Nursing

RN applicants MUST watch the Pre-Admission Conference Video by the deadline for application.

Any student interested in entering the Nursing Program at MCTC is required to watch this pre-admissions conference video prior to submitting their application. It has lots of great information to get you on your way to a great career in nursing.

Download and return per instructions provided during pre-admissions conference video.  You must send one packet for each campus you are applying to.

Request the Admissions Information Packet or Signatures Packet

LPN to RN applicants MUST watch the Pre-Admission Conference Video by the deadline for application.

Any student interested in entering the Nursing Program at MCTC is required to watch this pre-admissions conference video prior to submitting their application. It has lots of great information to get you on your way to a great career in nursing.

Download and return per instructions provided during pre-admissions conference video. You must send one packet for each campus you are applying to.

Request the Admissions Information Packet or Signatures Packet

PN applicants MUST watch the Pre-Admission Conference Video by the deadline for application.

Download and return per instructions provided during pre-admissions conference video.  You  must send one packet for each campus you are applying to.

Request the Admissions Information Packet or Signatures Packet

Acceptance into the Associate Degree RN Program is based on a selective admissions process. Requirements are as follows:

• current application for admission to a KCTCS college
• official transcript from each college or university previously attended
• ACT scores
• Red Cross or American Heart Association Healthcare Provider level CPR certification required prior to first day of class if admitted to program (online certification not acceptable)
• proof of active status on the Kentucky Nurse Aide Registry
• LPN school transcripts (if applicable)
• successful completion of program pre-requisites with a grade of "C" or higher
• attendance at one pre-admission conference per admission cycle (academic year)
• LPN to RN  MUST watch Pre-Admission Conference prior to October deadline:
  

• Part of MCTC’s ADN program’s selective admission process is the requirement to take the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS). The ATI TEAS test is part of a national exam for health sciences and is designed specifically to assess the student’s academic preparedness.  The test is multiple choice and the skills assessed are in mathematics, reading, science, English and language usage.

  There are several online study options and books available to prepare for the TEAS exam covering the concepts and subjects that the student needs to know. Preparing for the exam prior to taking it will help the student boost their confidence level and success rate on exam. Many of the preparation courses available also offer focused remediation to identify areas of possible improvement. Please go to:  https://www.atitesting.com/events which has a listing of free webinars and online options available for purchase.   

  The required score to be considered for the ADN program is a “Basic” which is above 41.3%.  If the student falls below this level, they will not be considered in this year’s admission but can retest and apply the following year. Scores for the selective admission will be the following:

• Exemplary: 90.7% or higher = 15 points

• Advanced:  78.0% to 90.6% = 10 points

• Proficient: 58.7% to 77.9% = 5 points

• Basic: 41.3% to 58.6% = 0 points

 

If a student did not test well, they may retest one time in the admission process per admission cycle. The retake has to be completed prior to the admission deadline for the desired admission date. The best score of the two attempts will be used to calculate the points for selective admission.    

• GPA of 2.50 or better in all college coursework (not just one class)
• all college and program admission requirements must be on file by March 1 of each year to be considered for admission to NSG 101 in the fall semester
• LPNs entering the program in the spring semester must have all college and program admission requirements on file by November 1
• documentation of computer literacy as defined by KCTCS

Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program is based on a selective admissions process. Requirements are as follows:

• application for admission to the college
• official high school transcript verifying graduation or official passing GED scores
• official transcript from each college or university previously attended
• recent overall Teas score of 41.3

• current Red Cross or American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Level CPR certification (online certification not acceptable); must be kept current during the program
• successful completion of a Medicaid Nurse Aide or equivalent course within the past three (3) years
• proof of active status on the Kentucky State Nurse Aide Registry
• successful completion of program prerequisites with a grade of "C" or higher
• watch one (1) pre-admission conference per admission cycle
• All students making application for admission to the Practical Nursing Program must take the TEAS Examination.  Schedule a testing appointment with Jerry Morrison Maysville Testing Center, (606) 759-7141, ext. 66191, jerry.morrison@kctcs.edu
• An online registration fee of about $70 will be required to be paid with credit card upon arrival at the testing center and before beginning the exam.  The registration fee cannot be paid prior to the exam date.  It must be paid before beginning the exam.
• Practice exams and a study guide are available through ATI.    

In order to be considered for readmission by the Nursing Admissions Committee, the applicant must:

• Submit a written request to the Coordinator of the Program.
• Meet current guidelines for admission to both the college and nursing program.
• Attend one (1) pre-admission conference per admission cycle.
• Show competency for prior semester by taking an ATI examination with at least a score of Level 2 and meeting the national mean or by passing the previous term's Med-Surg final examination with ≥ seventy-nine percent (79%) proficiency. Testing will be limited to one (1) attempt. Students will also be required to demonstrate proficiency of skills from all previously completed courses. Only one (1) attempt is allowed. Students must be recommended by nursing faculty from the past semester.
• No e-mails will be accepted as letters of request to coordinator and/or faculty.
• All written requests must have applicant's signature on it.

A student may be readmitted to the nursing program one (1) time. The nursing admissions committee may recommend readmission a second (2nd) time, if a student furnishes sufficient evidence of remedial study, additional preparation, or resolution of factors contributing to unsuccessful course completion. There is no consideration for a third admission

If more than three (3) years have elapsed since initial enrollment in any nursing program, an applicant must repeat all nursing courses.

Note: If a student has set out one (1) semester, a college admission application is to be completed. If one (1) year has elapsed, a college admission application long form will be required. Completion of admission forms is the responsibility of the student.

Upon completion of this program, the graduate can:

1. Advocate for patients and families in ways that promote their self-determination, integrity, and ongoing growth as human beings (human flourishing).
   1. Incorporate culturally competent, individualized plans of care focusing on services and activities that promote independence, maintain or restore health, or support a peaceful death and advocate for access and quality of care for patients.
   2. Formulate teaching/learning processes to facilitate patients’ informed decision-making to support and achieve positive outcomes that demonstrates respect for diverse patients.
2. Formulate judgments in practice, substantiated with evidence, that integrate nursing science in the provision of safe, quality-care and promote the health of patients within a family and community context (nursing judgment).
   1. Utilize the nursing process as a basis for clinical judgment to optimize outcomes of care for the patient, family, and community.
   2. Establish and maintain effective/therapeutic communication in collaboration with patients, families, significant others, and members of the health care team.
   3. Manage the direct provision of nursing care through effective organizational skills, appropriate delegation, and supervision within the scope of practice.
3. Develop one’s role as a nurse in ways that reflect integrity, responsibility, ethical practice and an evolving identity as a nurse committed to evidence-based practice, caring, advocacy, and safe, quality care for diverse patients within a family and community context (professional identity).
   1. Employ principles of advocacy, quality and safety, healthcare policy, and cost effectiveness to improve healthcare outcomes.
   2. Exhibit professional behaviors/practice as defined by the ethical, legal, and regulatory frameworks of nursing.
   3. Incorporate the ability to ethically and responsibly integrate technology to skillfully locate, evaluate, use, create and communicate information to improve the quality and safety of patient care and the life and employability of graduates.
4. Consider the evidence that underlies clinical nursing practice to challenge the status quo, question underlying assumptions, and offer new insights to improve the quality of care for patients, families, and communities (spirit of inquiry).
   1. Interpret evidence-based literature/research for use in nursing practice.
   2. Exhibit continuous learning within the nursing profession.

Upon completion of the program, the graduate can:

1. Promote the human dignity, integrity, self-determination, and personal growth of patients, oneself, and members of the health care team (human flourishing).
   1. Contribute to developing, implementing, and evaluating culturally competent, individualized plans of care focusing on services and activities that promote health and independence, maintain, or restore health, or support a peaceful death and advocate for access and quality of care for patients.
   2. Reinforce teaching/learning processes to facilitate the patients informed decision-making to support and achieve positive outcomes that demonstrates respect for diverse patients.
2. Provide a rationale for judgments used in the provision of safe, quality care and for decisions that promote the health of patients within a family context (nursing judgment).
   1. Utilize the nursing process and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs as a basis for clinical judgment to optimize outcomes of care for the patient, family, and community.
   2. Establish and maintain effective/therapeutic communication in collaboration with patients, families, significant others, and members of the health care team;
   3. Provide nursing care through effective organizational skills and appropriate delegation within the scope of practice.
3. Assess how one’s personal strengths and values affect one’s identity as a nurse and one’s contributions as a member of the health care team (professional identity).
   1. Use principles of advocacy, quality, and safety, and caring to assist in improving healthcare outcomes.
   2. Exhibit professional behaviors/practice as defined by the ethical, legal, and regulatory frameworks of nursing.
   3. Employ ethical and responsible use of technology to locate, use, and communicate information to improve the quality and safety of patient care and the life and employability of graduates.
4. Question the basis for nursing actions, considering research, evidence, tradition, and patient preferences (spirit of inquiry).
   1. Consider evidence-based literature/research for use in nursing practice.
   2. Recognize need for continuous learning within the nursing profession.