Estimated costs for students in Level II courses listed below are Tuition $2,871; Differential fee, $290; universal fee, $1,073; clinical/lab fee, $3,330; criminal background check and drug testing fee, $90; equipment and supplies, $744; CPR certification, $40; TB screening, $50; licensure testing fee including Pearson fee, $435. These fees do not include all the General Education course fees. Contact the Financial Aid Office at 503.399.5018 to find out if you qualify for help with these costs.

You may earn an associate degree by successfully completing the required 93 credit hours. You must earn grades of “C” or better in all required courses in order to progress through the terms. An associate degree in nursing qualifies you to apply to take the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX-RN) to become a registered nurse (RN).

RNs apply knowledge drawn from a broad, in-depth education in the social and physical sciences to assess, plan, order, provide, delegate, teach, and supervise care that promotes a patient’s optimum health and independence.

An RN guides other team members with less education and/or experience, evaluates needs for patient instruction, plans and participates in health teaching, and applies mental health principles to nursing care and function. RNs must also assume responsibility for their own professional development.

Program Outcomes

Students completing the Nursing degree should be able to:

• Patient Centered Care: Incorporates novice level management skills while providing patient centered care. 
• Quality and Safety: Develop nursing care that minimizes risk or harm to patients, self, and others; and uses data to monitor outcomes of patient centered care.
• Clinical Decision Making: Formulate clinical judgements in providing nursing care based on current evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences, needs, and values.
• Professionalism: Design nursing care that reflects integrity, accountability, and legal and ethical practice while modeling the professional roles of coordinator of care, educator, advocate, and leader.
• Informatics and technology: Formulate nursing care using current technology and patient information to maximize safety, and optimize health.
• Teamwork and collaboration: Communicate effectively and collaboratively in a self-directed manner with patients, families, and members of the healthcare team.