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• Nursing Generic Track A.A.S.
• LPN Mobility Track A.A.S.

The Nursing Program is located on the Union Avenue Campus. It is convenient to downtown and midtown Memphis.

In addition to high impact practices used in the class, clinical requirements are met using a variety of health care delivery settings.

To find out more about courses offered at Southwest, you can use our Interactive Course Schedule to see when and where a class is being offered.

Upon completion of our Associate Degree Nursing Program, the graduate is eligible for licensure as a registered nurse and can assume the role of a registered nurse. Upon completion of the program the graduate will also be able to perform the following:

1. Provide safe, culturally sensitive care to clients across the life span utilizing the nursing process substantiated by evidence-based practice guidelines.
2. Collaborate with the client to develop, implement, evaluate, and modify client's care plan based on changing client needs, and health care practices and guidelines.
3. Utilize the science of informatics for current and appropriate practice guidelines to meet the client's physical, emotional, and spiritual health care needs while ensuring the client's individual rights to privacy and quality health care in an ever changing technological environment.
4. Coordinate with the client and inter-professional team members to facilitate the client's efforts to self-determination to meet basic needs and achieve desired health outcomes.
5. Utilize leadership, management, and communication skills to advocate for client's rights to quality health care regardless of race, gender, cultural background or socio-economic status.
6. Demonstrate accountability for personal and professional growth and nursing practice within the legal and ethical framework of nursing practice standards.

Program Outcomes

1. Sixty percent of entering nursing students will graduate with an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Nursing.
2. Eighty-five percent of nursing graduates will pass the National Council Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) examination on the first attempt.
3. Ninety percent of nursing graduates will be employed in nursing within six months of licensure.
4. Seventy-five percent of employers surveyed will express satisfaction with Southwest Nursing graduates.

Nursing Program Data

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College

Southwest students who complete a minimum of an Associate Degree in Allied Health or General Studies and prerequisite courses with a minimum overall combined 3.0 GPA have the opportunity to continue their education toward a bachelor's degree. In partnership with The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College, through its Nursing Partnership Enrollment Program (PEP), any Southwest students who fulfill the requirements of the PEP are guaranteed full admission to the traditional BSN program at UTHSC. To learn more about the program and qualification, visit https://uthsc.edu/nursing/partnership-enrollment-programs.php.