HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY
The first cohort began classes at the beginning of fall term on August 21st. This group will require two years to complete the program and the next cohort applicants will be in the fall of 2015.
Albany Tech Launches Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) Program Fall Semester ... First Cohort Excited About Opportunity Albany Technical College officially launched its new Associate of Science degree in nursing program (ASN) beginning this fall semester. Albany Tech was given provisional approval by the Georgia Board of Nurses to accept students into its new Associate of Science Nursing program for the fall semester 2013. The program is designed to meet the needs of the community by complimenting Albany Tech’s existing nursing program. Lenekia McKnight, Director of Education and Research at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, thinks the program will be an asset for the community in providing qualified nurses to the area hospital and physicians offices. “There has been a tremendous response from the community wanting to get information on the admissions/entrance requirements,” said Mattie Buchannon, Dean of the Health Care Technology division at Albany Technical College. “Our program is designed to assist those 14 | access | Albany Technical College | Fall 2013
interested persons to pursue their goals of becoming a Registered Nurse. We built our program based on some of the successful models that we have seen, while not destroying the goals of any entity in our region.” “We are excited to help alleviate the nursing shortage and health disparities in our community by providing welltrained registered nurses,” said Schvon Bussey, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, Program Chair for the new program at Albany Tech. Albany Tech also received approval from its accrediting body, the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), on this program. The first cohort began classes at the beginning of fall term on August 21st. This group will require two years to complete the program and the next cohort applicants will be in the fall of 2015.
“We are excited to help alleviate the nursing shortage and health disparities in our community by providing well-trained registered nurses.” ~ Schvon Bussey, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, Program Chair, ASN Program at Albany Tech