The Angelo State University offers an LVN to RN program combining clinical work and online course study. The curriculum allows the student to complete the training remotely at a rate 50 percent faster than the school's traditional on-campus program. There's a list of approved hospital partners in Texas, Hawaii, Mississippi, Missouri and New Mexico. Students in other states may participate when working in an acute care hospital with an approved clinical preceptor who signs an affiliation agreement with the school's Department of Nursing. The program begins each year in July.
Angelo State University
Department of Nursing
Vincent Nursing-Physical Science Building
2333 Vanderventer Avenue, Room 268
San Angelo, TX 76909
325-942-2224
866-346-3080 toll-free
angelo.edu
The Kilgore College and the Good Shepherd Medical Center partnership program allows ten students per semester to participate in the LVN to RN transition course. Hospital employees are eligible for book and tuition reimbursement. During the 1-year program, students will work for a total of nine days at Good Shepherd Medical Center, which will provide a training that combines hands-on clinical work with high-tech DVD, PowerPoint and computer presentations. The school also offers a LVN certificate. The course is held in the spring and fall.
Kilgore College
1100 Broadway
Kilgore, TX 75662
903-984-8531
kilgore.edu
The Lone Star College-Montgomery nursing department and the Memorial Hermann the Woodlands Hospital began a partnership in 2008. The hospital regularly employs nursing students to work as professional student nurses while studying, often leading to full-time employment after graduation. Each year the hospital dedicates funds to support the annual salary of an additional nursing school faculty member. The college offers two programs (LVN and LVN to RN transition) that combine classroom study with clinical rotations at the hospital and other medical centers in the area. Both three-semester courses start in the summer.
Lone Star College-Montgomery
3200 College Park Drive
Conroe, TX 77384
936-273-7000
lonestar.edu
Shasta Community Health Center (with locations in Redding, Anderson and Happy Valley) has partnership programs with two northern California nursing schools. The center hosts students for the clinical skills portion of their training and, as a result, maintains bridges leading to long-term ongoing employment for many program alumnae.
The LVN to RN transition program at Shasta College qualifies current LVN certificate-holders to take an orientation course in lieu of the first two semesters of the associate's degree program, entering in the third semester.
Shasta College
11555 Old Oregon Trail
Redding, CA 96049
530-242-7500
shastacollege.edu
Lake College offers a 64-credit hour LVN certificate program, which can be completed in five semesters. Five prerequisite courses (math, English, computers, anatomy and medical terminology) and a physical exam with a drug test are required for program admission.
Lake College
443 Redcliff Drive
Redding, CA 96002
530-224-7227
800-749-7227 toll-free
lakecollege.net