2020–2021 CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK SCHOOL OF NURSING The Professional Nursing Associate’s Degree is only offered at the Fort Myers, New Port Richey / West Pasco, Ocala School of Nursing, Orlando*, and Tampa/Brandon campuses in Florida; the Overland Park and Topeka* campuses in Kansas; the Blaine*, Bloomington, Lake Elmo / Woodbury*, Mankato, Moorhead, and St. Cloud campuses in Minnesota; and the Green Bay and Wausau campuses in Wisconsin. The Professional Nursing Associate’s Degree is not offered in North Dakota. (*The Orlando, FL, campus is an off-campus instructional site of the Ocala, FL, program; the Topeka, KS, campus is an off- campus instructional site of the Overland Park, KS, program; and the Blaine, MN, and Lake Elmo / Woodbury campuses are off-campus instructional sites of the Bloomington, MN, program) ) The Professional Nursing Associate’s Degree program is designed to meet the educational requirement to apply for licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Florida, Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Other eligibility requirements may apply; please verify your eligibility against board of nursing rules. This program is not offered in other states, but it has been determined that this program meets the educational requirement to apply for licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Indiana, Missouri, and North Dakota. No determination has been made as to whether this program meets the educational requirements for licensure in other states. Applicants to this program must meet program-specific admissions requirements in addition to all general Rasmussen College admissions requirements. Please see the application procedures for this program under Academic Information and College Policies. To graduate from this program, students must complete all required NUR coursework with a grade of C or better, achieve all required skill competencies, and satisfactorily complete all required clinical learning experiences. In addition to meeting all other admissions requirements, Kansas and Wisconsin applicants must successfully pass a background check through Rasmussen College’s chosen third-party vendor. In addition to meeting all other admissions requirements, Florida applicants must successfully pass two background checks—one through Rasmussen College’s chosen third-party vendor, and one meeting the Florida statutory definition of a Level 2 background check. In addition to meeting all other admissions requirements, Minnesota applicants enrolled through Mankato and St. Cloud must successfully pass a background check through the Minnesota Department of Human Services. In addition to meeting all other admissions requirements, Minnesota applicants enrolled through Blaine, Bloomington, Lake Elmo / Woodbury, and Moorhead must successfully pass two background checks—one through Rasmussen College’s chosen third-party vendor, and one through the Minnesota Department of Human Services. The Rasmussen College Professional Nursing Associate’s Degree program in Fort Myers, New Port Richey / West Pasco, Ocala (with an off-campus instructional site in Orlando), and Tampa/Brandon, Florida; Kansas City / Overland Park (with an off-campus instructional site in Topeka), Kansas; Bloomington (with off-campus instructional sites in Blaine and Lake Elmo/Woodbury), Mankato, Moorhead, and St. Cloud, Minnesota; and Green Bay and Wausau, Wisconsin, is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326; 404-975-5000. http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/ programSearch.htm ALL CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY ADDENDUM 65
