PN to Nursing Pathway: Licensed practical nurses may be eligible for an advanced standing pathway, which may exempt them from the first year of required designated nursing courses. The Pathway requires PN licensure and successfully passing the NYS Coalition for Educational Mobility’s Transition Course before applying for the 3-credit Bridge Course which begins the Pathway track into the final year of the Nursing Program leading to the AAS degree. Further information on Pathway articulation and admission is available in the Registered Nursing Student Handbook.
Beginning in the fall 2009 semester all students applying for candidacy in the Nursing Program must provide documentation to show proof of residency in New York State. Students in the clinical phase may also be required to undergo a Criminal Background Check as part of placement at hospitals or other off campus clinical training sites. For full details on this requirement, see page 208.
No grade lower than “C-” will be accepted for any required Math and Science course. Science courses in which students earn a “C-,” “D+,” “D,” or “D-” may be repeated with permission of the Chairperson of the Natural Sciences Department. When Key Courses with grades of “C-,” “D+,” “D,” “D-,” or “F” are repeated, both course grades will be calculated in the Key Course average.
All students must file for Candidacy in order to progress to the clinical phase. To be considered, students must register for Candidacy (4199) in either the Fall I or Spring I session immediately preceding the semester they plan to begin clinical courses.
Students will be dropped from the program for grades less than “C.” In addition, a requirement for completion is satisfactory evaluation in each clinical area. Students must earn a passing grade on a comprehensive Nursing Exam and a grade of 100 on a final dosage calculation examination.

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