Program Overview:
- ACEN Accredited (Ft. Myers location only)
- 2024 NCLEX Pass Rate 97.30% (National Average 90.63%)
- Can be completed in less than 2 years
- Consists of hands-on instruction from experienced professionals
- Offers flexible scheduling. Day and evening classes available
- A set of required materials and textbooks are provided at no additional cost
Why ATA College:
- Day and evening classes available
- Small class sizes
- Faculty of industry professionals
- Resume building and interviewing prep
- Financial aid available to those who qualify
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Nursing Curriculum Overview
Our Associate’s Degree Registered Nurse program (RN program) is specifically designed to offer students flexibility. If you are interested in registered nursing in Fort Myers, we offer our Florida students the flexibility of day and night classes and focus on the benefit of hands-on training in our on-campus labs. ATA’s Associate’s Degree Registered Nurse program (ADN) offers a direct path to a new career as an RN in less than 2 years!
The ADN program is taught by experienced and qualified nursing faculty. Students will receive training in a classroom setting, modern on-site laboratories, a simulation laboratory, and also offsite clinical experiences! This RN program includes a wide variety of NCLEX preparation assessments to help students gain critical thinking skills and the comprehensive nursing knowledge needed to be a successful RN in the healthcare field!
Upon successful completion of the ADN program and clinical practicum, Fort Myers graduates are eligible to apply to sit for the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).
EOPSLO (End of Program Student Learning Outcomes)
- Demonstrate advanced proficiency in effectively managing and coordinating patient care within diverse healthcare settings, ensuring patient safety, quality of care, and promoting positive patient outcomes through leadership, communication, conflict management and interdisciplinary collaboration while upholding legal and ethical principles and ensuring patient information technology competence and confidentiality.
- Demonstrate a mastery of infection prevention and control strategies, utilizing evidence-based practices to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections, safeguard patient well-being, and maintain a safe healthcare environment.
- Demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate comprehensive health promotion and maintenance strategies for individuals, families, and communities across the lifespan, with a commitment to optimizing evidence-based practice methods to ensure prevention and management across the lifespan while applying the nursing diagnostic process.
- Demonstrate the ability to enhance therapeutic treatment with compassionate and culturally sensitive care, incorporating knowledge of psychosocial factors, mental health principles, and provide support through interventional management with therapeutic communication skills to support individuals and families in achieving optimal mental and emotional well-being.
- Demonstrate the ability to provide safe, effective, and evidence-based nursing care to individuals across the lifespan, considering the complex interplay of physiological systems, health alterations, and the impact of nursing interventions.
- Demonstrate competence in the safe and effective administration, monitoring, and management of pharmacological and parenteral therapies to promote optimal patient outcomes across diverse populations and healthcare settings across the lifespan.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify, assess, mitigate, and effectively communicate risks in healthcare settings to promote patient safety and prevent adverse events.
- Demonstrate advanced proficiency in assessing, planning, monitoring, implementing, and evaluating complex nursing care and interventions that support and manage the physiological adaptations of individuals and groups across various healthcare settings and diverse populations.
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Career Choices
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Case Management
- Correctional Facilities
- Educational Services
- Home Health Care
- Hospitals
- Nursing Homes
- Offices of Physicians
- Public Health Department
If you’re considering nursing programs, contact ATA College today to learn more about our Associate in Science in Nursing.
The associate nursing program at ATA College located in Fort Myers, Florida is accredited by the: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).
3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 975-5000
The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the associate nursing program is continuing accreditation for good cause.
View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this program on the ACEN website.
ATA College will host a follow-up site visit to be conducted in the Fall 2026 cycle by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).
The Associate of Science Degree in Nursing, ATA College, Fort Myers, FL is accredited by the Florida Board of Nursing. 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32399 (850) 488-0595
