Unless otherwise noted, the College of Nursing follows the general university academic policies and regulations listed in the University section of this Catalog.
It is the responsibility of the student to know and comply with all academic policies and regulations of the University and of the College of Nursing. Such policies may change without prior notice.
Note: if a student withdraws from the College of Nursing and is readmitted at a later date, the requirements in effect at time of readmission will be applied. Policies and regulations specific to Undergraduate Nursing students can be found in the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing Undergraduate Handbook.
Students are expected to abide by the policies and professional standards established by the College of Nursing. The College of Nursing reserves the right to change program requirements without prior notice to reflect advances in the professional field. If a student withdraws from the College of Nursing and is readmitted at a later date, the requirements in effect at the time of readmission will be applied.
A grade of "C" or better must be attained in all nursing courses for progress in the nursing major.
Students must achieve an examination average of 73% or better in all nursing theory courses that are paired with a lab or clinical course or have clinical as a component of the course. The course numbers are: NUR 2204, NUR 2206, NUR 3104, NUR 3105, NUR 3106, NUR 3107, NUR 4111, NUR 4115, and NUR 4120.
The student must also achieve a 73% or better in the overall course grade. Only one nursing course may be repeated in the curriculum prior to dismissal from the program.
A required course may be repeated once prior to dismissal from the program.
Students must complete, in sequence, the required lower division courses, with a Q.P.A. of 2.0 in order to advance to junior level courses with a clinical component. Students who receive less than a “C” in BIO 1205, BIO 1206 or NTR 2120 will be required to repeat the course(s) before advancing to the Junior level nursing courses. Students must successfully complete, in sequence, courses in the nursing major as indicated in the curriculum plan.
The College of Nursing reserves the right to place on probation or withdraw any student whose performance is deemed unsatisfactory.
International students, who are in the BSN program or RN completion program but who are not expatriates residing permanently or working in the United States and will not sit for NCLEX but return to their countries, may have the progression policies suspended, on a case by case basis, by action of the Dean of the College of Nursing and upon formal recommendation of the Program Director.