Associate Degree Nursing Program

Admission Criteria

 

 

All applicants to the Associate Degree Nursing Program must complete the following:

 

1.      Complete High School Biology, Algebra I, and Chemistry, or college level courses (Bladen Community College courses BIO 110 or 111; MAT 070 or higher; and Chemistry 090 or higher), or their equivalents, as determined by the Vice President of Student Services, and must earn a grade of “C” or better in each. All high school or college level Biology and Chemistry courses must have been taken within the last five (5) years (February 1, 2001 through February 17, 2006).

 

2.      Complete the Compass Test with the following minimum scores in order to be eligible to take the Nurse Entrance Test for the ADN Program:

 

Reading       82

Writing        70

Pre-Algebra  65

 

If the student must complete developmental courses, he/she must re-take the appropriate section(s) of the Compass Test to achieve the above cut-off scores in order to be eligible to take the Nurse Entrance Test.

 

1.      Complete the Nurse Entrance Test (NET) after achieving the minimum scores on the Compass Test. The NET may be taken one time per calendar year. Every student must have completed, or currently be enrolled in, Algebra, Chemistry, and Biology, and have the minimum cut-off scores for the Compass Test, to be eligible the take the NET. It is ultimately the student’s responsibility to ensure this eligibility before taking the NET. All of the following minimum scores must be achieved on the NET to be considered for admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program:

 

Basic Math Skills    62

Science Reading Comprehension     55

Composite       60

 

2.      Have official high school transcripts or GED (General Education Development) certificate sent to the college. Student copies are not acceptable.