Richmond Community College ADN-RN Nursing Program Prerequisites & Reviews.

Nursing Program

The Associate Degree Nursing curriculum at Richmond Community College provides knowledge, competencies, and also techniques to integrate safety and also quality into nursing care, to practice in a changing world, and to meet personal requirements which impact health, good quality of life, and also achievement of possibility.

Course work includes, and also builds upon, the domains of healthcare, nursing practice, along with the holistic individual. Content emphasizes the nurse as an associate of the interdisciplinary team providing safe, personalize care while implementing evidence-based practice, informatics and also quality improvement

Graduates of this training program meet the requirements to apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN).

About The School

Richmond Community College is at present the fastest-growing community college in North Carolina, USA, with 48% enrollment growth in the last five years. It was established in the year 1964.

Total estimated program cost is USD $11,035

Following are the minimum requirements for ADN-RN Nursing Program. Minimum admission standards include:

• Submit a completed RCC application.
• Be a high school graduate or equivalent.
• Have a minimum high school or program GPA of 2.5. Program GPA will be determined based on the student’s performance in the last 12 program hours or an un-weighted High School GPA.  Points for admission will be based on GPA performance as defined in “Procedures for Calculating GPA Points for Admission”.
• Score at the indicated levels or above on the RCC Placement Assessments:

ACCUPLACER

1. Reading Standard score       80
2. Sentence Skills Standard score 86
3. DMA 010 7
4. DMA 020 7
5. DMA 030 7
6. DMA 040 7
7. DMA 050 7

Applicants who fail to meet minimum scores on the placement assessment may retake the ACCUPLACER a maximum of two times in a 12-month period.  (The two reassessments refer to either part or complete testing.  If indicated levels are not achieved, the required developmental courses will need to be taken and completed with a “C” or better.)

• Meet with a counselor. Submit proof of completion of a state-approved CAN program and hold a current, non-restrictive listing as a Nurse Aide I with no pending or substantiated findings.
• Once the counselor has determined that minimum admission requirements have

been met, each applicant must schedule a time to complete the required

departmental admission test (TEAS:  Test of Essential Academic Skills).  Scoresfromthe admission test will be used in the point calculations for admission.

• Attend orientation session with the Nursing faculty and Admissions staff.
• Complete the pre-nursing program. Attendance at a minimum of 90% of the class meetings of each required module is mandatory for successful completion of the pre-nursing requirement.
• The following courses must not be more than five (5) years old at the time of

admission to the program to receive credit for graduation: all courses with BIO and NUR prefixes and PSY 241.  If BIO 165 and BIO 166 is greater than five (5) years old at the time of admission, the applicant must complete BIO 163 or retake BIO 165 and BIO 166.

CONTACT:

Richmond Community College

Address: 1042 W Hamlet Ave, Hamlet, NC 28345

Phone: 910-410-1700

Website: http://richmondcc.edu/