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NURSING PROGRAM

The Nursing programs at Allegany College offer a two-year career program that qualifies a student to apply for an Associate in Science degree and a one-year career program that qualifies a student to apply for a Certificate in Practical Nursing. Both programs are designed to enable students to take the NCLEX (National Council Licensing Examination) for Practical or Registered Nursing and seek employment at the program's completion.

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Nursing Admission Testing Dates – Academic Year 2009-10

TEAS Testing Dates

ACCREDITATION

The Associate Degree Nursing Program is approved by the Maryland Board of Nursing and the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing and is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, (NLNAC) 61 Broadway, 33rd floor, New York, NY 10006. Phone (212) 363-5555.

CLINICAL AFFILIATIONS

Throughout the course of the nursing program students are placed in various clinical sites. Students are in the clinical setting approximately 1400 hours over the course of four semesters under the supervision of a nursing faculty member.

The student/faculty ratio is 8-10:1.

The following is a representative list of clinical affiliations: Allegany Board of Education Bedford, Everett & Somerset School Systems Frostburg Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Frostburg Village Nursing Care Center Garrett County Health Department Garrett Memorial Hospital HRDC-Head Start Independent Dialysis Foundation J.C. Blair Hospital Lions Center Somerset Hospital The Hospice of Garrett County Thomas B. Finan Center UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital Western Maryland Health System Windber Medical Center

For more information on a career in Nursing, contact Fran Leibfreid, Program Director at (301)784-5568.