2024 Summer - Nursing Student Registration, Deadlines, & Process Guide

ACTION STEPS with Deadlines & Important Dates

• • Meet with your Faculty Advisor Dr. Kim Mantlow to review your wish list - before March 1st - kimberly.mantlow@maine.edu

  • Register for Spring Classes starting March 1 - check Mainestreet for your specific enrollment date

  • If you plan to graduate in August please a) notify Lindsay Larsen and b) Apply to Graduate by May 1st for August graduation.  https://mycampus.maine.edu/group/usm/apply-to-graduate  If you do not apply to graduate you will not graduate.  

  • Work with your faculty advisor to verify that you will have 120 credits to graduate planned out and if you do not have a prior bachelor's degree that you will have completed all of the general education requirements.

ACTION STEPS with Deadlines & Important Dates

• • Build a Wish List - February

  • Register for Spring Classes starting March 1st

  • Complete the Summer Clinical 425 Survey by 2/9.

  • Make sure that you have applied to graduate!  

  • Plan for the pinning graduation ceremony on August 22nd, 12 pm in Hannaford Hall Portland Campus

  • Tentatively Plan for the required ATI In-person live review on August 19, 20, and 21 (we will email you once these states are confirmed).

Clinical Health Requirements

• • Verify that you are current on health requirements in Verified Credentials.

  • Lindsay Larsen, lindsay.larsen@maine.edu oversees this so please reach out to her with questions.

Summer 2024 Registration Instructions

• • How to Register

    • • Build a wish list in the classic student center (click here for a tutorial in Google Slides).  

      • Register on your enrollment date.

      • If you encounter registration problems, contact Dr. Provost netty.provost@maine.edu.

  • What to Register For

    • • NUR 413 - Advanced Sim & Skills Lab - 1 credit, 4 hours per week, 1st 7 weeks of summer

      • NUR 423 - Care of the Critically Ill Adul/Older Adult Lecture - 3 credits, meets Tuesday & Friday mornings first 7 weeks of summer

      • NUR 425 - Clinical - 2 credits, a survey will be sent about schedule/unit options so register for the placeholder section as usual, once a week 1st 7 weeks of summer

      • NUR 470 - Leadership & Ethics Lecture - 3 credits, once a week on Wednesday, 2nd 7 weeks of summer

      • NUR 480 - Practicum Seminar - 3 credits, once a week on Wednesday, 2nd 7 weeks of summer

      • NUR 490 - Capstone - 1 credit, meets in person for the 1st 3 weeks of summer then goes online asynchronous for the rest of the summer until a final capstone presentation event at the end of summer  

Clinical Information

• • • • Summer Clinical Survey Due 2/9

      • Your 425 clinical will be in the 1st 7 weeks of summer.  As usual, you will register for the placeholder section and we will survey you about placement options.  We anticipate placements will be finalized in early April and will keep you updated by email.  We will be using Maine Medical Center and Central Maine Medical Center for this clinical.   

      • This clinical will also include a requirement to complete a 4-hour virtual reality experience. Scheduling for this may be outside of the clinical time but will not conflict with your lectures or labs. 

Practicum Information

• • • • For all questions related to your practicum placement please contact Stacey Whitney.  stacey.whitney@maine.edu

Click here for your new accelerated student guide.

ACTION STEPS with Deadlines & Important Dates

• • Consult with your Professional Academic Advisor about summer course planning.

  • Register for Summer Classes starting in early March - check Mainestreet for your specific enrollment date

ACTION STEPS with Deadlines & Important Dates

• • Consult with your Professional Academic Advisor about summer course planning.  

    • • NUR 302 pharmacology, NUR 321 Health Related Research, NUR 100 intro to nursing, and NUR 356 community health will be offered this summer.

  • Register for Summer Classes starting in early March - check Mainestreet for your specific enrollment date

  • The Clinical Health Requirements are due June 1st.  See below for more detailed info. Check with Lindsay Larsen if you have questions about this. They take time to complete so plan for this!  

Clinical Health Requirements

• • Due by June 1st.   It is VITAL that you work on these in advance since you will need titers which require bloodwork and it can take time to get appointments and do booster shots if needed, or get immunizations you don't already have.

  • Click here for information and how to complete this process.

  • Lindsay Larsen, lindsay.larsen@maine.edu oversees this so please reach out to her with questions.

Summer Courses

• • These are the summer NUR courses being offered that may be relevant to you.  

    • NUR 321 Health Related Research - must be completed before starting the peds/repro/mental health semester content

    • NUR 325 Community Health

    • NUR 424 Clinically Applied Genetics - note that there are a limited number of seats in this course.  If you are scheduled to take this course in Fall 2024 you can take it early in Summer 2024 if there are seats open. 

    • *If you are already assigned to do Community Partnership 341 in the summer with Leslie Larsen we will register you for the course automatically.  This course is not open to students slated to take 341 in the fall semester.

    • NUR 302 Pharmacology - offered in the summer and students who do not pass it in Spring 2024 may complete their retake in summer 2024.

Verify that you will have 120 Credits to Graduate & General Education Completion

• • • • Each student should use the tutorial below to verify that they will reach at 120 credits needed to graduate on time and that their general education courses (if relevant) will be completed.

      • Video Tutorial for Calculating Credits to Graduate and General Education Completion  *** Make sure to double-check this with your faculty advisor, better safe than sorry by having you and your faculty both verify the calculation**.  Google Slides used in the Video

        • • If you have a prior bachelor's degree this is not relevant to you since you already have more than 120 credits completed and do not need general education.