o If necessary, Applicants will be asked to pass an interview with the Nursing Program Director or Associate Program Director in person or via a virtual conferencing platform. o Applicants must submit a two to three-page (2 – 3) written essay on why they have chosen professional nursing as a career. Credit Granting for Nursing Education Students may request credit granting for previously taken nursing courses. If official transcripts are not submitted at the time of the application, the student forfeits the opportunity to apply for credit granting on previous courses. LVNs can transfer 22 Semester Credit Hours of LVN courses taken at the post-secondary level at an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council of Higher Education Accreditation. Thecontentofthese22transfercreditsshallincludethefollowing: ● Nursing Theory hours (before the program): 13 semester credit hours for the following equivalent courses at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts: - RN100FundamentalsofNursing(3semestercredithours) - RN102HealthAssessmentTheory(2semestercredithours) - RN104FundamentalsofPharmacology(2semestercredithours) - RN200 Medical-Surgical Nursing I Theory-Intro to Med-Surg (3 semester credit hours) - RN202 Medical-Surgical Nursing II Theory-Intermediate Med-Surg (3 semester credit hours) ● NursingLabhours(before theprogram):1.5semestercredithoursfor: - RN103HealthAssessmentSkillsLab(1.5semestercredithours) ● NursingClinicalhours(beforethe program):7.5semestercredithoursfor: - RN101FundamentalsofNursingClinicalandLab(3.5semestercredithours) - RN201Medical-SurgicalNursingIClinical(2semestercredithours) - RN203Medical-SurgicalNursingIIClinical (2 semester credit hours) Table 10. ADN General Education Hours PREREQUISITE SEMESTERCREDITHOURS HumanBodyinHealthandDiseaseIwithLab 4.0 GeneralMicrobiologywithLab 4.0 English Reading and Composition 3.0 Algebra I 3.0 GeneralPsychology 3.0 HumanBodyinHealthandDiseaseIIwithLab 4.0 Nutrition in Health & Disease 3.0 Critical Thinking 3.0 Introduction to Sociology 3.0 Public Speaking, Basics of Effective Communication 3.0 TOTALGURNICKACADEMYGENERALEDUCATIONCOURSES 33.0 39