2025-2026 Catalog
Associate Degree Nursing
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Associate Degree Nursing
Beatrice and Lincoln Campuses
Types of Jobs Available
Associate degree nursing graduates, when licensed as registered nurses, work in a variety of settings, including acute care, surgery centers, clinics, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, and home health care.
Graduation meets one eligibility requirement for application to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN). Graduates must pass the NCLEX-RN to obtain a license as a Registered Nurse. Program graduates work in healthcare facilities throughout Nebraska and the United States. Many graduates have continued their education and are on the way to earning a bachelor or master degree.
Program Overview
This program prepares students for a career in professional nursing. The intensive curriculum prepares graduate entry-level nurses to provide quality, safe, and competent nursing care to patients across the health continuum.
General Education courses may be taken at any SCC location or transferred from an accredited college or university.
This program is located on the Beatrice and Lincoln campuses. The Beatrice program offers the LPN to ADN option only via distance education.
For more information contact:
https://www.southeast.edu/advising/
College Admissions Office
Lincoln 402-437-2600, 800-642-4075 ext. 2600
or Ashley Fritz, Program Chair
402-437-2730, 800-642-4075 ext. 2730
afritz@southeast.edu
Admission Requirements (Traditional Option)
SCC Health Sciences utilizes a selection process of all complete applications to determine acceptance into the program.
- Complete Program Requirement Courses and Program General Education Requirement Courses with required grade point average (GPA)
- Complete online application to the program during the designated time periods
- Transcripts from high school, GED® or other colleges (if applicable)
- Applications will be reviewed when ALL requirements are submitted.
- Applications with incomplete or missing requirements at the time of selection will not be reviewed.
- Applicants with courses in progress will not be reviewed for acceptance until the end of the term AND after the submission of all requirements.
- If an applicant is re-applying for the program, they MUST resubmit all documentation during each application period.
Associate Degree Nursing (LPN-ADN Option)
Beatrice and Lincoln Campuses
LPN-ADN Option is available to those who have earned their LPN diploma, hold an active, unencumbered license, and are seeking an RN degree.
For more information contact:
https://www.southeast.edu/advising/
College Admissions Office
Lincoln 402-437-2600, 800-642-4075 ext. 2600
or Ashley Fritz, Program Chair
402-437-2730, 800-642-4075 ext. 2730,
afritz@southeast.edu
Admissions Requirements
SCC Health Sciences utilizes a selection process of all complete applications to determine acceptance into the program.
- Complete Program Requirement Courses and Program General Education Requirement Courses with required grade point average (GPA)
- Complete online application to the program during the designated time periods
- Transcripts from high school, GED® or other colleges (if applicable)
- Applications will be reviewed when ALL requirements are submitted.
- Applications with incomplete or missing requirements at the time of selection will not be reviewed.
- Applicants with courses in progress will not be reviewed for acceptance until the end of the term AND after the submission of all requirements.
- If an applicant is re-applying for the program, they MUST resubmit all documentation during each application period.
This program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc., 3390 Peachtree Road NE, Ste. 1400, Atlanta, GA 30326, Phone 404-975- 5000, www.acenursing.org; and approved by the Nebraska Board of Nursing.
The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the Associate Degree Nursing Program is Continuing Accreditation with conditions.
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