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Admission Requirements

 
  1. Completely filled out Bay Area College of Nursing application form.
  2. Submit an original high school certificate or original transcript of records indicating that the student graduated from high school or its equivalent. A signed statement or attestation by the student is acceptable documentation. All non-English transcripts must be translated into English and be officially certified.
  3. All foreign transcripts must be evaluated by a member of the National Association of Educational Credential Service for 12th grade equivalency.
  4. Complete Anatomy and Physiology course of at least 3 semester units with a grade of C or higher.  This course may be taken at Bay Area College of Nursing or at a community college.  Sealed Official Transcript required. (If requesting for other course credit from previous schools, please fill out a “Credit Option Form” and include a sealed official transcript with course description.)
  5. Complete WBST with a score of 12th grade or higher in English and Math. Complete Scholastic Level Excam with a score of 14 or higher. test sores must be within 1 year prior to date of admission.
  6. Current and valid CPR certificate.
  7. Physical examination by a medical doctor or nurse practitioner.
  8. TB clearance; hepatitis B vaccination or at least 1st injection of the series of 3; MMR or titer verifying immunity to rubella, mumps, rubeola; varicella immunization or immunity verification by titer.
  9. Tetanus within past 5 years.
  10. Personal malpractice insurance.
  11. Must be at least 17 years of age by the time the program begins.
  12. Have no convictions in any court of law of a crime other than minor traffic violations
  13. Live Scan
  14. Laptop
  15. Clinical Paraphernalia

 

 
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