Welcome to Nursing at Red Rocks Community College

Welcome to the future of nursing. We're excited to help you achieve your goals and advance your nursing career!

Red Rocks Community College Mission

Our mission is to provide students with opportunities for growth and development that set the foundation for self-directed learning, academic achievement, and career accomplishment. We do this through high quality innovative educational programs that convey our passion for learning, our commitment to excellence, our dedication to our students, and the communities we serve.

Associate Applied Science Nursing Program Mission

Our mission is to educate nursing students through our passion for learning and commitment to healthcare excellence, utilizing a dynamic and innovative approach to nursing education. Our foundational goal is in developing self-directed learners, fostering their personal academic achievement, and career accomplishment as skilled, professional nurses making meaningful contributions to the communities they serve.

About RRCC Nursing:

• The Associate of Applied Science in Nursing provides students the opportunity to be educated in the science of nursing through a combination of lecture, lab, and clinical education. The nursing program is designed to educate students to work in the ever-changing healthcare environment in various roles, caring for patients across the healthcare continuum. Our graduates will be educated with the nursing program pillars of Clinical Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Cultural Competence, Leadership, and Safe, Ethical Nursing Practice based on Caring and Professional Collaboration.
• Our graduates are eligible for jobs in acute and long-term care settings, outpatient care, and clinics caring for patients across the lifespan.
• An Associate of Applied Sciences in Nursing aligns with the mission and role of Red Rocks Community College's mission statement. The nursing program will support and meet the organizational mission statement.

Career Outlook

The Nurse Journal Site contains information regarding the Colorado Job Forecast.

How to Apply to the Nursing Program

1. If you are new to RRCC, begin with applying for college admission at https://www.rrcc.edu/apply-now.
2. Meet with the Health Sciences Advisor
3. Nursing Program Checklist
   
   1. Nursing Program Application in addition to the RRCC college application
   2. Completion of pre-requisite courses:
   3. Obtain a cumulateve GPA for these classes of at least a 3.0
   • BIO 1010 OR BIO 1111,
   • BIO 2101, CHEM 1011,
   • ENG 1021
   • PSY 1001 OR SOC 1001
   • PSY 2440
4. Attend an Information session
5. HESI 2 Nursing Entrance Exam is required for students. Students must score at least a 70 on reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, and general knowledge of English Language and a 70 on the composite Math score.
6. Accreditation and State Board of Colorado Approval - Accreditation application information to follow.
7. Program Requirements for Associate of Applied Science includes Theory/Lab/Clinical. The credits are Contract Ratios
   1. General Education Courses - Minumum: 28 credits
   • BIO 1010 Biology Foundations (2 credits) OR BIO 1111 General Biology I (5 credits)
   • BIO 2101- Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4 credits)
   • BIO 2102 Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4 credits)
   • CHE 1011 Intro to Chemistry I (Intro to Chemistry I (5 credits)
   • BIO- 2104 Microbiology (4 credits)
   • ENG- 1021- English Composition (3 credits)
   • PSY 1001 Introduction to Psychology (3 credits) OR SOC 1001 Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)
   • PSY 2440 Human Growth and Development (3 credits)
   1. Nursing Program Courses - 43.5 credits
   • NUR 1001 Clinical Calculations (1 credit)
   • NUR 1006 Medical Surgical Nursing Concepts (7 credits)
   • NUR 1009 Fundamental of Nursing (6 credits)
   • NUR 1012 Basic Concepts Pharmacology (2 credits)
   • NUR 1050 Maternal Child Nursing (6 credits)
   • NUR 2006 Advanced Concepts of Medical-Surgical Nursing I (6.5 credits)
   • NUR 2011 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (4 credits)
   • NUR 2012 Pharmacology II (2 credits)
   • NUR 2016 Advance Concepts Medical-Surgical Nursing II (5 credits)
   • NUR 2030 Transition to Progressional Nursing Practice (4 credits)

Associate of Applied Science in Nursing Student Learning Outcomes

Upon graduation with an associate in applied sciences degree with a Nursing major, the graduate will demonstrate the following competencies and be eligible to apply to take the NCLEX-RN. 

• Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care in various healthcare settings to diverse patient populations across the lifespan.
• Engage in critical thinking and clinical reasoning to make patient-centered care decisions.
• Implement quality measures to improve patient care.
• Participate in collaborative relationships with an interdisciplinary team members, the patient, and the patient’s support persons.
• Use information management principles, techniques, systems, and patient care technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Provide leadership in various healthcare settings for diverse patient populations.
• Assimilate professional, legal, and ethical guidelines in practice as a professional nurse.
• Promote a caring culture to provide holistic, compassionate, culturally competent care.

For More Information Contact Nursing Faculty and Director of Nursing Education Programs
Red Rocks Community College
Arvada Health Sciences Programs
10280 West 55th Avenue
Arvada, CO 80002-3069
(303) 914-6054