Have You Heard? Have you heard that the nursing curriculum is changing? You may have thought, How does this change affect me? When does it start? Why does it have to change? The new curriculum will go into effect Fall 2016. If you are a currently enrolled nursing student, you will continue to follow your initial program of study to graduation. If you are unsuccessful or choose to withdraw, you may reinstate into the new curriculum. A transition timeline is included on the next page that shows which courses will be taught each semester, as well as equivalencies between the old and new curriculum. In addition, there are changes to the admission cycle. We will still admit new students twice a year. But the day program will admit in the fall ONLY and the evening program will move to a spring admission on a 5‐semester schedule. We will have one more admission in the old curriculum of Career Mobility for LPNs who have completed in 2015 or 2016. Applications will be accepted in July and August 2016 for a spring 2017 start. After that, LPN and paramedics will have a combined course for the RN Bridge program in spring 2018. The admission criteria has also changed. This will only affect students applying for future admission ‐ the ACT exam will now be used for ranking instead of the TEAS exam. If you are reinstating ‐ even to the new curriculum, you will NOT have to take the ACT. Hopefully these changes will not impact you at all. But if they do, please check the website for up‐to‐date info or give us a call! We appreciate your patience as we move through this transition. Nursing Curriculum Transition Timeline
FALL 19
SUMMER 19
SPRING 19
FALL 18
SUMMER 18
SPRING 18
FALL 17
SUMMER 17
SPRING 17
FALL 16
SUMMER 16
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Students currently in the 2005-2015 Curriculum Plan will complete the initial program of study. The following information applies to students who have a nonprogression (withdrawal or failure) that interrupts completion and may require a transition to the 2016 Curriculum Plan. Refer to the schedule of course
offerings and to the Crosswalk to determine how this may affect your plan of study.
NEW CURRICULUM
LPN
112
113
114/115
RN DAY
112
113
114/115
211
RN EVENING
112
113
RN DAY
112
RN BRIDGE LPN and Paramedic bridge to RN, in Evening Program
RN EVENING
OLD CURRICULUM
PT EVENING
PT EVENING
106
202
105
203/204
201
RN
105/106
201
RN
201
202
203/204
RN
202
203/204
LPN 107/108/109
202
202
Combined with RN starting Fall 2017
221
112
113
114/115
114/115
211
221
112
113
114/115
211
221
209
209
112
113
114/115
211
CROSSWALK FOR COURSES
203/204
OLD
Curriculum
NEW
Curriculum
Reapply
203/204
102/103/104
105, 106,
107, or 201
108 or 202
114
109
115
203
211
204
221
113
211
113
112
221
Students failing to pass
their current courses are
reinstated into new
curriculum courses as
stated in the chart to the
left.