Requirements

Students in the Nurse Refresher Program must provide documented proof of the following two weeks prior to the start date of class:

• Georgia Registered Nurse or Temporary Nursing License obtained from the Georgia Board of Nursing.  Request Application for Licensure Endorsement/ Reinstatement: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/plb/rn/
• Print and complete the Renewing Your RN License Form.
• Must have Tdap (Tetanus with Diphtheria and Pertussis), 2 MMR or Positive Titers, Hepatitis B series and Positive Titer, Negative PPD (2 Step Skin Test required, if PPD has not been done yearly), Positive Varicella Titer or 2 Varivax Vaccines, and FLU Vaccine.
  • Immunization/Health Form - Click here
  • Checklist of Required Health Record Documents - Click here for more details on completing your documentation
• Satisfactory completion of physical examination indicating a good state of health. For admission and progression, an applicant in the refresher program must have abilities and skills according to standards listed. Click here.
• Current CPR -  Certification for Health Care Providers through American Heart Association (required).
  
• Criminal Background Check/Drug Screening (required for clinical access – previous criminal conviction may prevent admission to the program). Click here.
• Accidental Health Insurance (medical coverage)
• Malpractice Liability Insurance (1,000,000/4,000,000). Must turn in Memorandum or Certificate. 
  • Sample NSO CERTIFICATE / Sample S&S MEMORANDUM
    
• International nurses educated outside the U.S. must be successful on the TOEFL. Acceptable scores: Computer-based 207, Paper-based 540.
• Print and complete the Authorization for Release of Records and Information form.

Costs

Program Tuition:

Online Course Fee: $1695             OnCampus Course Fee: $1395

Textbooks

Required:

• Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing (latest edition)  -  2 volume Set - Authors: Smelter, Bare, Hinkle, and Cheever. Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Optional:

• Henke's Med-Math: Dosage Calculation, Preparation & Administration. Susan Buchholz, (latest ed.) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Dosage Calculation: A Ration-Proportion Approach. Pickar, G. and Pickar-Abernathy, A. (latest ed.) Cengage Learning.
• Diagnostics:  Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests Reference. Pagana K and Pagana T., (latest ed.) Mosby, Elsevier Science.
• Drug Reference: Davis' Drug Guide. Deglin, Vallerand, & Russis,(latest ed.) F.A. Davis.
• IV Medications: Intravenous Medications. Gahart, B., (latest ed), C.V. Mosby.

Approximately $500 for all textbooks -  (Actual prices may vary).

Uniform

$50-60 (Do not purchase scrubs until your receive your clinical assignment; facility determines what you must purchase.

Criminal Background Check/Drug Screening

$78.50