ADN Admission Requirements

1. Application Deadlines — The ADN program has 2 entry opportunities: Fall or Spring
   Admission is on a "rolling basis" which means that admission is considered at any time prior to final registration pending completion of all requirements as listed and space availability.
• Application, ASSET or COMPASS test scores, and all supporting documentation must be on file before eligibility can be determined. This includes submission of both official high school and college transcripts.
• Current NMC students must submit the "ADN Notification Form" to the Admission's Office indicating which semester they are applying to enter the ADN program. Notification Forms are available in 3 different campus offices: Admission's Office, Counseling Center, and the Health Occupations academic office.
2. GPA Requirements — High School GPA = 3.0 or College GPA = to 2.5
• GPAs are re-computed to include academic classes only. Courses such as choir, PE, typing, or pottery are not considered in the GPA computation.
3. Must complete either the COMPASS, or ACT Tests requirements
   1. COMPASS Test score requirements.
   • Reading — 82 or above. If lower, students must take ENG 108 - Reading & Learning Strategies.
     • Students who transfer a degree do not need to take the reading part of the COMPASS test.
   • Writing — 70 or above...If lower, must take ENG 99 - Intro. Col. Reading/Writing or ENG 111 - English Composition and ENG 11 - English/Writing Methods.
     • Students who transfer ENG 111 do not need to take the writing part of the Compass test.
   • Math — 66 or above in Algebra......Students must place into MTH 121 -College Algebra. If not, students must take MTH 111 - Intermediate Algebra.

   Students who transfer a MTH 111 - Intermediate Algebra course that was taken within the last 5 years DO NOT need to take the math part of the COMPASS test. Students who transfer MTH 111 that was taken more than 5 years ago may take the COMPASS test and demonstrate current math skills by placing into MTH 121.

   2. ACT of 19 for Reading and Writing
      ACT of 24 on Math part of ACT
4. Courses required for admission consideration
   1. **CHM 101 - Intro to Chemistry with a minimum grade of 2.0.
      Students with 2 semesters of high school chemistry with a 2.5 or better or with college Chemistry that is older than 5 years may meet the CHM 101 requirement by passing the Chemistry Department competency exam.
   2. **BIO 227 — Anatomy and Physiology I — 2.5 required.
      Must be taken within the last 5 years. If A&P is older than 5 yrs., students may retake BIO 227 & BIO 228 or successfully complete a competency exam. Transfer students must have competed course work equivalent to BIO 227, BIO 228 and BIO 208 (Microbiology) with 2.5 or better within the last 5 years before transfer credit will be considered.
   3. **ENG 111 — English Composition — 2.0 required
   4. **PSY 101 — Intro to Psychology — 2.0 required
5. Courses recommended to be completed prior to starting the ADN program.
   1. **BIO 228 - Anatomy and Physiology II - 2.5 required
      Should course scheduling permit, BIO 228 could be taken concurrently with HNR 101 and 102. See a counselor or advisor for details.
   2. **BIO 240 - Clinical Nutrition - 3 credits/3.0 contacts
      BIO 240 is a pre-requisite for 200 level nursing.
   3. CPR (Professional Red Cross or AHA Health Care Provider) — Recommended to be completed prior to admission or taken as a co-requisite with HNR 102 within the first five weeks of HNR 102. (Available at NMC-HPD 120)
6. Other courses required for the ADN program.
   (While these courses could be taken after entering the ADN program, the majority of the pre-nursing students prefer to take these courses prior to starting the nursing program.)
   1. **CIT 122a Computer and Internet Basics —— 1 credit/1.0 contacts
   2. **PHL 202 Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas —— 3 credits/3.0 contacts
   3. **ENG 112 English Composition —— 4 credits/4.0 contacts

      **or equivalent transfer credits

Notes:

• A physical examination and completion of Health Occupations Certificate of Health documenting good mental and physical health is required prior to clinical course work. LPNs seeking admission to the ADN Completion Program should schedule an appointment with the Nursing Director or designee in order to complete an evaluation of previous course work and experience and develop a Plan of Study.
• Criminal Background Checks are now required on all students entering the Associate Degree in Nursing and the Practical Nursing programs at Northwestern Michigan College. This is due to the change in legislation that requires Criminal Background Checks be completed for certain health care institutions. The background check will be required by Northwestern Michigan College upon admission to the program and prior to the beginning of the first course. The costs associated with this background check will be the sole responsibility of the nursing student. Please visit the following link for more detailed information on the criminal background checks www.nmc.edu/healthoccupations/nursing/cbcinfo

  Once admitted to the program, students subsequently convicted of any the crimes listed above will be dismissed from the Nursing Program. It is the student's responsibility to report changes in the status of their criminal background to the Director of the Nursing Programs

• The Board of Nursing may deny a license for a previous felony conviction, previous treatment for drug or alcohol abuse or after finding the existence of one or more grounds for board action listed in 333.16221 of the Public Health Code, Act 368 of 1978.