Prerequisites

To be an Applicant

Pre Requisites for All Options:

1. All applicants are required to take the MNSCU assessment in reading, writing, math (CPT) tests regardless of degree(s) held or coursework completed. Assessment test must be taken within three years prior to your nursing application. Applicants who have not completed grades 5-12 at a United States Junior and Senior High School will complete a specific version of the assessment test (ESL).

For students taking the CPT version of the assessment test:

Score as - Ready for Math 0902 (Intermediate Algebra) or higher. Students needing Math 0901 (Elementary Algebra) must complete that course with a “B” or higher grade since the assessment.
Score as - Ready for College Reading. Students needing Adev 0951, Adev 0952 or Adev 1950 must complete this course sequence with a “B” or higher grade since taking the assessment.
Score as - Writing at Beginning College Level (Engl 1201). Students needing Engl 0900 or Engl 0950 must complete that course sequence with a “B” or higher grade since taking the assessment.

For students taking the ESL version of the assessment test:

Score as – Ready for Math 0902 (Intermediate Algebra) or higher. Students needing Math 0901 (Elementary Algebra) must complete that course a “B” or higher grade since taking the assessment.
Score as – Ready for College Reading. Students needing ESOL 0830, ESOL 0930 or ESOL 1230 must complete that course sequence with P/B or higher grade since taking the assessment.
Score as – Writing at Beginning College Level (Engl 1201). Students needing ESOL 0860, ESOL 0960 or ESOL 1260 must complete this course sequence with P/B or higher grade since taking the assessment test. Students needing Engl 0950 must complete that course with a "B" or higher grade since taking the assessment.
Score as – “Exempt” from Listening and Speaking Coursework. Students needing ESOL 0880, ESOL 0980 or ESOL 1280 must complete this course sequence with P/B higher grade since taking the assessment.
Score as "Vocabulary Course Optional but not Required". Students needing ESOL 0800 or ESOL 0900 must complete the course sequence with a P/B grade or higher since taking the assessment.

See Assessment Testing link.

2. Completion of High School Chemistry taken in the United States (at least 1/2 year) or college level chemistry (Chem 1010) with a “C” or better.

3. Accepted students to the nursing program are required to:

Please DO NOT complete these requirements prior to attending your nursing orientatation session after acceptance.

Complete a background Check: Minnesota law requires that any person who provides services that involve direct contact with patients and residents at a health facility licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health must have a background study conducted by the state. Any individual who is disqualified from having direct patient contact as a result of the background study, and whose disqualification is not set aside by the Commission of Health, will not be permitted to participate in a clinical placement in a Minnesota licensed health care facility. Failure to participate in a clinical placement required by the academic program could result in ineligibility to qualify for a degree in this program.

An essential component of our nursing program is the care of patients/clients in clinical settings. To provide this experience the college contracts with local clinical facilities. All clinical facilities require that students are immunized against certain diseases, have a Mantoux test and CPR certification completed. A clinical agency may refuse student participation in clinical experiences at their facility if a student is not immunized; have a Mantoux test and CPR certification. Students who are unable to meet these clinical requirements will not be allowed to progress into the nursing program.