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Nursing, R.N., A.A.S.

The Nursing Program at Butler County Community College is a two-year academically-based program that prepares the graduate to provide and manage direct care to individual clients and their families; and to function as an effective member of the health care team.

The graduate is also educated to be a contributing member of the discipline of nursing, committed to professional growth, continuous learning, and self-development. The program prepares the graduate for employment as a registered professional nurse in a variety of community-based health care settings including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other comparable agencies. The program is fully approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.

The Associate Degree RN program at Butler County Community College at the Butler Campus located in Butler Pennsylvania and the Associate Degree RN program at the Brockway Instructional Site in Brockway, PA is accredited by the: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), 3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400, Atlanta, GA 30326, (404) 975-5000, www.acenursing.org. The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN board of Commissioners for the Associate Degree Nursing Program is Continuing Accreditation.

The graduation rate for the Nursing, R.N. program for 2024 was 67.76%. 

Graduates are required to pass a licensing examination in order to practice as a Registered Nurse. The licensing examination National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) passing rates for 2021, 2022, and 2023 were  89.1%, 81.25%, and 89.2%, respectively, for an average passing rate of 85.88%.

Graduates who obtained any form of Registered Nurse employment within six months of licensure are considered to be employed. Based on the number of responses to the graduate surveys, the employment rate was 86.36% in 2022 and 96.7% in 2023.

Program Competencies

The student/graduate will be able to:

• Show evidence of understanding of the nursing process by the end of the second nursing course.
• Show evidence of critical thinking by the end of the third nursing course.
• Show understanding of maintaining client needs (safety, health promotion, physiological integrity, and psychological integrity).
• Attain a level of acceptable performance (greater than 850) on the HESI Exit Exam.
• Successfully pass the NCLEX RN exam on the first attempt within 6 months of graduation.

View the required courses and curriculum semester-by-semester for Nursing, R.N., A.A.S.

Learn about the Concordia Tuition Assistance program for BC3 Nursing students.

Learn more about the Nursing program's admission requirements.