The faculty believes that Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) education combines general and technical educational courses to prepare nurses to provide high-quality and evidence-based patient/client care in various health care and community settings and to be an effective member of a multidisciplinary team. AD nurses deal with common responses to changes in health status. The nursing curriculum prepares AD nurses to utilize the nursing process through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the individual responses to changes in health status within their scope of practice. The ADN graduate is eligible to become a 9 licensed registered nurse whose scope of practice includes roles such as care provider, manager of care, educator and advocate. The AD nurse is accountable for their own professional practice and assigning, delegating, and supervising care to peers, licensed practical nurses, and ancillary nursing personnel. In settings where there are baccalaureate and graduate degree nurses practicing, ADN graduates should recognize the wider scope of practice and deeper breadth of knowledge commensurate with that educational preparation. The Greenfield Community college graduate understands that completion of the program represents the beginning of an ongoing process of continuing education, professional growth and personal development.