Nursing Program

The nursing program at Rogue Community College prepares students for careers in hospitals, convalescent centers, clinics, home care, and physician's offices. The program focuses on knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for the sick, disabled, infirmed, or other individuals or groups. Program courses include: administration of medication and treatments, assisting and physician during treatments and examinations, referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance. Get more details below including other Oregon colleges that offer nursing program.

The Nursing program at Rogue Community College is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. ? May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission for more than 31 years.

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Rogue Community College (Reed)

3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR

Rogue Community College, located in Grants Pass, Oregon, was founded in 1970 through a vote passed in Josephine County. The school expanded in its service area in 1996 when Jackson and Josephine Counties approved the inclusion of Jackson County. The school was given the former federal facility known as Vannoy Job Corps Training Center, and went through extensive remodeling in 1989 to modernize and renew the campus.

Academics

Rogue Community College offers a variety of programs aimed at assisting in academic transfer or career development. Academic transfer programs allow students to pursue a four year education by first completing the first two years at RCC, followed by applying for transfer to a four year institution in order to continue their education and earn a degree. Career programs allow students to pursue and education and receive training in one of many available fields with the purpose of entering the workforce as a professional upon completion. Programs take between one and two years to complete and result in a degree or certificate.

Programs offered include:

• General Studies
• Liberal Arts
• Bookkeeping
• Business Administration
• Nursing

Admissions and Financial Aid

Rogue Community College is a public, two year institution that maintains an open enrollment policy that allows any individual that is eighteen year or older or has the equivalent of a high school diploma to enroll by completing an application and paying tuition and fees. Students are asked to provide transcripts, test scores and any other pertinent documentation and are encouraged to participate in new student orientation and meet with a counselor. Financial aid is available in the form of loans, grants and scholarships awarded based on need as determined by the information provided by a student's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Students Enrolled in the Nursing Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Reed offers an associate's degree program in nursing.

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Registered Nurses

Description

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).