Registered Nurse (RN Pre-licensure)
Blanding | Cedar City | Moab | Price | Tooele | Uintah Basin
How the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing Program Can Launch Your Career as an RN
This two-semester associate of applied science degree program teaches students how to coordinate the care of patients in a variety of healthcare settings, administer medications and treatments, instruct patients, and promote health. Students enrolled in the associate of applied science program have a curriculum of study that includes medical-surgical, mental health, and family health nursing, pharmacology, pathophysiology principles and concepts, professional attributes, and care competencies and skills. See full course details for the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing in the university catalog. Graduates are prepared to take the NCLEX-RN exam for licensure. Upon passing, graduates can qualify for positions as entry-level registered nurses (RNs).
Career Options
- Hospitals
- Critical Care Units
- Community Health Programs
- Schools
- Home Healthcare Services
- Hospice Care
Continue your Education
Students completing USU’s AAS in nursing program may continue on to the RN to BSN competion program offered online.
Advisor Contact
- Moab & Cedar City
- Shanda Thompson
- 435-797-4198
- shanda.thompson@usu.edu
- Email or call for an appointment
- Tooele
- Teresa Lemmon
- 435-797-8463
- teresa.lemmon@usu.edu
- Email or call for an appointment
- Uintah Basin
- Trish Kingsford
- 435-722-1756
- trish.kingsford@usu.edu
- Email or call for an appointment
- USU Blanding
- Renee Palmer
- 435-678-8124
- renee.palmer@usu.edu
- Email or call for an appointment
- USU Eastern - Price
- Lyndsay Reid
- 435-613-5311
- lyndsay.reid@usu.edu
- Schedule an Appointment
All nursing education programs at Utah State University are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing.
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850
Atlanta, GA 30326 404-975-5000
Email: info@acenursing.org