Nursing, A.A.S. - Admission Requirements

Preparation

The ATI admission exam is a crucial component in your nursing application. Therefore, you should be thoroughly prepared for the exam. The recommended prep text is the TEAS student manual. Please note the text is for all nursing admission exams and includes more information than is on the ATI admission exam.

• TEAS Prep Resources

3. Transcripts

Provide Admissions with official transcripts from all schools previously attended. Official transcripts must be sent from the institution with the seal of the school affixed to the document. Course equivalences are determined by the Transfer Credit Evaluator and the Dean of the School of Health, Science and Criminal Justice in collaboration with the Nursing Director.

4. Re-Admission

If a student is requesting re-admission to the nursing program and it has been more than one year since the student was last enrolled in the nursing program, the student will be required to audit the lecture and lab sections of the last nursing course successfully completed. Applicants requesting readmission to the nursing program must have completed the last nursing course within two years.

• Readmitted students will be required to sign a conditional admission contract if they wish to be readmitted into the nursing program when the readmission is due to a clinical course failure.
• Residency requirement for graduation: Complete SUNY Canton’s NURS 201, 202, 203, and 204 courses, if transferring from another nursing program.
• Presented a current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) card for a Healthcare Provider (Basic Life Support) from the American Heart Association. CPR should be current from August 1^st through June 1^st.
• Present evidence of satisfactory health status with a current and complete record of immunizations.

5. Licensed Practical Nurses Advance Placement Applications

• The LPN may be exempt from the first semester of nursing courses (NURS 101, NURS 105) providing the following criteria are met:
  
  • Satisfy the criteria stated in Admission Requirements: AAS Nursing.
  • Submit current United States State LPN license and registration.
  • Students who have graduated from a non-credit bearing, non-college practical nursing program (such as BOCES), must pass the ATI RN Fundamentals Assessment Exam at Level 2 Proficiency. The cost is $65.00 paid to ATI. Once an account is created & registered, a test ID number will be released to you and you will be prompted for payment  See this link for instructions on how to set up an account.
  • Students can arrange to schedule for the exam, after payment is made, by emailing shcj@canton.edu. Please title the email ATI RN Fundamentals Test and include your contact information so that we can communicate with you. Testing will take place on our campus only. No other options are available. We will arrange a testing time that is convenient for both parties.
  • Complete Human Anatomy & Physiology I with a grade of “C” or higher.
  • Complete English 101 Composition and the Spoken Word with a grade of “C” or higher.
  • It is strongly recommended that the LPN student audit NURS 101 lecture and lab as well as 105.

Important Notes

• Applicants must meet the minimum technical requirements for the nursing program, have proof of United States citizenship or have proof of legal residency and be at least 18 years of age upon graduation from the program.
• Applicants may have no more than one repeat, as a result of an F- failure, W- withdrawal, or "C" grade in NURS 101, NURS 106, NURS 107, NURS 201 and/or NURS 202 at SUNY Canton or any other college within two years of applying to the nursing program. Applicants or students with a second unsuccessful F- failure, W- withdrawal, or "C" grade are ineligible for admission to the SUNY Canton nursing program.
• Applicants may have no more than one repeat, as a result of an F- failure, W- withdrawal, or "D" grade in Human Anatomy & Physiology 1, Human Anatomy & Physiology 2, and/or Microbiology at SUNY Canton or any other college within five years of applying to the nursing program. Applicants or students with a second unsuccessful F- failure, W- withdrawal, or "D" grade are ineligible for admission to the SUNY Canton nursing program.
• Applicants who have been unsuccessful in two nursing courses or the same nursing course twice at SUNY Canton or another college/nursing program are ineligible for admission to the SUNY Canton nursing program.
• SUNY Canton utilizes a regular decision admission policy. The College will accept applications for admission from November to January of the academic year prior to the applicant's requested admission. The College's Admissions Committee will meet in January and again in March to make final decisions about acceptance into the program. If an applicant exceeds the required admissions requirements for the College, an early acceptance letter will be sent to the applicant as soon as all application materials have been received.  As a single purpose institution with limited enrollment, we want students to be aware that a commitment of admission is expected and request an acceptance of offer of admission within two weeks of notification.
• Transfer credit may be awarded for courses that were previously taken at an accredited institution, passed with a grade of “C” or better, and are similar in content and credit hours to those in the SUNY Canton curriculum, such as Anatomy and Physiology I and II, and Microbiology. Anatomy and Physiology I, Anatomy and Physiology II, and Microbiology completed more than five years prior to acceptance will need to be repeated or challenged.