Nurse Assisting

You will need to be a Maricopa Student to apply for NUR 158. Apply for admission to Scottsdale Community College (SCC).

Criteria for applying for NUR 158 include CPR card, Fingerprint card, and Reading & Math scores.

1. CPR card: needs to be an American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life support card (BLS) that will not expire within the time frame of the class. SCC offers HCC 109 to meet these criteria, and you can enroll for $64.
2. Fingerprint card: Go to AZDPS.gov and select Fingerprint Card → Apply for Card → Continue → Create an account → Apply for new card → Non IVP for the Health Sciences Student (ARS 15-1881) and Residential or Nursing Care (ARS 36-411) → schedule a time to have fingerprints completed.

3. Reading & Math: Please refer to this information for this criteria.

   To apply to NUR 158, please visit Application Process - Nursing Assistant (NA). Under “Nursing Assistant (NA)” section → click the +Application Process → APPLY NOW button

• High School Graduates within the last 5 years, with an overall, unweighted HS GPA of 2.6 or higher would meet the English/reading and math scores for placement in the NA program
• AGEC: Students who have completed the AZ General Education Curriculum (AGEC) would meet the required English/reading and math scores for placement in the NA program.
• Students who have a previous degree (to include) AAS, BS, MS, EdD, PhD, will meet the required English/reading and math scores for placement in the NA program.

You will receive an email that your application has been accepted and that you have permission to enroll.

If enrolling after the tuition deadline, tuition is due the day you enroll. If you do not make payment by the deadline, the system will automatically drop you from the class and you may lose your choice of lab section.

• Enrollment Steps 

If you need help: (480) 423-6100 or admissions@scottsdalecc.edu.

Once you receive acceptance into NUR 158 at SCC, you will need to complete health and safety compliance items by the deadline. Gather Required Documents (see Health and Safety Requirements). The Arizona Department of Health Services Immunization Record Request Form can help provide records of immunizations.

Create an account with American DataBank (ADB).

• Purchase the Background Check AND the 12-month Tracker for Immunizations/Compliance.
• Do NOT purchase the Drug Screening at this time.
• You must use your Maricopa email.
• Upload all the Health and Safety Requirements to ADB.
• The ADB team will approve/reject documents that do not meet the requirement and will leave comments on how to become compliant in your account. Please note the review process can take at least 3-5 business days.
• Please follow these directions to transfer an ADB to SCC from another college

Items you will need to provide in ADB (please watch the orientation video to help with this): 

• Immunizations (MMR, Varicella, Hep B, Tdap, Influenza, COVID)
• Tuberculosis testing
• CPR Card
• Fingerprint card
• Background Check (cannot be older than 6 months before the start of class)
• Statement of Health Clearance (cannot be older than 6 months prior to the start of class)
• Nursing Student Handbook
• Photo ID
• Photograph

Once green in all areas except the Drug Screen, email nurse.assisting@scottsdalecc.edu to inform them you are completed so we can keep track of your progress. Students who are not compliant in ADB by the deadline will be dropped from the course.

After the ADB deadline, the whole class will receive instructions to create a MyClinicalExchange (MCE) account

When prompted by email, create and pay for an account with myClinicalExchange (MCE).

• You must use your Maricopa email.

• You will have 6 modules and 5 exams to complete.

  MCE How to Create an Account

Link your MCE and ADB accounts so that the approved documents in ADB transfer to MCE.

Please Note: Not all your documents will sync over; you will have to manually upload the ones that do not.

• Once the application process closes and MCE deadline has been met, students will be placed into clinical rotations and you will receive an email through MCE. If your MCE account is not compliant by the first day of class, you will be dropped from the course because we will be unable to place you in a clinical rotation.
• Be sure to use the Nurse Assistant checklist, NOT the Nursing checklist.
• For the English requirement, type yes.
• For Covid declination, type NA into the value fields.
• For the Health Insurance Company, put the name in the value box and resubmit.

You will receive an email with details on how to purchase and complete the random Drug Screen that will need to be completed within 48 hours. No exceptions!

It can be sent out at any point between the time you submit your application and when the class starts.