The Associate of Applied Science degree nurse uses the nursing process in supervised settings in assisting the client to attain optimal wellness. It is called the Nursing Model. 

The nurse fulfills the roles of provider of care, advocate, researcher, counselor, communicator, teacher, manager and member of the profession while exemplifying the qualities which are essential to the development of the nurse. These qualities are caring attitude, clinical competence and critical thinking.

The use of transitions as a nursing model helps to interpret the interrelatedness of nursing practice. Transitions denote change, or passage from one state to another, the time in a person’s life when he or she is most likely to be under the care of a nurse.

The client is viewed holistically, considering all areas of basic client needs: psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, physiological, situational and developmental.

The model also includes concepts addressed in the NCLEX RN examination such as safe, effective care, physiological integrity, psychosocial integrity and recovery/health promotion.