About the ADN Program

Nursing is one of the fastest growing healthcare professions in the United States.  The demand for nurses has never been greater. Nursing offers a wide range of career opportunities working with various populations, from neonatal care to gerontology.

PROGRAM MISSION AND PHILOSOPHY

The mission of the ADN program is to provide affordable, quality, community-based nursing education that prepares registered nurses to provide safe, quality patient-centered care to individuals and populations across the lifespan.

Our Vision

The Associate Degree Nursing Program will excel in the preparation of culturally-diverse registered nurses to practice in a variety of communities and populations. The ADN program will meet state and national benchmarks for excellence in Nursing education.

THE ADN STUDENT

Throughout the course of their ADN studies, students will find that emotional maturity, integrity, discipline, and commitment are qualities essential for success. Competence in performing nursing procedures, making safe nursing clinical decisions, communicating efficiently and respectfully with others, honesty, and the ability to maintain confidentiality are additional critical attributes that are nurtured and expected of the nursing student.

Throughout the two-year course of ADN studies students will develop these critical thinking and technical skills as well as the professional consciousness necessary for entry into advanced beginner nursing practice. The nursing faculty is committed to providing the collaborative teaching-learning environment that will encourage the development of these skills as well as the opportunities necessary for personal and professional growth.

HISTORY OF NURSING EDUCATION at NORTHERN

NNMC has a proud 30+year history of educating associate degree nurses to meet the healthcare needs of the community, on both local and national levels. To this day, nursing faculty continue to carry on this tradition of excellence in nursing education through the implementation of a rigorous, evidence-based two-year associate degree in nursing curriculum. The NNMC ADN program is the largest educator of associate degree nurses north of Santa Fe and reaching up to the Colorado border, 120 miles away. Annually the ADN program graduates approximately 30 to 40 students with degrees or certificates in nursing (ADN, LPN). Needless to say, both students and faculty alike are proud of our rich educational heritage and our recognized, state-of–the-art ADN program.