Anticipated
Student Expenses
Nursing students may expect to
have additional expenses in
excess of regular university
tuition.
- Uniforms: Each student
is responsible for meeting
uniform standards. Meridy's
Uniform & Accessory
Company has been chosen
as the supplies for student
uniforms. Orders must be
placed online at www.meridys.com.
Initial student packets
identify pass code to order
uniforms. Name tags are
maroon and white for all
nursing students. Post-
licensure students must
identify themselves as
AASU students and RN's
on their name tags.
- Books: Required textbooks
must be obtained by the
beginning of each semester.
- Equipment: Students
are required to purchase
a watch that records seconds,
bandage scissors, and a
black ball point pen. It
is also required that each
student purchase a stethoscope.
Other equipment may be
required for specific courses.
- Transportation:
Students are responsible
for their own transportation
for all clinical experiences
and assigned field trips.
Students are not to provide
transportation for clients.
- Health and Safety Requirements:
Liability insurance, health
insurance, and CPR certification
must be updated annually.
Copies must be submitted
before your annual program
start date (August for
students who begin the
program in the fall semester
and January for students
who begin the program in
the spring semester). All
health and safety requirements
must be current for entire
academic year.
- Testing: Students
are required to take standardized
tests at the end of each
semester. When possible
the cost of the testing
is included in admission
fees. The student is responsible
for all the testing fees.
- Exit Exam: In addition
to the AASU exit exam (The
Academic Profile), students
are required to take a
Department of Nursing exit
exam. Fee payments are
required for exit exams.
- Pre
licensure
students
are
required
to
take
the
Comprehensive
Baccalaureate
Achievement
Test
as
the
Exit
Exam.
- Post
licensure
students
are
required
to
take
the
Value
Added
Completion
Exam
(ERI)
as
the
exit
exam.
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- Graduation Fees:
In addition to regular
college graduation fees,
students will also have
the opportunity to purchase
an AASU-BSN nursing pin.
- NCLEX-RN Exam: Pre-licensure
graduates must meet all
legal requirements for
licensure as established
by the Georgia Board of
Nursing and provide the
required fee in order to
be eligible to take the
NCLEX-RN exam for RN licensure.
Students are also required
to complete a "mock"
NCLEX exam in their senior
year.
- Disposable Equipment:
Students will pay a fee
each year for disposable
equipment used in on-campus
nursing labs.
- Miscellaneous: Throughout
the program students may
incur expenses related
to assigned course projects.
Estimated
Expense Schedule
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