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The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) community colleges that offer an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (AASN) program are collaborating to provide a program that will directly impact the nursing shortage which critically affects Tennessee and the nation. The establishment of a program designed to deliver the didactic component in an online environment, as well as the opportunity to ‘share’ faculty resources in teaching/supervising the clinical component of the curriculum allows the current associate degree programs to increase capacity while maximizing resources. The program blends delivery methods proven to be effective from the traditional nursing clinical education model with evidence-based online delivery innovations.
Program Approval and Accreditation Status
This program has been reviewed by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and the Tennessee Board of Nursing (TBN). The TBR has granted approval and the TBN has granted initial approval. Application for full approval will be submitted as soon as the program is eligible (upon graduation of the first class). Accreditation by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc. (NLNAC) will be sought as soon as the program becomes eligible (before graduation of the first class). An application for candidacy for NLNAC Accreditation will be submitted upon admission of students.
A total of 64-65 hours is required to earn the degree, 38 of which are nursing courses. The breakdown by category is shown below:
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Semester Hours |
General Education Requirements |
23 |
Additional Major Requirements |
3-4 |
Nursing |
38 |
Total |
64-65 |
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This program follows a ‘hybrid-like’ model with the major component of the didactic course work being presented in an online asynchronous highly interactive environment. Campus labs and clinical experiences require face-to-face interaction and are supervised by faculty from the participating institutions. The students are engaged online a minimum of 360 hours* for the didactic nursing courses and 630 hours on-ground for the clinical component.
* General education and other major required courses, which may be taken on-ground or online, are not included in this calculation.
General Education Courses |
Hours |
Science |
Anatomy & Physiology I & II |
8 |
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Microbiology or Pathophysiology |
4/3 |
Social Science |
General Psychology |
3 |
English |
Composition I |
3 |
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Composition II or Speech |
3 |
Math |
College level math from Gen-Ed core |
3 |
Humanities |
Elective from Gen-Ed core |
3 |
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Total Gen-Ed |
26/27 |
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Nursing |
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Semester I |
Fundamentals I |
3 |
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Fundamentals II (3) & clinical (2) |
5 |
Semester II |
Medical-Surgical I (4) & clinical (3) |
7 |
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Mental Health (2) & clinical (1) |
3 |
Semester III |
Medical-Surgical II (3) & clinical (2) |
5 |
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Family/OB (2) & clinical (1) |
3 |
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Children (2) & clinical (1) |
3 |
Semester IV |
Medical-Surgical III (3) & clinical (2) |
5 |
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Management (2) & clinical (2) |
4 |
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Total Nursing |
38 |
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Curriculum Total |
64/65 |
For further information about this program email aasn-inquiry.
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