Program Details

Admission Requirements High School graduate or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) completion ?Completion of the nursing entrance test (Test of Essential Academic Skills, TEAS) with a National Percentile Rank of 45th percentile or above prior to application. TEAS results will be accepted if it was completed within the last 5 years. ?A 2.5 cumulative grade point average (GPA) for ENG 111, BIO 141, PSY 230, ITE 119, and SDV 100 is required. Program Progression, Reapplication/Readmission Requirements: All courses in the curriculum, both general education and nursing, must be completed in sequence prior to progressing to the next semester. Students must earn a minimum grade of "C" (80) in all nursing courses, a minimum grade of "C" in all non-nursing courses and maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 to remain eligible for continued enrollment in the nursing program. In addition, during the NSG 106 or NSG 115 course, a Comprehensive Drug Calculation Exam (CDCE) will be administered to verify skills. Students must achieve at least 90 percent of maximum score on the CDCE with no more than three attempts in order to achieve a passing grade in the course. Any student who earns a final grade lower than a "C" in a required course (either general education or nursing courses) must repeat the course and earn a final grade of "C" or better before taking the next course in the sequence. Clinical performance in a course is graded as Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. A student who does not meet the clinical learning outcomes will fail the course.

• Create a schedule for all required courses, pay attention to prerequisites and when courses are offered, complete your first math and English courses in your first year
• Connect with an advisor at your community college and Southwest Virginia Community College within your first year via College Connect

• Completing your Associate transfer degree post-high school satisfies all lower division general education requirements and increases the chance of completing your bachelor's degree?
• Exceeding 3 years or 90 credits at your community college means you may have exhausted your financial aid at that college and have limited your future financial aid at: Southwest Virginia Community College