Additional Criteria for Nursing Students

1. Pre-licensure students who transfer from an CCNE/NLNAC accredited nursing program may be eligible for transfer credit for specific Lewis University nursing course requirements (up to seven credits if from an associate degree nursing program and up to 15 credits if from a baccalaureate degree nursing program) provided that
   1. the student’s cumulative GPA for all courses taken at all transferring institutions is 2.75 or above based on a 4.0 point scale;
   2. the nursing courses were completed within three years of the date credit is to be granted;
   3. content is equivalent to the course(s) for which credit is being requested;
   4. the student must successfully complete the Kaplan Admission Test (KAT).
   5. The student was not dismissed from their original nursing program.

The College of Nursing and Health Sciences reserves the right to evaluate the transfer student’s basic and physical assessment skills to determine achievement of competency at the level for which transfer credit is being requested. Admission, progression, curriculum, and graduation policies of the pre-licensure track are subject to change in order to comply with the requirements of the current Illinois Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act, Rules for the Administration of Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act, and The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2008).

RN/BSN students are awarded 12 semester hours of credit on the basis of demonstrating fulfillment of basic nursing competencies measured through passing the NCLEX exam and receiving licensure as a professional nurse in the state of Illinois. These hours are held in escrow until the student successfully completes NURS 43200, Promoting Healthy Communities.

Evaluation of transfer credit for adult, accelerated students is based on the following criteria:

1. Credits transfer from schools accredited by The Higher Learning Commission or another regional accrediting association.
2. A maximum of four credit hours will transfer in physical education activity courses.
3. “D” grades will not be accepted as transfer credit.
4. A maximum of 72 semester hours of community college credits (or credits from a two-year school) may be accepted at the time of admission. Additional community college credits may be accepted if included in a Lewis University articulation or consortium agreement.
5. An unlimited number of hours will be accepted from upper division/senior institutions as long as 32 hours, including 12 hours of upper-division major courses and 6 hours of Mission-based courses, are completed at Lewis.
6. Developmental and/or remedial courses completed at another institution are not transferable.
7. There are no time limits with respect to when credits were earned in order to be accepted for transfer.
8. Course grades do not transfer.