Quick Reference Guide 1: Declaring Multiple Nursing Schools in NNAS

Whether you flunked a major nursing course, failed to maintain a GPA, got broken-hearted or for whatever 'reasons' of having been to different nursing schools, this shouldn't be an issue with NNAS.

Here's what you need to do:

(1) Declare the conferring nursing school/University ONLY

Instead of declaring multiple nursing schools/Universities in your NNAS Dashboard, delcare the nursing school where you were conferred with the BScN degree. This nursing school/University has your previous nursing school records. Admittance dates in each school won't be an issue for as long as the exact dates are found in the Transcript of Records (TOR) or diploma. NNAS will base all information written by the Registrar on the NNAS Nursing Education Verification Form and not the things you wrote on your dashboard.

(2) ONLY the conferring nursing school SHOULD fill up the NNAS Nursing Education Verification Form

You will only have this nursing school/University's TOR and Related Learning Experience Summary.

(3) Send 2 sets of course syllabi in 2 separate University envelope:

Set 1: Course syllabi of credits completed in the conferring nursing school/University.

These documents should go together with the accomplished NNAS Nursing Education Verification Form, TOR and RLE Summary in ONE envelope.

Set 2: Course syllabi of credits completed in the previous nursing school/University

Per school-to-school protocol, University Registrars cannot seal documents from another institution together in one envelope. These documents should be authenticated and sealed according by its source.

It is still best to consult your school/University's policy on this. What you can control is proofreading these documents prior to sending them to NNAS to avoid errors, delays and costs. Take note on dates (e.g. graduation dates, birthdates, completion dates etc) and spelling of names. All of these data should be correct and coherent.

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