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.

All students enrolled in Nursing Courses are required to have CPR for the Healthcare Provider certification, i.e. They must be certified in Adult, Child, and infant CPR as well as the use of the AED. This training must be from an approved CPR American Heart Association curriculum. 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 80% 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-to-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 studies core or through the WYS Honors Nursing Core. The liberal studies courses make up 27 credit hours of the program. Nursing courses comprise 35 credit hours of the RN-to-BSN curriculum. The total credit hours in the RN-to-BSN completion program (62 credit hours) will be added to the total credit hours transferred from the student's associate degree nursing

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