Nursing is both an art and a science, a career based on compassion and the desire to better your community by serving the needs of your patients. It encompasses holistic care of individuals of all ages, in all settings, across diverse populations, and right now, the U. The associate degree in nursing program at Salem provides a comprehensive theoretical, clinical, practical, and professional preparation to arm our students with the knowledge and skills for the responsibilities of a registered professional nurse, incorporating key concepts from nursing theory.
Salem is committed to the success of our nursing students. Salem is proud to showcase the outstanding achievements of our nursing students.
The associate of science in nursing program is offered in a hybrid format with online theory classes and hands-on experiences in our state-of-the-art simulation lab with high-fidelity patient simulators combined with direct patient care in a variety of clinical settings across the health care continuum, allowing our associate degree in nursing students to work side-by-side with faculty, mentors, peers, and experienced professional nurses in healthcare facilities in preparation for nursing practice.
Our dynamic and supportive learning environment, small class sizes, experienced nursing faculty, and a wide variety of support and resources create a positive educational experience for every nursing student. Associate degree in nursing courses follow a progressively challenging sequence to prepare students to provide quality patient care in a variety of healthcare settings and to meet the demands of the current and future nursing practice environments.
The Salem nursing faculty has designed the Associate of Science degree in nursing curriculum to equip students with critical thinking abilities, technical skills based on the biopsychosocial sciences, and the most current body of nursing knowledge needed for patient-centered care, teamwork, collaboration, and evidence-based practice for holistic patient care.
