The faculty of the Department of Nursing reserve the right of admitting only those students who in the judgment of the faculty satisfy the requirements of scholarship and health and meet the standards expected of prospective members of the nursing profession. The Mount Mercy College Catalog provides current information regarding admission, promotion, and graduation requirements, costs of the nursing program, and curriculum. Additional information regarding the nursing program is available in the Nursing Student Handbook . These resources are made available to the nursing students and the policies, therein, are verbally reinforced by the nursing faculty. Student records are confidential unless faculty are obligated to disclose under proper authorization or legal compulsion.
Students have access to their own records.
The nursing faculty abide by the written policies in the Mount Mercy College Catalog, The Good Book and the Nursing Student Handbook. Program requirements in effect at the time of admission to the nursing major will be honored. After careful consideration by faculty members a nursing student shall be notified of pending dismissal for scholarship, health, or professional reasons. Students may appeal this decision as outlined in the Nursing Student Handbook and in the current The Good Book . Nursing students shall be permitted to graduate and make application for licensure provided all requirements have been fulfilled.