Post-Admission Process

Submit the required non-refundable tuition deposit to the Admissions Office within one month of the date on the acceptance letter.

Complete Iowa Health Care Facility (135) Record Check, Request for Child Abuse Information and Request for Dependent Adult Abuse Registry Information forms* and return to Mercy College. Please be advised the background check results will need to be completed before registration can take place. This process usually takes two to three weeks once the completed forms have been submitted to the agencies.

Attend College Orientation/Registration. Notification of times and dates will be sent to the student upon admission to the College. The following forms need to be submitted prior to or at Orientation/Registration:

Completed Medical Examination/Physical form signed by a physician.

Completed Clinical Standards form signed by BOTH applicant and physician.

Complete immunizations records portion of the Medical Examination/Physical form.

Complete the Medical History/Health Update form.

Complete and submit documentation of a two-step tuberculin skin test screening.

Official documentation showing student has received or is currently in the process of receiving the 3-dose Hepatitis B series vaccine series.

Proof of completion and current certification in American Heart Association CPR for the Health Care Provider (including adult, infant, child, 1- and 2-man, AED).

Complete an Emergency Contact and Response form and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Release form.

Achieve a mathematics score of 22 or higher on the ACT test or a mathematics score of at least 480 on the SAT within the last two years.

Achieve a grade of “C” (not “C-”) or higher in a college-level mathematics course within the last two years.

Achieve a scaled mathematics score of 65 or greater on the algebra domain of the COMPASS test within the last two years. If a student does not achieve a score of 65 on the COMPASS exam, the student must take either MAT 095 Pre-Algebra or MAT 105 College Algebra prior to or concurrent with the first semester of the nursing program. College credit is not awarded for MAT 095.