Practical Nursing Readmission

Readmission

To petition for readmission, the student must reapply and write a letter to the Dean of Healthcare Education requesting readmission. The letter must outline responsible behavioral changes for student success. The submission deadline of the petition for readmission is February 1 for the summer and fall semesters and October 1 for the spring semester. The Dean presents the letter to the appropriate committee. The Dean and the committee review the merits of the letter and the student's previous records to determine if an interview will be granted. If an interview is granted, the student will be scheduled to interview with a nursing instructor. Based upon the interview results and academic records, the candidate may be provided the opportunity to take the final exam and validate two critical skill(s) from the previous semester. Readmission may be granted to students who score a minimum of 80 on the exam and pass the skill(s) at 100% mastery.

Readmission to the nursing program is not guaranteed even if a student meets all requirements for readmission.  Readmission may be denied due to, but not limited to, any of the following circumstances:

  • Unavailable space in the course to which the student requests readmission.  Students in regular progression have enrollment priority for classes and clinical sites.
  • Student has been administratively dismissed from the program.

All nursing courses must be taken within two years of the initial admission date to the Practical Nursing Program.

The decision to allow a student to return to the nursing program following documentation of unsafe or unethical nursing practice resulting in clinical failure or withdrawal is made through collaboration between the Dean, program director, course coordinator, and the clinical faculty member who evaluated the student as unsatisfactory.

Readmitted students must schedule a meeting with their advisor within two weeks of reentry into the nursing program. Students are only allowed one readmission into the Practical Nursing program. For example, if a student fails or withdraws from a nursing course and is readmitted to that course, any additional failure or withdrawal from that course or any other nursing course within the program will result in the student not being eligible for another readmission into that program.