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Admission: Registered Nursing Programs

The Registered Nursing Program and Licensed Vocational Nurse to Registered Nurse (LVN-RN) Transition Program admits a limited number of students annually due to facility and staff limitations. To be eligible for admission to either program, the following steps must be taken:

1. High School graduate, equivalent or a higher degree.
    

2. Science courses indicated below must be completed with a combined G.P.A. of 2.5 or better and a grade no less than ‘C.’
    

   1. Anatomy and Physiology (8 units); 1 of the 2 must be completed with a lab.

   2. Microbiology (5 units); with lab.

   3. For those students whose GPA is 2.5, but whose science courses were taken more than five years ago, the completion of BIO 141 at Grossmont College with a grade determined by the Nursing Department will satisfy the recency standard for science courses. All three courses should not be repeated. Science recency is determined from the date of the last science course taken.

   4. When the three courses combined GPA is not 2.5, and if repeating one science course could bring the science GPA to 2.5, the student may repeat one course determined by the Director of Nursing.

   5. Within the 5 years of the application date, no more than 1 of the science prerequisites may be repeated.
       

3. Obtain an application form from the Health Professions Office or online at http://www.grossmont.edu/nursing/applications.asp. If you have not yet seen a counselor at Grossmont College, please make an appointment to discuss general education and major requirements specific to the Nursing Programs.
    

4. Submit to the Nursing Office an application, official transcripts of science prerequisite coursework, and validation of high school graduation, equivalent or a higher degree.
    

5. Submit official transcripts of college credits to the Admissions and Records Office.
    

6. After acceptance to the Program the following requirements must be met by a date determined at the new student orientation:

a. Submit the following forms to the Nursing Office:

1. A satisfactory physical and dental report documented on the Nursing Program form obtained at Orientation by the Nursing Office.

2. Record of current required immunizations documented on the Nursing Program form obtained at Orientation by the Nursing Office.

3. Current American Heart Association CPR card for health care providers.

4. Evidence of malpractice insurance (application form available in the Nursing Office).

5. Complete a background check and drug screen for hospital compliance.
    

b. Pass a Pharmacologic calculation test with 100% accuracy.
 
c. Complete all Grossmont College admission requirements as noted in the catalog.
 
Important: The prior conviction of a misdemeanor or felony may influence eligibility for licensure as a Registered Nurse. Applicants with prior convictions should first visit the California Board of Registered Nursing website for general information http://www.rn.ca.gov/applicants/lic-faqs.shtml#disc. To get information specific to your case, you may contact them at; P.O Box 944210, Sacramento, CA 94244-2100, (916)322-3350.

Note: Before initiating the challenge policy for any Nursing course, the student must first meet with the Director of Nursing and cannot be enrolled in the course that they are planning to challenge.