Associate Degree Nursing
The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Program offers a curriculum for those seeking an ADN degree and to qualify to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX) as well as licensing from the Mississippi State Board of Nursing.
If you are an LPN/Paramedic looking for an accelerated path to ADN, we have two choices for you!
Option I offers a twelve-month program for LPN/Paramedic who take transition courses in the summer, enter the generic program at the sophomore level in August, and complete the program the following May.
Option II offers a slower-paced avenue to LPN/Paramedic who take nursing theory courses in the fall and spring of the first year and enter the generic program at the sophomore level in August of the second year and complete the program the following May.
Program Curricula:
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Mission
The mission of Holmes Community College Associate Degree Nursing Program (HCCADNP) reflects those of the college. The nursing program is designed to advance the overall purpose of the college by providing educational opportunities to qualified students for a career in nursing. The purpose/mission of the HCCADNP is two-fold:
1. To prepare registered nurse generalists who have attained competency for productive employment. Competency is identified as a performance standard, which includes knowledge, abilities, and understanding that goes beyond specific tasks and is guided by a commitment to ethical and scientific principles of nursing practice.
2. To provide equal access to higher education for traditional and nontraditional students while promoting excellence in all areas of nursing.
Enrollment in NUR courses is limited to students who have been admitted into the ADN program. Nursing courses must be taken in sequence. The prescribed curriculum plan is to be followed unless exceptions are approved by the ADN Chair and the Director of Health Science Programs. Without this approval, the student may not be allowed to progress. Once students are enrolled in a class in the program, they are required to take all remaining coursework with Holmes Community College unless written permission is granted by the Chair of the Associate Degree Nursing Program.
Accreditation
The Associate Degree Nursing Program offers a curriculum for those seeking an ADN degree and to qualify to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX) as well as licensing from the Mississippi State Board of Nursing.
The Associate Degree Nursing Program at Holmes Community College is located in Goodman, Grenada and Ridgeland, MS is accredited by the: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30326 Phone: (404) 975-5000
The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the Associate Degree Nursing program is Continuing Accreditation. The program is also accredited by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning of Mississippi (www.ihl.state.ms.us). Final notification from ACEN and IHL granted the Associate Degree Nursing Program Continuing Accreditation, with the next evaluation visit Spring 2027.
Meet our Instructors
Grenada Campus
PATTY O. JONES, MSN, RN
Assistant Program Director
Main Building, Office 104 B
pjones@holmescc.edu
(662) 227-2305
DR. ARLETHA COFFEY, DNP, MSN, RN
Main Building, Office 112 A
acoffey@holmescc.edu
(662) 227-2315
MICHELLE CRAWFORD, MSN, BSN, RN
Main Building, Office 201 K
micrawford@holmescc.edu
(662) 227-2341
LOVIE RODELA, MSN, RN
Main Building, Office 106 D
kcollier@holmescc.edu
(662) 227-2309
LACY WALKER, MSN, RN
Main Building, Office 137 I
lwalker@holmescc.edu
(662) 227-2342
NATHAN EWELL, MSN, RN
Main Building, Office 104 G
newell@holmescc.edu
(662) 227-2355
DEANDRA GIBSON, MSN, RN
Main Building, Office 106 B
dgibson@holmescc.edu
(662) 227-2362
LINDSEY HARVILLE, MSN, RN
Main Building, Office 104 F
(662) 227-2308
lharville@holmescc.edu
GWENDOLYN S. LORDEON MSN, RN, FNP-C
Main Building, Office 121
glordeon@holmescc.edu
(662) 227-2306
VIVIAN McGEE, MSN, RN
Main Building, Office 201 L
(662) 227-2338
vmcgee@holmescc.edu
CHELSEA MIMS, MSN, RN
Main Building, Office 104 J
cmims@holmescc.edu
(662) 227-2314
DR. SANDRA TOWNES, PhD, MSN, RN
Main Building, Office 139
stownes@holmescc.edu
(662) 227-2352
CHERRIE H. WINTER, MSN, FNP-BC
Main Building, Office 106 C
cwinter@holmescc.edu
(662) 227-2311
Ridgeland Campus
DR. ALICE AUSTIN, PhD, RN
Assistant Program Director, Department Chair
Nursing Building, Office 114
aaustin@holmescc.edu
(601) 605-3419
VIRGINIA APPLEWHITE, MSN, RN
Nursing Building, Office 116
vapplewhite@holmescc.edu
(601) 605-3423
DR. JENNIFER BERTUCCI, PhD, RN
Nursing Building, Office 124
jbertucci@cholmescc.edu
(601) 605-3350
CINDY O. BRIDGES, MSN, RN
Nursing Building, Office 112
cbridges@holmescc.edu
(601) 605-3416
DR. TIFFANY GORDON COX, PhD, MPPA, RN, CNE
Nursing Building, Office 117
ticox@holmescc.edu
(601) 605-3425
DANETTE TANNEHILL, MSN, RN
Nursing Building, Office 123
dtannehill@holmescc.edu
(601) 605-3381
ALICIA TURNER, MSN, RN
Nursing Building, Office 115
alturner@holmescc.edu
(601) 605-3373
Goodman Campus
KAITLYN CHUNN, MSN, RN
M.R. Thorne Building
kchunn@holmescc.edu
(662) 472-9436
ANNA BRITTAIN, MSN, RN
M.R. Thorne Building
abrittain@holmescc.edu
(662) 472-9437
AMANDA JONES, MSN, RNC
M.R. Thorne Building
amjones@holmescc.edu
(662) 472-9442
JANNA GARRETT, BSN, RN
M.R. Thorne Building
jagarrett@holmescc.edu
(662) 472-9438
SARA BURWELL, MSN, FNP
M.R. Thorne Building
saburwell@holmescc.edu
662-472-9439
Professional Organizations
Take a look at the professional organizations and career opportunities for ADN graduates:
Program Outcomes
The Associate Degree Nursing Program at Holmes Community College has adopted the goal of informing our communities of interest each year regarding our NCLEX-RN pass rate percentage score for the previous year. This score is reflective of first writes for our Grenada and Ridgeland campuses. For the calendar year 2021, which includes one evening graduating class in December 2021 (Grenada Center only), and two day graduating classes in May 2021, our composite pass rate score is 89 percent, greatly exceeding the national average of 82.48 percent. The placement rate for the 2021 graduates is 96 percent. The 2020 program completion rate is 75.66 percent.
We are continuing our endeavors to show improvements not only in test scores, but in the quality of nurses we place in the community. We continue to strive for excellence, commitment, teamwork, and integrity in all aspects of our program and in alignment with the goals and mission of Holmes Community College.
