W. Va. Code R. § 135-59-15 - Nursing Career Pathway Policy
15.1. The goal of the nursing career pathway
is to give students a clear picture of how to enter the profession and a
shorter, more affordable way to progress through the education they need. The
pathway includes dual or advanced placement credit for high school students
when admitted to nursing programs in community and technical colleges, seamless
transition to bachelor's completion degrees in nursing as needed, and
employment opportunities as nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses, and
registered nurses along the pathway.
15.2. The community and technical colleges
shall accept student course credit earned through dual credit as part of the
Nursing Career Pathway as higher education credits counting toward credits
specific to the major of nursing or nursing science. The student's secondary
school shall identify completion of the nursing pathway on the high school
transcript. Students completing the nursing pathway shall also receive the
Therapeutic Services Certificate.
15.3. Dual credit courses in the Nursing
Career Pathway are developed as required course credit according to West
Virginia Board of Education Policy 2510, Assuring Quality of Education:
Regulations for Education Programs, and Policy 2520.13, West
Virginia College- and Career-Readiness Programs of Study/Standards for Career
and Technical Education. These courses include college-level freshmen
English, college algebra or statistics, anatomy and physiology, and general
psychology. A list of approved dual credit courses may be found on the West
Virginia Department of Education's website.
15.4. Students may also earn college-level
credit for the Nursing Career Pathway and specific to the major of nursing or
nursing science through Advanced Placement courses (AP) as set out in Section 8
of this rule.
15.5. Nothing in this
rule shall prevent institutions from awarding additional dual credit or AP
credit toward the Nursing Career Pathway as allowed by the institution's
approved policies for awarding such credit.
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