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Registered Nurse Associate of Applied Science This articulated classroom and clinical education program prepares individuals for eligibility to write the licensure examination for registered nurses. Program gradates provide professional nursing care, patient teaching, effective communication and management of patient care. Students may enter the program with articulated credit from high school. This program has been approved by the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. The AAS in Nursing is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Students are eligible to apply for graduation with a certificate in Fundamentals of Nursing and apply for certification as a Nursing Assistant through the Texas Nurse Aide Registry following successful completion of the first semester RNSG courses. Upon completing the vocational Nursing Certificate, graduates are eligible to write the licensing examination for vocational nurses (NCLEX-PN). Those completing the Nursing Associate of Applied Science program are eligible to write the licensing examination for registered nurse (NCLEX-RN). Students who have previously completed a vocational nursing program will be able to transfer their vocational nursing courses to this program under the Texas Nursing Articulation Plan. The alternate courses listed in the degree plan reflect this option. |