The following requirements must be met before applying to
the Nursing program:

• Possess a valid Ohio LPN license

• Complete a CSCC application

• Send transcripts from previous schools to CSCC

• Complete the NET (Nurse Entrance Test)

• Admission requirements and concurrent courses are completed.

After the above items have been completed, then an application to the Nursing program may be submitted. Incomplete applications or applications submitted before the above items have been completed will not be accepted.
 

When applying, have your school(s) send the following:  (Faxed and hand delivered items are not accepted.)

·         Official transcripts to Records and Registration 550 E. Spring Street Columbus, OH 43215

To start the NURS courses, you must be admitted to the nursing program.  You may take any of the support courses in the curriculum plan (except ENGL 202) prior to acceptance into Nursing. Historically, most LPNs have most or all of those courses completed before they start the NURS courses.

Being offered admission depends on space being available.  How long it takes an individual to meet criteria varies depending on the number of requirements needed to finish and the number of requirements completed each quarter.  You should work with an academic advisor in Advising and Counseling (AQ 116  614-287-2668) to see what that would look like for you.

These processes are described in more detail on the Admission Criteria for Nursing(http://cscc.edu/Nursing/nadmission.htm) and Admission Procedure to Associate Degree Nursing Program for Licensed Practical Nurses (http://cscc.edu/Nursing/nurslpnad.htm).

A brief summary follows:

Compass testing (http://cscc.edu/sstc/compass.htm)
CHEM 113 with a prerequisite of CHEM 100
MATH 103 (credit for Math 135 will not substitute for Math 103 credit)

Complete Psy 100 or Psy 240 credit

Nurse Entrance Test:

• Reading Composite Score: 64

• Math Score: 64

NURC 101 and NURC 102
BIO 261
ENG 101
PSY 240
BIO 262
BIO 263
 

BIO 215
ENGL 102
ENGL 200 or 202
SSCI  xxxx (from a select list)
MATH 135
COMM 105 or 110
HUM xxxx (from a select list)

This varies, based on the individual LPN’s work experience and previous education.  An LPN may start with NURS 100 and NURS 110 which are offered in Autumn and Spring quarters. An LPN may request prior learning assessment and enter the program in the 2^nd or 3^rd quarter of the curriculum plan.  NURS 111, NURS 123, and NURS 132 (courses in the 2^nd quarter of the curriculum plan) are offered in Winter and Summer quarters.  NURS 112, NURS 124, and NURS 133 (courses in  the 3^rd quarter of the curriculum plan) are offered in Autumn and Spring quarters.  NURS 109, the transition course, is generally offered in Autumn and Spring quarters.

The nursing admission advisor and LPN talk together about the experience to determine a good starting place to help with student success.  There is not a set number of hours that an LPN has to have worked to be considered eligible for life experience credit for NURS 112, but should have worked for some period of time beyond orientation.  LPNs without recent work experience (newly graduated and those who haven’t worked in many years) need to take NURS 112.

There are eight NURS courses in the first three quarter of the Nursing curriculum plan. Your current Ohio LPN license will earn you credit for many of these courses. There is no further testing necessary as your license allows you to receive “N” credit (life experience) through the Prior Learning Assessment.

There are two NURS courses in the first quarter on the Nursing program.

• NURS 100-Physical Assessment of all age groups. If you feel comfortable with your data collection and assessment skills in this area, you can earn “N” credit. There will be some review of this material in the LPN transitions course.

• NURS 110-Physical assessment clinical course in a geriatric setting. There are concepts that you wouldn’t have had which will be covered in the transitions course. If you want to start with these two courses, you may.

There are two pharmacology courses, one in second and one in third quarter.

• NURS 132

• NURS 133 If you have “Meds-yes” on your license, you can earn “N” credit for these two courses.

There are two skills courses, one in second and one in third quarter of the Nursing curriculum plan. You can earn “N” credit for only the first of these two skills courses. There is a skills review day of medication administration concepts and new safety items in the Transition course. You will need to take the second skills course, NURS 124, as it contains skills that you are not permitted to do as an LPN in Ohio according to Ohio law.

The clinical course in second quarter is Obstetrics with some Mental Health (NURS 111). If you feel comfortable with this material, you can earn “N” credit for this course. If you need a minor review, it can be added into the Transition course.

There is a required exam (HESI) at the beginning of the fourth quarter of the Nursing curriculum plan that covers the material from the first three quarters of the Nursing program. All students must attain a certain score in order to continue in the program. Those who do not attain that score at the beginning of the quarter will be offered a remediation class and be retested at the end of fourth quarter. Obstetrics is an area that has a highly specialized language and you can review it on your own. If, however, you feel you need help from a class, it would be recommended that you begin at this point in the curriculum plan of the Nursing program (NURS111). There will be high risk OB content in the Transition course.

In the third quarter of the Nursing curriculum plan is a medical-surgical clinical course (NURS112). LPN’s often choose to start clinicals at this point, especially if they learn best by doing the skills from the skills course relatively close to the time that they initially learn the material.

Finally, other LPN’s wait to start clinicals until the fourth quarter of the Nursing curriculum plan. Those with no recent experience must take the clinical course (NURS112). All LPN’s will have clinical courses in the fourth (NURS210), fifth (NURS211), sixth (NURS212), and seventh (NURS213) quarters of the Nursing curriculum plan. There are also opportunities in those courses for experiences with the skills from the skills courses.
 

Have your school(s)/college(s) attended send transcripts to Records and Registration,  550 East Spring Street,  Columbus, OH 43215.  It may take 6 weeks for a transcript to get out of one institution and into another for evaluation.  If transfer credit has been granted for a particular course before, generally credit is awarded for all taking the course.  This is taken care of in Records and Registratrion.  If no one has tried for transfer credit of a course, you will need to provide information (including course name, credit hours, description and content) to the chairperson of the department that teaches the course for which you want transfer credit.