Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• English Language Proficiency
• In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English
• Have completed the final semester or quarter of your junior year of a Bachelors degree in a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• Have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• The CGPA must be computed on post-secondary academic work taken within the past 3 years, or based on academic work accepted for credit towards the nursing degree
• While a student may have a grade of "C" in a nursing course, the cumulative GPA for the nursing core courses may not be less than a 3.0
• Meet physical examination standards
• Physical Requirements: Heavy Lifting (45 lbs and over)
• Moderate Carrying (15-44 lbs)
• Light Carrying (under 5 lbs)
• Straight Pulling (1 hour)
• Pushing (1 hour)
• Reaching above shoulder
• Use of fingers
• Both hands required
• Walking (up to 8-12 hours)
• Standing (up to 8-12 hours)
• Kneeling (1 hour)
• Repeated bending (up to 1 hour)
• Climbing, legs only (1 hour)
• Climbing, use of legs and arms
• Both legs required
• Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously
• Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" so Jaeger 1 to 4
• Mental and emotional stability
• Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other
• Both eye required
• Depth perception
• Ability to distinguish basic color
• Ability to distinguish shades of colors
• Hearing (aid permitted).