Nursing Student Handbook - John Tyler Community College

A. General Policies and Procedures
IV. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
1. Requirement for Continued Enrollment in the Nursing Program
a. The Nursing Program is a full time commitment and once enrolled in the
program students are expected to maintain a full time course load.
Students must complete the Nursing Program within five years of starting
NUR 111.
b. Students may not step out of the program for longer than two consecutive
academic semesters and upon return must be able to complete the
remainder of the program within the five-year period as stated above.
Summer session is not considered an academic semester in the nursing
program. Students who intend to leave the program and return must notify
the Nursing Director in writing . Documentation will be placed in
student’s file. Students returning to the program will be required to
complete additional health requirements (drug screening/background
check) at the time they reenter the program after an absence of one
academic semester or more.
c. NURSING 111. Students who earn a W, D or F in NUR 111 cannot
continue in the JTCC Nursing Program. The student must reapply for
admission. (Mitigating circumstances for this policy will be determined by
the Director of Nursing). This is considered a “reentry” and the failure
will count against the student as a course failure once the student is
readmitted to the program. Students may reenter the program only one
time. See the re-admission policy for withdrawal criteria and dates.
1. Students unsuccessful in NUR 111 have no priority for acceptance
upon their reapplication to the Nursing Program.
2. The requirement for an overall GPA of 2.0 and a curricular GPA of
2.5 must be met and will be assessed by the Admissions
Committee. The grade earned in NUR 111 and NUR 226 will be
considered in calculating the overall GPA
d. Students who fail two nursing courses in the nursing sequence (NUR 226,
NUR 111, NUR 221, NUR 245, NUR 246, NUR 247, NUR 223, NUR
254) or the same nursing course will be dismissed from the nursing
program. Withdrawal of a course is not considered a failure. (Please note:
this policy is more stringent than the College policy for “Repeating a
Course”).
2. Nursing Course Progression
a. Each clinical course semester must be completed in its entirety in order to
progress in the Nursing Program.
1) Students who withdraw from NUR 111 (Nursing I) are eligible to continue in NUR
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