Applicants completing prerequisites prior to or during Summer Session I are required to submit transcripts prior to the registration period for Fall Semester. These students will sign a form agreeing to have official transcripts on file in the Registrar's Office within one month from the date of Fall registration. A student position may be filled in a discretionary manner for exemplary reasons as determined by the committee and approved by the faculty. Intellectual ability to synthesize the body of knowledge necessary to practice nursing Physical capability to gain access to clients in a variety of setting, and the capability to provide professional nursing care in these settings. Physical stamina to participate in routine physical aspects of nursing care.
Communication skills to effectively utilize nursing care plans.
Motor skills to effect interventions required in application of nursing care. The ATU Department of Nursing requires abilities and skills for admission and progression in the curriculum based on those required of a practicing professional nurse. The professional nurse must possess the knowledge and ability to effectively assess his or her patient's biophysical, psychological, social, cultural, and intellectual domains. Further, the professional nurse must competently analyze the assessment data through critical thinking to arrive at a definition of the patient's status or problem, plan independently or collaboratively for a full range of therapeutic interventions, execute all or part of the plans through nursing acts, and evaluate the care delivered and the patient's responses to it. Technological accommodation can be made for some disabilities in certain of these areas, but a candidate should be able to perform in a reasonably independent manner.