Mandatory Orientation for Admitted Nursing Students
If offered admission or alternate status to the Nursing program you must attend the mandatory orientation. Please plan your schedule so you are available to attend this session. The inability to attend will prevent you from being in the program. Extenuating circumstances (e.g., illness, medical emergencies) will be considered by the Program Director. Vacations are not considered an extenuating circumstance.
Scheduled Orientation Dates
Traditional and LPN to RN Traditional Option
Attendance:
Each semester during the nursing program requires approximately 40 hours per week time commitment.
Class/lab days are normally between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Clinical hours vary depending on the clinical site and course schedules each semester. Expect an 8-hour, 10-hour, or 12-hour shift.
If selected, you will be given a schedule prior to the start of each semester to make appropriate arrangements. This is a full-time, face-to-face program that does not accommodate work schedules. If students plan to work during the program, it is their responsibility to ensure it does not interfere with the required course, lab, and clinical schedules.
Other Considerations
Students may consider all or most of their co-requisite (general education) courses before applying to the nursing program, but it is not mandatory for admission. All general education coursework not completed prior to the start of the ADN program must be completed by the assigned semester in the curriculum map.
Paramedic or LPN to RN Online Options
Attendance
Each semester during the nursing program requires approximately 40 hours per week time commitment.
Mandatory Orientation and Skills Week is on the HutchCC campus the first full week of January and is normally between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Each semester requires specific clinical hours in the Hutchinson, KS area. Clinical hours are typically 10 hours per day. Students self-schedule based on the published schedule and may attend no more than 4 days in a row.