Nursing Student Handbook - John Tyler Community College

semester to complete course requirements. At this point, they are considered active
students and are placed in the next course sequence. Once the student completes course
requirements in the last clinical course, he/she will be eligible for graduation.
c. Students failing a clinical course must complete a readmission form, which will be
logged in the Readmission book. Students will be admitted on a space-available basis
according to the course readmission policy.
d. Students who have been seated twice in the same nursing course and have not
successfully completed the course are not eligible for a 3 rd attempt. A student is
considered seated in a course if they remain in the course past the established add/drop
period. After 2 seated attempts at a course, the student would be ineligible to progress
and complete the program.
4. Priority for Consideration for Available Course Slots 2 nd -4 th Semesters (actual numbers of available
spaces for a course are dependent upon faculty and clinical site availability). The purpose of this policy
is to provide a consistent, fair process to determine how students will be allowed to re-enter the
program. This policy applies to all JTCC nursing students regardless of the number of semesters they
have been out of the program as long as the student meets readmission requirements and is within the
timeframes specified above.
a. If the number of spaces available for a course is equal to the number of students
asking to re-enter, all students will be accepted to the course as long as they are
eligible to do so.
b. If the number of returning students exceeds spaces in a course, students will be
allowed re-entry based on the following order:
1) Students who were successful in the previous course and have not attempted the course
for which they are applying for re-entry. This includes students who have voluntarily
delayed progression to the next course.
2) Students who have withdrawn after the drop period but before the
deadline for withdrawal without academic penalty.
3) Students who have withdrawn with mitigating circumstances after
the deadline for withdrawal without penalty. (Note that mitigating
circumstances now require that the student be passing the course
at the time of withdrawal.)
4) Students who earned a “D” on the previous course attempt.
5) Students who earned an “F” on the previous course attempt.
If there are students who fall in the same priority category, preference will be given to the
student with the least number of previous course failures. For students who are seeking to reenter
the 3 rd semester, preference will be given to students who need the least number of
specialty courses to advance to the 4 th semester of the nursing sequence.
c. For any other situation not specified above, the student will be considered last for
any available space.
d. Any student who re-enters a course after failure, withdrawal, or a delay in
progression must meet with the Course Coordinator to discuss a formal plan for
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