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WTCS
ADN Program / University of Wisconsin-System Collaborative
Nursing Program
WTCS ASSOCIATE DEGREE:
ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING - ADN (REGISTERED NURSE)
UW BACCALAUREATE DEGREE:
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING - BS (COLLABORATIVE NURSING
PROGRAM)
Participating Institutions: UW-Eau Claire, UW-Green Bay, UW-Madison,
UW-Milwaukee and UW-Oshkosh
RATIONALE:
The WTCS non-college parallel associate degree programs in
Nursing have a direct relationship with the UW-System Collaborative
Nursing program. The WTCS-ADN program prepares students to
meet all of the requirements for licensure as a registered
nurse (RN) in Wisconsin, with emphasis on the basic knowledge
and skills necessary to pass the standardized examination
and to meet the workplace expectations of the various health
care situations in which these practitioners may be employed.
The Collaborative Nursing Program (CNP) was specifically designed
for registered nurses who wish to enhance their professional
and educational development by completing the requirements
for a baccalaureate degree in nursing. The associate degree
program places a heavier emphasis on application and the CNP
builds upon the application by adding theoretical coursework
and related fieldwork in the major and adds general education
courses. All BS in Nursing candidates must also meet the admission
and General Education Requirements specific to the nursing
degree program of the "Home Institution" at which
they are enrolled as a degree bound student. In the process
of meeting these requirements they will be required to take
additional general studies courses, such as requirements in
Ethnic Studies and other g6heral education cate ories as defined
by the individual campuses and schools participating in the
Collaborative Nursing 9 Program.
TOTAL TRANSFER CREDITS: 60
General Education credits:
Credits in general education coursework taken within the required
nursing curriculum of a WTCS ADN program will be accepted
from the areas of communications, behavioral sciences and
social sciences. Depending on the "home institution"
they may meet institution specific general education requirements
of the admitting Collaborative Nursing Program "home
institution", or relate to general education requirements
of the baccalaureate degree.
Credits in natural sciences coursework taken within the required
nursing curriculum of a WTCS ADN program will be accepted
from the areas of chemistry, anatomy, physiology, microbiology,
and biochemistry. Depending on the "home institution"
they may meet institution specific natural sciences course
requirements of the admitting Collaborative Nursing Program
"home institution", or relate to general education
requirements of the baccalaureate degree.
Nursing Credits:
Up to thirty credits in nursing will be awarded when students
have been admitted to the professional component of the program.
DEFINITION:
This articulation agreement applies to WTCS Associate Degree
in Nursing graduates May 1996 and thereafter. These graduates
are eligible to receive a total not to exceed 60 college transfer
credits to be applied to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing
degree at a UW System Collaborative Nursing Program under
the terms of this agreement. Graduates prior to 1996 will
be evaluated on an individual basis.
System-to-Systern and Program-to-Prograrn articulated transfer
courses/credits are accepted only for the program/degree specified
in this agreement. A change of major/degree/program invalidates
these. courses/credits for transfer unless they are approved
within some other Program-to-Program Articulation Agreement
for a different major/degree/program.
A student may be admitted under a prior articulation agreement
in place at the admitting institution, if the agreement would
academically benefit the student.Ib
This articulation agreement will be effective for a three
year pilot period. At the end of the three year pilot, this
agreement may be reviewed and/or modified. |
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