Nursing (Registered Nurse/RN), AAS

Program Requirements

Candidacy & TEAS Update

Fall 2024 RN Program ATI TEAS Deadline, November 1^st 2024
Spring 2025 RN Program ATI TEAS Deadline, May 5th 2025

Candidacy Application
As of Spring 2021 the process for applying for Candidacy has changed. You are required to request the Candidacy Form by emailing HealthSci@lagcc.cuny.edu. The Candidacy Form will then be sent to your LaGuardia Live email for you to complete and submit. We no longer send or receive the Candidacy Form as an attachment.

Change of Major
As of Fall 2021 the Change of Major process has changed. You are required to request Change of Major Form by emailing HealthSci@lagcc.cuny.edu. The Change of Major Form will then be sent to your LaGuardia Live email with a unique Link for you to complete and submit. We no longer send or accept the form as an attachment.

ATI Remote Proctoring – The exam will be conducted remotely, please review the instructions.

To be considered eligible for progression to the first nursing course (SCR110), a student must have met all of the following requirements:

• Be registered at LaGuardia as a pre-clinical “undeclared health major”, 470 / UNDNRS-AAS
• Meet the requirements for the TEAS entrance exam (see Handbook for more information)
• Registered for Nursing Candidacy (NUR000) in either the Spring Session I (for entrance in the Fall) or the Fall Session I (for entrance in the Spring). Key courses should either be completed or will be completed by the end of this 12 week session.
• Earned at least a 2.75 GPA (Grade Point Average) in the four “key” pre-clinical courses listed below:
• ENG101  Composition I, 3 credits
• SSY101   General Psychology, 3 credits
• SCC 110  Foundations of Chemistry, 4 credit
• SCB203   Fundamentals of Human Biology I, 4 credits
• Successful completion of SCB 204 Fundamentals of Human Biology II, 4 credits

While a GPA of 2.75 in the key courses is the minimum requirement for consideration, it does not guarantee progression to clinical courses.

As of Spring 2020 semester in order to advance into nursing clinical coursework, (Application for candidacy in RN or PN programs), students must provide documentation in one of the following categories to the Office of the Registrar (C107):

• U.S. Citizenship
• International student with F-1 status
• Asylee
• Refugee
• Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
• Individuals paroled into the United States whose parole has not expired
• Persons residing in the U.S. pursuant to an Order of Supervision
• Persons granted a stay of deportation/removal
• Persons granted an indefinite voluntary departure
• Persons on whose behalf an immediate relative petition has been approved
• Persons who have filed an application for adjustment of status to permanent resident
• Persons granted Deferred Action Status
• Persons who entered and have continuously residency in the U.S. before 01/01/1972
• Persons granted suspension of deportation or cancellation of removal
• Cuban/Haitian entrants 16.Persons with a pending application for asylum, withholding of removal or deportation, protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), cancellation of removal, or TPS
• Persons in T or U non-immigrant status
• Self-petitioner under the Violence Against Women Act 19.Other persons living in the U.S. who are not
  unlawfully present

*CUNY has added several additional categories of student status for entry into the Nursing program. Please contact the Registrar for a complete list.

Please Note: the CUNY Citizenship and Immigration Project provides free counseling and assistance to all CUNY students who need help with their immigration status. For more information, please visit  https://www1.cuny.edu/sites/citizenship-now/

There is a deadline to apply for nursing candidacy each 12 week session. It is the student’s responsibility to check the Academic Calendar for this date. with Students can only register for RN Candidacy (NUR000) by emailing the Health Sciences Department at HealthSci@lagcc.cuny.edu. Change of major does not automatically place you into Candidacy.
Registered Nursing Information Sheet