Readmission Policy for the Nursing Program

1. A student who matriculated into the Western Nevada College nursing program may be readmitted one time following a withdrawal/failure. A written request for an exemption to the policy for such reasons as medical and military will be considered by the Nursing Program Readmission Committee.
2. Students are eligible to be considered for readmission or transfer into the nursing program using a point system and on a space available basis.
3. Students seeking readmission or transfer into the nursing program will be required to demonstrate currency of knowledge and skills by passing competency evaluations for selected nursing theory and nursing laboratory courses previously successfully completed. Students may choose the option to repeat those courses, or will be required to repeat those courses if the competency examinations are not successfully passed.
   
   A score of 75% or more is required for each theory competency evaluation and a passing grade is required for selected skill competencies, including basic nursing assessment skills. Students should contact the nursing program administrative assistant to schedule competency evaluations.
   
   Students who withdraw from or who failed a course or courses that are related (e.g. NURS 136, 137 and 138) will be required to repeat all courses in the sequence.
4. Nursing courses taken more than three years prior to reapplication or prior to transfer application will not be accepted and will need to be repeated.
5. Students seeking readmission or transfer into the nursing program will be required to submit an acceptable background check.
6. The Nursing Program Readmission Committee will review applications of students who are seeking readmission into the program. The committee acknowledges the responsibility to re-admit students, who in the judgment of the committee, satisfy the requirements of scholarship and professional suitability for nursing. The committee reserves the right to deny readmission based on a history of unprofessional conduct which violates the ANA Code of Ethics.