New Nursing Students at Lone Star College-North Harris
Welcome to the Lone Star College-North Harris Nursing Program! This page is for students who have applied for and been accepted into the North Harris Nursing Program.
Basic Track Students
If you have any questions, please refrain from asking until orientation.
Boot Camp
Camp Wanna Win is a series of events that are designed to give new nursing students an opportunity to meet faculty and current students while learning study and preparation techniques that will help students be successful in nursing school. The events for new nursing students are usually held during the week before classes begin. Details will be provided at the nursing orientation. This event is organized and staffed by the Lone Star College-North Harris Student Nurse Association (SNA).
Registration
Basic Track students are not allowed to register for any nursing classes (except RNSG 1301 Pharmacology) until after orientation. Specific instructions about registration for the first semester courses (RNSG 1523, 1361, and 1219) will be provided at the nursing orientation.
You will not follow your registration schedule the first couple of weeks of the semester. Plan to be on campus from 8-5pm on Mon-Fri the first three weeks of the semester. Everyone will meet in mandatory orientations on campus on the first day of the semester. Please check LSC-Online/D2L for reporting instructions. You will NOT begin attending clinical until at least the third week of class.
Error messages and registration holds come from Admissions/Advising (need new application, residency oath, and transcript holds, etc.) and must be removed by Admissions/Advising.
Required Course Completion
All students are admitted conditionally pending the completion of the required academic coursework. The required academic courses are listed below:
- Before Nursing I (first semester): BIOL 2401, ENGL 1301
- Before Nursing II (second semester): RNSG 1301
- Concurrent with Nursing II (second semester): BIOL 2402
- Before receiving VNSG certificate (summer after 1st year): BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402, ENGL 1301, RNSG 1301, & PSYC 2301 (along with Nsg I & II RNSG and VNSG summer courses) **Please note that at least 50% of the courses listed here must have been completed at Lone Star College to be eligible for the VNSG certificate.
- Before Nursing IV (fourth semester): BIOL 2420
- Before Graduation: PSYC 2301 & Elective
Articulation (Transition) Track Students
The articulation program at LSC-North Harris is a full-time, day program. No evening or weekend options are available. More specific information regarding registration will be discussed at the nursing orientation.
Required Course Completion
All students are admitted conditionally pending the completion of required coursework.
Required Academic Courses:
- At the time of application: BIOL 2401, ENGL 1301, RNSG 1301
- Before Nursing III (third semester): BIOL 2402
- Before Nursing IV (fourth semester): BIOL 2420
- Before Graduation: PSYC 2301 & Elective
Important Information
Summer/Fall Registration
You will not be allowed to register for any nursing classes (except RNSG 1301 Pharmacology) until after you have attended orientation. Instructions on registration will be provided at orientation. If you manage to register for nursing courses before you have been approved by the Nursing Department, you will be dropped from those courses. You also cannot register for nursing courses at any other campus. Error messages and registration holds come from Admissions/Advising and must be removed by Admissions/Advising. Contact Admissions to resolve.
Immunization Clinics/ CPR
We will provide all of the information you need on required immunizations & physical exam at orientation. Please do not get any shots (except Hep B titer) or physical exam until after orientation. Please do not attempt to submit any paperwork until you have attended orientation.
The following is a list of immunization clinics in the Houston area. These are only suggestions; you may use your own physician or any clinic to fulfill the program's requirements. Please contact the individual facility for hours, process, and services available.
- Express Family Clinic, 610 Rayford Rd, (281) 742-0624
- Neighborhood Health Clinic, Hwy 290 & 34th Street, (713) 957-8400
- Neighborhood Health Clinic, 19333 Hwy 59N, Suite 280 Humble (832)658-5530
- Clinica Hispana, 2028 Wirt Rd., (713) 682-7066
- Westfield Medical Clinic, 2010 FM 1960 Rd. E., (281) 821-8200
- Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services-Humble Health Center, 1730 Humble Place Dr., (281) 446-4222
The hospitals we use as clinical facilities are VERY strict about having the proper paperwork filled out correctly. Detailed instructions will be provided at orientation. Please follow the guidelines provided at orientation.
Fact sheet for Immunizations
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Information Sheet on the Tdap vaccine
Varicella (Chickenpox) (CDC)
Background Checks
Background checks will be required of ALL students. If you accepted the offer of admission, this provided authorization to release your social security number to the Texas Board of Nursing for the completion of a background check. If you have offenses on your record you will need to contact the Texas Board of Nursing at http://www.bon.state.tx.us/ to review their licensing policies. Your status will be reported to us by the Texas Board of Nursing. If we have a concern, you will be contacted. If you have not received BON approval to take the licensing exam and your background check shows an offense, your conditional acceptance will be revoked.
If you have not been issued a social security number, you will not be able to work in this country and therefore you should apply for a SSN as soon as possible.
Scholarships
Please visit the Financial Aid website, and more specifically www.lonestar.edu/scholarships, for a more exhaustive list of scholarships.
Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas http://www.gsftx.org/ Good Samaritan Foundation Scholarship
Look under "Scholarships." Applications are accepted year round. Typical award is $500 per semester.