Nursing

Upon graduation nursing students will be able to demonstrate the following concepts: 

• HUMAN FLOURISHING:
  • Practical Nursing: Promote the human dignity, integrity, self-determination, and personal growth of patients, oneself, and members of the health care team.
  • Associate Degree Nursing: Advocate for patients and families in ways that promote their self-determination, integrity, and ongoing growth as human beings.
• PATIENT CENTERED CARE:
  • Practical nursing and Associate Degree Nursing: 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.
• NURSING JUDGMENT:
  • Practical Nursing: Provides a rationale for judgments used in the provisions of safe, quality care and for decisions that promote the health of patients within a family context.
  • Associate Degree Nursing: Make judgments in practice, substantiated with evidence, which integrate nursing science in the provision of safe, quality care and promote the health of patients within a family and community context.
• SAFETY:
  • Practical Nursing and Associate Degree Nursing: Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performances.
• INFORMATICS:
  • Practical Nursing and Associate Degree Nursing: Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision making. 
• PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY:
  • Practical Nursing: Assess how one's personal strengths and values affect one's identity as a nurse and one's contributions as a member of the health care team.
  • Associate Degree Nursing: Implement one's role as a nurse in ways that reflect integrity, responsibility, ethical practice, and an evolving identity as a nurse committed to evidence-based practice, caring, advocacy, and safe, quality care for diverse patients within a family and community context.
• TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION:
  • Practical Nursing and Associate Degree Nursing: Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision making to achieve quality patient care.
• SPIRIT OF INQUIRY:
  • Practical Nursing: Question the basis for nursing actions, considering research evidence, tradition, and patient preferences
  • Associate Degree Nursing: 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
• QUALITY IMPROVEMENT:
  • Practical Nursing and Associate Degree Nursing: 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. 
• EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE:
  • Practical Nursing and Associate Degree Nursing: Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.

The St. Charles Community College nursing programs require pre-determined classroom, skills lab, and clinical experiences. A nursing student is not required to disclose any disability but should ensure the ability to provide safe patient care in all healthcare settings. Potential or current nursing students should discuss potential accommodation needs with SCC’s Disability Support Services. 

The delivery of safe, effective nursing care during clinical rotations requires that nursing students be able to perform essential functions listed here. The inability of a student to perform these functions may result in the student being unable to meet course objectives, thus unable to progress in their nursing program.  

The technical standards and essential functions listed here are not conditions of admission to a St. Charles Community College nursing program. The purpose of this list is to provide transparent information to potential St. Charles Community College nursing students to enable them to make an informed decision regarding enrollment. 

Technical Standards and Essential functions:  

Observation: The nursing student must be able to make accurate visual, tactile, somatic, and auditory observations.  
 
Verbal, non-verbal, and written communication: The nursing student must be able to verbally and non-verbally communicate effectively and clearly with the health care team, patients, nursing faculty, and nursing students. The nursing student must be able to document their observations into patient health records. 

Motor movements: The nursing student must be able to perform gross and fine motor movements needed to perform patient assessments, prepare and administer medications, perform diagnostic tests, and assist patients with mobility. Demands at the clinical environments often include extended periods of physical exertion.  

Mental/emotional: The nursing student must be able to cope with stressors, display safe judgment, and demonstrate integrity. 

The Practical Nursing Certificate and Associate of Science in Nursing programs are fully approved by the Missouri State Board of Nursing. 

3605 Missouri Boulevard 
P.O. Box 656 
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0656 
(573) 751-0681 

https://pr.mo.gov/boards/nursing/Nursing%20Program%20Approval%20Dates.pdf  

The associate nursing program at St. Charles Community College at the Dardenne Creek Campus located in Dardenne Prairie, MO is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). 

3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850 
Atlanta, GA 30326 
(404) 975-5000 

The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the associate nursing program is Continuing Accreditation. 

View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this program at https://www.acenursing.org/search-programs/  

Requirements:

• Students must complete the appropriate application for their desired program:
  • Associate of Science in Nursing (ADN/RN) - https://forms.office.com/r/yMLC7r08ip
  • Practical Nursing (LPN) - https://forms.office.com/r/i6tJq95WHx
  • Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN)-Nursing Bridge - https://forms.office.com/r/VD9kYGh5mX  
• Background checks
• Drug screening
• Complete health record, including immunizations and TB testing
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
• Payment of tuition and fees 

A $25 application fee is required to finalize the process. 

Deadlines:

*If the application deadline falls on a weekend, applications are due the Friday preceding the 20th. 

F25 semester cost breakdowns

Graduation from St. Charles Community College nursing program(s) does not guarantee eligibility to take the licensure exam. “The Missouri State Board of Nursing may refuse to issue or reinstate any certificate of registration or authority, permit or license required pursuant to this chapter for one or any combination of causes stated in subsection two of this section or the board may, as a condition to issuing or reinstating any such permit or license, require a person to submit himself or herself for identification, intervention, treatment, or monitoring by the intervention program and alternative program as provided in section 335.067 ." RSMo 335.066.        

SCC cannot guarantee that students classified under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will receive approval to take the licensure exam after program completion.  Please contact the state board of nursing in the state you desire to obtain licensure in to inquire about licensure exam requirements.

For information regarding prior criminal history and disciplinary actions, view the Missouri State Board of Nursing Frequently Asked Questions and Answers. Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Practical Nursing Program Admission Requirements 

 Admission is selective.

• Complete MAT 096+ or assess into MAT 098+
• Present current HESI A2 scores with 70% or better on subsections of Anatomy & Physiology, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, and Math
• Complete BIO 260/260L with ‘C’ or better within the past 5 years
• Minimum of 2.7 GPA on 12+ completed college-level credits OR a 2.5 GPA with an ACT score of 22; a 2.6 GPA with a an ACT score of 21; or a 2.7 GPA with an ACT score of 20.

Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN)-Nursing Bridge Program: Associate of Science in Nursing (A.S.) Admission Requirements 
 Admission is selective.

• Must have at least 6 months of work experience as an LPN.
• Complete MAT 098 or assess into MAT 121+.
• Must have an active, unencumbered Missouri LPN license, including IV certification.    
• Complete BIO 260/260L (or its equivalent) with a final grade of ‘C’ or better.
• BIO 261/261L, ENG 101, CHM 101/103, PSY 101 must be completed before starting NUR 102.
• HESI LPN to ADN Entrance Exam (no minimum score required).
• All science courses need to be completed with a ‘C’ or better for the completion of the program 

Associate of Science in Nursing (A.S.) Admission Requirements 
Admission is selective.

• Complete MAT 098 or assess into MAT 121+.
• Present current HESI A2 scores with 75% or better on subsections of Anatomy & Physiology, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, and Math
• Complete BIO 260/L with a final grade of ‘C’ or better.
• Minimum of 3.0 GPA on 30+ completed college-level credits OR a 2.8 GPA with a an ACT score of 22; a 2.9 GPA with an ACT score of 21; or a 3.0 GPA with an ACT score of 20.
• All science courses need to be completed with a ‘C’ or better for the completion of the program and must be fewer than 5 years old