Challenge Exam (ACE) I and receive a Decision Score of 70 or better (Total Percentage of Questions Answered correctly). This test may be retaken one time. Failure to receive a Decision Score of 70 or better results in the applicant being required to enroll in Nursing 102/112 if space is available. The School of Nursing must have the Decision Score by April 1. Once the Decision Score of 70 is obtained, the applicant will be required to perform a skills test which includes vital signs, administering oral and parenteral medications, foley catheter insertion, sterile dressing change, insertion of a nasogastric tube, and colostomy care. This must be completed by May 1. Failure of the skills test will require the student to enroll in Nursing 112 if space is available. Successful completion of the skills exam allows the student to be eligible for NUR 103.
The application deadline is March 1. Further information may be obtained from the School of Nursing, 2nd Floor Betty White Health Center (502) 597-5957. Information about the ACE test may be obtained from the Office of Testing (502) 597-6206. Information about the skills test may be obtained from the School of Nursing.
Applicants with a baccalaureate or graduate degree outside the field of nursing must fulfill the following admission criteria:
☐Admission to the University;
AND application and copies of transcripts to the School of Nursing;
□Minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.75 in any previous college/university course work taken;
Evaluation of the transcript will be in accordance with University policy. In addition to the liberal studies courses transferred/accepted, the following support courses are required: BIO 107, 108, and 204; FNU 104, PSY 200, and PSY 303. The Nursing courses will follow the established ADN curriculum ladder.
Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN) requires all misdemeanor and felony convictions occurring in Kentucky or any other states well as federal and military convictions be reported to the KBN. Conviction of certain felonies will cause a “Notice to Deny Licensure” to be issued to applicants seeking to write the nursing licensure examination. In accordance with this policy, the School of Nursing requires that each student submit an undated criminal background check to the School of Nursing annually.
this policy, the School of Nursing requires that each student submit an undated criminal background check to the School of Nursing annually.
All students enrolled in Nursing Courses are required to have CPR for the Healthcare Provider certification. This training must be from an approved CPR curriculum (American Heart Association is recommended). Each student must keep a current CPR card on file in the School of Nursing.
In addition to the health form submitted to the University Student Health Service, each nursing student must have a completed School of Nursing immunization form on file. All immunizations required by the clinical facility must be current. The immunization form will be provided by the School of Nursing.
Nursing students pay the same general fees and tuition as do other students at the University. However, students in the Nursing program incur additional expenses for uniforms, name badge, nursing emblem, liability insurance, stethoscope, bandage scissors, white nurse's shoes, white hosiery, wrist watch with second hand, laboratory, travel fees, multiple criminal background checks, and the formative/summative testing program.
After any interruption of studies at Kentucky State University, a Nursing student may be required to audit classes that were previously taken. Also, any student whose Nursing studies have been interrupted for one semester or more must demonstrate sufficient recall of concepts and information from prior courses before a decision on re-admission is made. A score of 79% must be obtained on the re-admission exam and a successful completion of the skills exam. The written readmission exam is given once.
The RN-BSN completion program is designed to allow associate degree registered nurses to continue their education to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. To allow the maximum flexibility to students, the nursing courses are divided into eight week blocks allowing students to take fewer classes at one time, yet taking a full load for the semester.
The curriculum is divided into liberal studies courses and nursing courses. The liberal studies requirement may be met through the traditional liberal
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