Associate Degree Nursing

Associate Degree Nursing Is it for YOU?

• Not sure what you want to specialize in?

• Want to join the workforce quickly?

Read on, this may HELP in exploring your options and available programs. With so much to choose from, take your time and don't make a haste decision!

Health Service Administration:

An associate degree in health service administration prepares you for positions such as physician’s office manager, assistant manager of physician’s office and supervisor in health care organizations.

Course work provides an understanding in business administration, management skills and health service knowledge. Learn to identify key ethical, theoretical and practical issues related to medical records. Focus on mastering medical terminology, medical office procedures as well as managing medical records. If you enjoy working within a health care office and like clerical and organizational tasks, this degree may be a perfect fit for you.

Without a health care administrator, the day-to-day functioning of a medical or allied heath office would be impossible. This degree transitions very well into a 4-year degree program. If you are not sure what you want to do, this may be a great stepping stone and will provide you with time to further explore your options while providing excellent training at the same time. Two birds with one stone – not a bad proposition!

An Associate Degree in Nursing, Health Information Technology, prepares students to support the information needs of the health care industry. As a graduate you will be prepared to work with application systems and manage electronic health care information databases. The importance of information accuracy, privacy and security, especially as it relates to the health care industry, make this Associate Nursing Degree program fast growing. .

As a HIT graduate you will play a critical role in maintain, collecting and analyzing data that doctors, nurses and other health care providers rely on to deliver quality health care. You will be an expert in managing patient information, medical records as well as administering computer information systems.

If you would like to work with nurses, physicians and other health care provides in a variety of settings (hospitals, physician practices, long term care facilities, home care agencies, insurance or manage care organizations, government agencies) you may find this program very satisfying.