The State Board of Nursing will make the decision whether or not to allow an individual to take the licensing examination. All nursing students enrolled in clinical nursing courses complete standardized diagnostic testing that are administered each semester by the nursing department. The cost of this testing is paid by the student. Completed prerequisite courses as listed in the college catalog. Preference given to students who enrolled at William Jewell as first year students with nursing as declared major.
Students begin the program in the spring semester of the sophomore year.
To have an application considered for spring admission, the completed application will be reviewed by the department beginning June 1 of the previous year. A detailed statement of policies and procedures is available in the Department Student Handbook. Forty students will be admitted each year. Nursing courses do not usually transfer among nursing programs. It is the student's responsibility to ascertain that the application is complete.