Midway College offers the associate of arts degree in nursing on the main campus and at an extension site in Danville, Kentucky. If the student successfully completes the program, the student is eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN). Successful completion of this examination allows the graduate to practice nursing as a registered nurse (RN).

The associate degree nursing program at Midway College is fully accredited by the National League for Nursing. The curriculum for this nursing major has a dual focus--team-taught classroom theory emphasizing the technical and theoretical aspects of nursing, and concentrated, supervised, clinical laboratory experiences in several health-care agencies in central Kentucky.

The associate degree nursing program prepares students to become registered nurses and also qualifies those students for admission to the bachelor of science in nursing program. Because the associate degree program emphasizes the importance of both nursing classroom theory and clinical experiences, as well as liberal arts courses, each student is reminded that the nursing major places great responsibilities for time management upon the individual.

Students must earn a minimum grade of "C" in all courses. The nursing courses must be taken in the following sequence, NSG 110, NSG 120, NSG 210, and NSG 220 and a grade of "C" must be earned in each before progressing to the next level. Failure to maintain the minimum standard will result in the student's ineligibility to finish the nursing major within the minimum two-year period because any such courses in which a grade below "C" was earned must be repeated.

Admission to the program is selective. The Midway College student desiring to enter a career in nursing should be aware that a certain educational background or preparation is important to assure admission to the nursing program. A student who is interested in pursuing a major in nursing, but who lacks the necessary academic preparation, may wish to consider taking preparatory courses under the guidance of individual academic advisors.