Pre-Licensure Progression Policies

Students selected for admission to the nursing program must also:

• Meet clinical agency requirements
• Present evidence of satisfactory health status
• Be eligible for RN licensure
• Be capable of fulfilling clinical practice requirements

Click here for the list of required progression courses.

Science Eligibility Rule

Students with three or more failures (a "D" or "F") in any of the required science and nutrition courses are ineligible to progress in the Nursing program at USI.

Additional Progression Policies

• Students must achieve a minimum grade of "C" in all nursing courses. In order to achieve a grade of "C" or better in a nursing course, a student must achieve a "Pass" in the clinical component in addition to a "C" or better in the theory component. Letter grades are not given for clinical nor is a clinical "pass" utilized in computing the course grade, other than the requirement that the student must pass the clinical in order to earn a "C" grade or better. Students who do not receive a "pass" grade in the clinical will receive a letter grade of "F" in the course.
• Students must retake a nursing course in which a grade of a "D" or less is earned (see Delay in Progression policy). Both theory and clinical must be repeated. If the repeated grade is acceptable ("C" or above) only the higher grade will be reflected in the student's GPA. If a "D" or less is earned when repeating the course or in any subsequent nursing course, the student will be dismissed from the program and will not be eligible for readmission.