Practical Nursing Admission Criteria

After being accepted to the program, but before student orientation, the following requirements must be met.

• Physical examination by a New York State licensed medical practitioner and proof of immunizations by titer and seasonal influenza and COVID-19 vaccines
  • You can download all appropriate health forms here. Please call Jada Williams, Admissions representative, at 516.796.1000, ext. 121, with any questions. You can tap here, as well, to email her.
  • These must be presented prior to student orientation. The drug screening must show negative results.
  • All costs related to the physical exam, immunizations, vaccine, background check, and drug screening are the sole responsibility of the applicant and cannot be reimbursed by the school.
  • Proof of Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association, either current or pending, prior to student orientation
• Basic background check
  • Official proof of the background check must be submitted prior to student orientation.
  • The cost of the authorized background check is the sole responsibility of the applicant and will not be reimbursed by the school. Therefore, it is advised that you do not incur the expense for the background check or drug screening unless you have been formally accepted into the program.
  • A Basic Background Check must be completed by CastleBranch, a company we have partnered with. Go to CastleBranch and order your background check online by entering package code HS14bg (for background check and drug screening, use HS14bgdt) in the upper right corner of the screen.
  • The background check and drug screening must be done through CastleBranch, and the drug screening results must all be negative.
  • Follow the instructions on the handout provided by the Admissions department.
• Drug screenings other than those mentioned above may be required, as needed, depending upon the policies of the clinical site to which a student is assigned
  • Drug screenings can be completed through CastleBranch by following the same procedures for your background check as outlined on the handout provided by the Admissions department. Enter package code HS14dt.
• Hunter Business School now requires all newly enrolled students in the Practical Nursing program to be COVID vaccinated. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a person is considered fully COVID vaccinated two weeks after receiving the second dose of a two-step immunization (Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech) or one dose of a one-step immunization (J&J/Janssen). Students must provide proof of complete vaccination to the program chairperson prior to orientation.