapy Course documented on a transcript.
  
  
  • A certification of completion of an approved state board of nursing IV course.
  
  
  • Documentation from an employer that the student is competent in IV technical skills.
  
  


• All students must maintain a current Practical Nursing license.
  
  • New PN graduates that graduate the month prior to the start of the AD-PN Mobility Nursing Program have 6 weeks from the start of the semester to obtain their licensure.
  
  


• Current CPR certification. CPR for Health Care Providers (America Heart Association) or CPR for Professional Rescuer (Red Cross).


• Completion of the Minnesota Department of Human Services Licensing Division Background Study.


• Completion of the College Health Screening & Immunization.


• Nursing students must pass an AD Math Entrance Exam by 80% prior to being accepted into the AD Mobility Nursing Program. Students who do not pass the math competency exam will not be eligible for acceptance into the program. Students MUST register for NURS 0002 AD Math Entrance Exam course (0 credits) to take the AD Math Entrance Exam in D2L. It takes 24 hours after registration for the NURS 0002 AD Math Entrance Exam course to appear in D2L. Please plan accordingly. Within the D2L course are review contents to assist the student in preparation for the exam. The exam is taken in a proctored environment within the D2L NURS 0002 course.
  
  • Options for taking the Math Entrance Exam: updated 8-12-11
  
  


• All required courses for AD Mobility Nursing Program must be completed with a grade of “C” or better. Chemistry 2205 - Survey of Chemistry or other college level chemistry MUST BE successfully completed PRIOR to enrolling in your last semester of nursing courses.


• All AD Mobility Nursing courses are internet assisted. Access to a computer and the internet is required for this program.


• Required a 2.5 GPA (cumulative) for program entrance and required a student to be in good academic standing.

Program Learner Outcomes

• Student will advocate for patients and families in ways that promote their self-determination, integrity, and ongoing growth as human beings (National League for Nursing (NLN).
  
  • Student will recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs (Quality Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN).



• Student will make judgments in practice, substantiated with evidence, that integrate nursing science in the provision of safe, quality care and that promote the health of patients within a family and community context (NLN).
  
  • Student will integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care (QSEN).
  
  
  • Student will minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance (QSEN).
  
  
  • Student will use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making (QSEN).



• Student will implement one’s role as a nurse in ways that reflect integrity, responsibility, ethical practices, and an evolving identity as a nurse committed to evidence-based practice, caring, advocacy, and safe, quality car for diverse patients within a family and community context (NLN).
  
  • Student will function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care (QSEN).



• Student will examine the evidence that underlies clinical nursing practice to challenge the status quo, question underlying assumptions, and offer new insights to improve the quality of care for patients, families, and communities (NLN).
  
  • Student will use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems (QSEN).

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Graduates are employed in acute care hospitals, long term care facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, clinics, and other health care facilities. There is currently a nursing shortage throughout the United States. This shortage will increase in the next 5 to 10 years. Employment opportunities are excellent at this time and in the future.

The employment outlook for registered nurses in the state of Minnesota from 2009 to 2019 is 23.8%, a well above average growth percentage.