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Admission to Prelicensure Program

1. Admission to UNCP by meeting general requirements for admission as a regular degreeseeking student.
2. Successful completion of all 62 hours of general education nursing core (46 hours) and pre-requisite nursing major (16 hours) courses with a grade of C or better prior to Summer Session II of the year of admission.
3. A cumulative GPA of 2.8 (4.0=A) in all post high school work. Each student’s total GPA is calculated on all transferable college courses attempted at all accredited institutions of higher education according to the UNCP Admissions Office guidelines.
4. A cumulative GPA of 2.8 in the following mathematics and science courses: MAT 1070 or higher, BIO 2110, BIO 2120, BIO 3150, CHM 1400, CHM 1410, CHM 1120, and CHM 1130.
5. Physical, mental, and emotional health that enables a student to participate in and complete the program (see departmental policies).
6. Submission of a supplemental application to the Department of Nursing by January 15 of the year they plan to enter the BSN program. All applicants will be notified of acceptance status no later than March 15.

Performance Standards for Admission and Progression

Applicants must possess the necessary intellectual, physical, emotional, social and communication skills to provide nursing care that is safe for the recipient of nursing care, themselves and other health care providers. They must be able to provide safe nursing care in a wide variety of settings with diverse nursing care recipients.

Enrolled students must meet these standards to remain in the program. Where possible, reasonable accommodations will be provided to those individuals with disabilities to enable them to meet these standards and ensure that students are not denied the benefits of, or excluded from participation in or otherwise subjected to discrimination in this program.

The core performance standards for this program, adapted from the Southern Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing (SCCEN) Core Performance Standards (1993), are listed below along with examples of these standards. These examples are not inclusive of all expected abilities and should be used only for simple comparative purposes by applicants and students currently enrolled in this program.

1. Critical Thinking - Critical thinking sufficient for clinical judgment. Competent assessment of clients in a timely manner. Correct interpretation of assessment data, identification of necessary nursing interventions, design of appropriate nursing care plans, evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and revising planned interventions.

2. Cognitive Ability - Ongoing capacity to learn new information and skills to provide safe nursing care. This includes the ability to comprehend, measure, calculate, analyze and evaluate diverse forms of information. Learn new skills and rationales for nursing care in a timely manner. Learn and adopt new methods of providing nursing care to reflect the dynamic nature of health care provision.

3. Interpersonal Skills - Interpersonal abilities sufficient to interact with individuals, families and groups from a variety of social, emotional, cultural and intellectual backgrounds. Establish rapport and relate effectively with clients, their families and colleagues. Work effectively with these individuals when they are stressed physically and/or emotionally. Provide care socially and culturally acceptable to clients.

4. Communication Skills - Communication abilities sufficient for interaction with others in verbal and written form. Follow verbal and written instructions. Clearly communicate with other health care providers by appropriately documenting the nursing interventions provided and the clients' responses. Provide effective client teaching, consult with other health care providers in a professional manner.

5. Mobility - Physical abilities sufficient to move oneself from room to room, along hallways and in small or confined spaces. Ability to meet the physical demands of providing nursing care - lifting, moving, carrying, pushing and supporting clients, equipment and other objects independently. Standing, bending, walking and sitting while working directly with clients and co-workers and documenting care.

6. Motor Skills - Gross and fine motor abilities sufficient to provide safe and effective nursing care. Perform vital signs, CPR, physical assessment, use equipment, hanging IVs and tube feedings, drawing up and giving injections. Writing or typing to document nursing interventions and patient care.

7. Tactile - Tactile dexterity sufficient for physical assessment. Perform palpation, functions of physical examination and/or those related to therapeutic intervention, e.g. insertions of a catheter, giving injections.

8. Visual - Visual ability sufficient for observation and assessment necessary in nursing care. Reading charts, flowsheets, monitors, thermometers. Assessment of patient skin color, pupils, wound healing. Drawing up and administering medications.

9. Hearing - Auditory ability sufficient to monitor and assess health needs. Auscultation of blood pressure, breath sounds, heart sounds, bowel sounds. Hearing alarms, call bells, cries for help by clients and staff. Auditory ability to converse with clients, families and co-workers. Understanding mechanically reproduced voices such as on audiotape.

10. Personal Behaviors - Maintains personal behaviors consistent with the Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements. Demonstrates personal responsibility, accountability, integrity and honesty. Demonstrates respect for clients and their rights. Avoids behavior inconsistent with professional standards such as chemical dependency and abuse, engaging in or supporting criminal behavior

Academic Standards for Progression

The following requirements must be met in order to progress in the nursing program:
1. Maintain a cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) or higher.
2. Achieve a grade of C or higher in each nursing course before proceeding to the next nursing course.
3. Receive a P (pass) grade on the laboratory or clinical component of each nursing course that has either laboratory or clinical experience. A grade of F (fail) in any laboratory or clinical component will result in an F for the course.
4. Only one nursing course may be repeated one time during progression through the nursing program.
5. Maintain current CPR certification, TB (or x-ray) testing, evidence of Hepatitis B vaccination, health insurance, and malpractice insurance while enrolled in the nursing program.
6. Adhere to all policies of the University, Department of Nursing, and clinical agencies.

Because of the nature of nursing, the nursing faculty reserves the right to counsel, suspend or dismiss those students who, in their judgment, do not satisfy the requirements of scholarship, health and personal suitability for nursing and national licensure.

Updated: Monday, December 13, 2010

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