Associate Degree Nursing
Take the next step in your health care career.
The associate degree nursing program bridges Licensed Practical Nursing and Registered Nursing. This 9-month, full-time program combines classroom instruction, simulations, and clinical experience to give students the skills needed to advance in nursing.
Participants gain essential knowledge and hands-on expertise, including clinical patient-care skills and soft skills such as effective communication and professionalism, to prepare them for success in the healthcare workforce.
The program prepares students for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN), the licensing exam for Registered Nurses. Students must complete prerequisite coursework before acceptance into the program. Students will also complete the KS Work Ready certification.
Kansas Board of Regents Program Alignment Information
CIP Code: 51.3801
CIP Name: Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
Definition: A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques, and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, infirmed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in administering medications and treatments, assisting a physician during treatments and examinations, referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance.
The Kansas Council of Associate Degree Nurse Educators (KCADNE) approved the Associate Degree Nurse Alignment on June 13, 2022, and the Kansas Board of Regents Technical Education Authority approved it on August 25, 2022. Colleges are granted one year from the approval date to implement the alignment. Implementation is due by Fall 2023. Kansas Board of Regents Program Alignment Map
| Program Length | Program Cost | Degree Earned |
|---|---|---|
| Two Years | $11,630 | Associate Degree |
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Naomi Tatro, MSN, RN
Naomi Tatro is a Registered Nurse who earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Oklahoma Wesleyan University. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing Education from Western Governors University.
Mrs. Tatro has experience with the aging population from working as a charge nurse and director of nursing in long-term care facilities. She has worked in forensic nursing and pediatric home health. As an educator, she began as a CNA instructor at Cloud County Community College before joining Salina Tech’s Allied Health Program in 2013. Mrs. Tatro later served as a full-time Practical Nursing instructor for Salina Tech before becoming the college’s Director of Nursing and Allied Health in 2023.
naomi.tatro@salinatech.edu
785-309-3105
Sandra Grubb, MSN, RN
Sandra Grubb joined Salina Tech’s Nursing Faculty in January 2024 as Nursing Simulation Lab Coordinator.
Before coming to Salina Tech, she was a nursing instructor at Cloud County Community College, teaching in the Associate Degree Nursing program and developing hybrid courses for the college’s Certified Nurse Aide and Certified Medication Aide programs. She has 16 years of nursing experience as a charge nurse at Chapman Valley Manor.
She earned her LPN and ADN degrees from Manhattan Area Technical College, and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing from Fort Hays State University.
sandra.grubb@salinatech.edu
785-309-3130
Markie Townsend, MSN, RN
Markie Townsend is a Registered Nurse who earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina and a Master of Science in Nursing Education from Fort Hays State University in Hays.
Mrs. Townsend worked in a Pediatric Care Clinic, Progressive Care, and the Cardiac unit. She has prior experience teaching as an adjunct at Brown Mackie College. She joined Salina Tech in 2019 as an ADN Instructor in the Nursing program.
markie.townsend@salinatech.edu
785-309-3192
Tyffani Wesoloski, MSN, RN
Tyffani Wesoloski is a Registered Nurse and a graduate of Kansas Wesleyan University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in nursing education from Western Governors University. Mrs. Wesoloski has worked in labor and delivery, postpartum, and obstetrical triage as a charge nurse and preceptor to new nurses and nursing students. She has also worked in a pediatric care clinic and as a school nurse. Mrs. Wesoloski started at Salina Tech in 2023 and then became an Associate Degree Nursing instructor in 2024.
tyffani.wesoloski@salinatech.edu
785-309-3186
Christy Martinez, BSN, RN
Christy Martinez is an experienced Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Kansas Wesleyan University. Ms. Martinez has experience in NICU, Family Practice, and Medical-Surgical. For the last 8 years, she has worked as a travel nurse, completing assignments on various Medical-Surgical units while floating to other units, including Med/Tele, Med/Cardiac, Ortho, Oncology, Pulmonary, and Rehab.
While away from work, she enjoys spending time at home with her husband and three boys.
christy.martinez@salinatech.edu
785-309-3134
CONTACT
Contact the ADN Enrollment Specialist or the Health Occupations Specialist with any questions, or admissions requirement information.
Azalia Cunningham – Enrollment Specialist
785-309-3132
azalia.cunningham@salinatech.edu
Cierra Haith – Health Occupations Specialist
785-309-3190
cierra.haith@salinatech.edu