MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING DIVISION
LPN-TO-RN MOBILITY TRACK
GENERAL INFORMATION

GENERAL INFORMATION:

(1) In addition to college tuition and fees, Mobility Track students have other expenses such as uniforms, workbooks, nursing achievement tests, professional liability insurance, substance testing, and fees for the licensure examination.

(2) Performance standards and activities required for successful progression and program completion are listed in the Core Performance Standards in the ADN Student Handbook and the ADN Website.

(3) Mobility Track students must maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification for Health Care Providers (or equivalent) throughout enrollment in the program.

(4) Mobility Track students must maintain currency on required immunizations and provide proof of an annual negative PPD Tuberculin test (or clearance for positive TB
tests).

(5) Mobility Track students must submit to substance testing in accordance with the ADN Substance Testing Policy.

(6) Mobility Track students must provide their own transportation to and from clinical agencies.

(7) Mobility students must abide by the policies and procedures of health care agencies used for clinical experiences.

(8) Evening and weekend clinical rotations may be required.

(9) Mobility Track students must be full-time.

(10) Mobility Track students must follow the latest version of the college catalog and ADN policies throughout enrollment in the ADN Program.

(11) The college reserves the right to make curriculum and policy changes as necessary. Written notification to prenursing/nursing students is sufficient to effect change.

(12) The credit to clock hour ratio for the classroom in nursing is 1:1 (i.e., one clock hour of class per week is required for each credit hour assigned to class). The credit to clock hour ratio for lab/clinical is 1:3 (i.e., three clock hours of lab/clinical are required for each credit hour assigned to lab/clinical). For the ten (10) credit-hour clinical nursing courses, these ratios convert to six (6) clock hours of class per week and twelve (12) clock hours of lab/clinical per week.

(13) Students must successfully complete NUR 1116 to progress to NUR 2310. NUR 1116 may be taken one time only. If unsuccessful in NUR 1116, applicant may apply for admission to NUR 1110 as a new student.