Practical Nursing

Diploma: Health Science
CNA to PN Option Career Path
Credit Requirements: 46 Semester Credit Hours
Students entering Spring Semester

Applicants who are Certified Nursing Assistants from another program or who have been out of TTC’s Nursing Assistant certificate program two or more years are eligible to be considered for admission to the CNA-to-PN Option.

Applicants who have graduated from TTC’s NA program less than two years before application must meet Practical Nursing Admission Requirements.

Admission Requirements
In addition to meeting the Program Specific Admission Requirements below, applicants must also meet the General Admission Requirements and General Nursing Program Admission Requirements.

Specific Admission Requirements
1. Meet ONE of the following four admission options:

1. Hold an associate degree or baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited school.
   OR 
2. Achieve the required minimum scores on the SAT (Verbal 400 and Math 350 if taken before April 1, 1995; Verbal 480 and Math 400 if taken on or after April 1, 1995), or ACT English component score of 19 and math component of 16.  Students who have not taken either the SAT or the ACT, or who have taken one of the tests but do not meet the minimum test requirements, must take TTC’s placement test and achieve one of the following:
   

   COLLEGE PLACEMENT TEST (CPT):
   RDG–75   SS–93       ARIT–61

   COMPASS:
   READ–86 WRTG–75 PALG–39

   ASSET:
   READ–45 WRTG–45 NUSK–39

   OR
3. Complete the Developmental Studies and bridge courses and the Pre-Nursing Certificate with a grade of C or better in each course and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. No more than 50 percent of the total number of courses required for the Pre-Nursing Certificate may be repeated, and no one course may be repeated more than once to meet this admission requirement.
   OR
4. Transfer college-level English/math courses into TTC and complete the Pre-Nursing Certificate with a grade of C or better in each course and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. No more than 50 percent of the total number of courses required for the Pre-Nursing Certificate may be repeated, and no required course may be repeated more than once to meet this admission requirement.

2. Provide proof of current certification as a nursing assistant. Submit with Statement of Completion.

3. CNAs from another program or who have been out of TTC’s Nursing Assistant program for two or more years must provide proof (letter from employer) of a minimum of 960 hours (equivalent to six months full-time) employment in a hospital or nursing home setting providing direct patient care to adult medical/surgical patients as a CNA within three years prior to admission to the program. Work experience must include demonstrated competencies required by the program.

Important Note:
Students initially admitted to the Practical Nursing program who wish to progress to the ADN program MUST provide proof of current S.C. licensure as a Practical Nurse prior to progressing to the ADN program

Recommended Sequence of Courses