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  "college": "golden-west-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Nursing",
  "id": "nursing-2--lvn-rn-as",
  "name": "LVN to RN",
  "award": "Associate in Science Degree",
  "department": "nursing-2",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.cccd.edu/golden-west/pathways/health-sciences/nursing/lvn-rn-as/",
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    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "Completion of this program will award the graduate with the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) and prepare the graduate for a seamless transition to a Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) program. The graduate is eligible to apply for the National Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses (RN-NCLEX).\n\n#### Program Learning Outcomes\n\n1.  Patient-centered care Safety/Quality Improvement:Provide safe, quality patient-centered care for individuals and families across the health-illness continuum in a variety of settings to promote positive patient outcomes.\n2.  Evidence-based practice/nursing judgment:Use information from evidence-based sources to make nursing clinical judgments and provide patient care within a family and community context.\n3.  Teamwork/Collaboration and Informatics/Technology:Utilize information technology in collaboration with nursing and healthcare teams to facilitate communication and coordinate patient care.\n4.  Professional Identity:Demonstrate professional behaviors and adhere to legal, ethical, and professional standards.\n\n#### Potential careers students may enter upon completion are as follows:\n\n-   Registered nurse"
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Requirements\n\nReview Graduation Requirements, General Education, and Program Maps."
    },
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      "kind": "courselist",
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          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Pre-Requisites",
          "units": "27-29"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL C1000",
          "title": "Academic Reading and Writing",
          "units": "4-6",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL C1000E",
          "title": "Academic Reading and Writing",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIOL G220",
          "title": "Human Anatomy",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIOL G225",
          "title": "Human Physiology",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIOL G210",
          "title": "General Microbiology",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COMM C1000",
          "title": "Introduction to Public Speaking",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSYC G118",
          "title": "Life Span Developmental Psychology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "NURS G190",
          "title": "LVN to RN Transition",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Semester 1"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "NURS G175",
          "title": "Women's Health and Newborn Nursing",
          "units": "2",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "NURS G175C",
          "title": "Women's Health and Newborn Nursing Clinical Practicum",
          "units": "2",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "NURS G285",
          "title": "Pediatric Nursing",
          "units": "2",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "NURS G285C",
          "title": "Pediatric Nursing Clinical Practicum",
          "units": "1.5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Semester 2"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "NURS G271",
          "title": "Professional Nursing 2",
          "units": "1",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "NURS G290",
          "title": "Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "NURS G290C",
          "title": "Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing Clinical Practicum",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Nursing Graduation Requirements (may be completed prior or during the nursing program)"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL C1003",
          "title": "Critical Thinking and Writing through Literature 1",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "STAT C1000",
          "title": "Introduction to Statistics",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "STAT C1000E",
          "title": "Introduction to Statistics",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ECON G160",
          "title": "Statistics for Business and Economics",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOC G125",
          "title": "Introduction to Statistics in Sociology",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSYC G140",
          "title": "Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOC G111",
          "title": "Social Justice and U.S. Ethnic Communities (If completed Fall 2026 or later, will not fullfill Area 6 Ethnic Studies requirement)",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOC G133",
          "title": "Introduction to Race and Ethnicity",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOC G134",
          "title": "Introduction to Chicana/o Studies",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Major Total",
          "units": "43.5-45.5"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "GE Pattern (Local or Cal-GETC)",
          "units": "24-34"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Electives (as needed to reach 60 units)"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "60"
        }
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    },
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      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "1. These two classes may be taken before starting the nursing program or during any semester of the nursing program. If the student has a Bachelor’s degree they may not need to take these two classes.\n2. These classes count toward the General Education requirement.\n\nPlacement in the nursing program is based on an individual assessment of academic readiness, clinical competence, and work experience."
    }
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}