Program Description:
The purpose of the Associate of Science in Nursing program at Florida National University is to provide quality nursing education to a culturally, socially, and ethnically diverse community. The program achieves this mission by preparing the graduates for employment at entry-level registered nursing positions. The program further achieves this mission by ensuring mastery of affective, cognitive, and psychomotor skills so that its graduates can become successful licensed registered nurses who are able to provide holistic, safe, culturally sensitive care to a wide variety of clients throughout the lifespan. FNU awards an Associate of Science Degree upon graduation.
Program Requirements (72 Credits)
General Education (31 Credits)
Student Life Skills (1 Credit)
English and Communications (6 Credits)
Humanities (3 Credits)
Social Science (3 Credits)
Natural Sciences (12 Credits)
Mathematics (3 Credits)
Lower Level Requirements (3 Credits)
Core Requirements (41 Credits)
Nursing students are required to wear white nursing scrubs/uniforms and white shoes at all times. Students must furnish their own uniforms. Uniform tops with FNU logo can only be purchased at the FNU Bookstore.
A.S. Nursing Program Admission and Academic Requirements
A prospective student must meet all admission requirements predetermined by Florida National University. In addition, the requirements for admission to the ADN Program are as follow:
- Students must pass the KAPLAN exam with a minimum 80% combined score in all four sections of the exam. The Kaplan exam may only be taken twice. Registration for the exam is completed directly with the FNU.
- Provide two letters of reference (references may only come from academic and professional sources).
- Complete an essay – Minimum 500 words about why you are choosing to pursue a Nursing career. The essay should focus on your strengths and weaknesses, personal attributes, and life experiences that you feel will help you succeed in nursing school. The essay must the original work of the prospective student. TurnitIn plagiarism and AI checker will be used on each essay. The essay will be graded on a standardized rubric.
- Complete and Entrance Interview with the Director of Nursing, or designee.
- Meet the following academic requirements:
a. Complete all required General Education courses with a cumulative GPA of 3.0.
b. If you are transferring General Education courses from another accredited institution, ALL Natural Science courses MUST have a letter grade of at least B (BSC1085C, BSC1086C, CHM1033, CHM1033L, and MCB2000C).
- All applicants admitted into the ASN program may be required to complete a physical examination and provide a complete immunization record. In addition, a complete local, level 2 federal, and AHCA background screening will be required in conjunction with clinical facility-required drug testing. Positive results on the background screening or drug testing could impact a student’s chances of attending their clinical experiences, completing the program requirements, or gaining a license to work upon graduation. The cost of required physical examinations, immunizations, background checks and drug testing will be borne by the student. Students accepted into the program will be provided with specific details regarding all required documentation for the ASN Program.
- For students enrolling in the A.S. Nursing program at the Hialeah campus, there is a selective enrollment process. There will only be 24 available seats in each program core cohort. All other students will be placed on a waiting list. There is a specific selection criterion that is available for review upon request from the ASN Director of Nursing.
Scholastic Standards of the Associate of Science in Nursing Program
- The ADN program is an intensive, FULL-TIME program, requiring approximately 1,462.50 clock hours per year Classes including both lecture as well as labs may be held any day from Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Clinical hours may be scheduled any time during the week/weekend from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM. In addition, the students will need to dedicate at least 2 – 3 hours per each class hour to study the learned material.
- Students are required to meet the following standards in every course:
- Successfully meet all course student learning outcomes.
- Complete all program core courses with at least a C (80%) or better.
- Complete all clinical skills and evaluations satisfactorily.
- Complete all required clinical and theory hours.
- Meet attendance standards of the program.
- All core courses are administered in a sequence, if a student fails a course, he/she must repeat it in order to proceed with the program.
- Students that repeat more than one course or that do not meet the required attendance hours in both clinical and lecture will be expelled from the program.
- Students will be eligible to receive only one “incomplete” in the nursing courses throughout the duration of the program. Students that receive more than one incomplete grade on more than one course at a time or throughout the duration of the program will be expelled from the program.
- Students must pass the exit comprehensive exam in order to graduate.
- Students must successfully meet the Program Learning Outcomes in order to graduate.