This Career Mobility course is especially designed to suit LPNs and awards the graduate with an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree. It is offered at the university's Avon Williams campus and students must satisfy all general college-entry criteria, such as prerequisite courses, high school diploma completion, a college GPA of at least 2.5 and at least one year of employment as a LPN. This work experience requirement may be waived if the LPN was trained at a school approved by the nursing board of the state of Tennessee. Students must have achieved at least a grade C in a one-year high school chemistry or one-semester college chemistry course and demonstrated competence in mathematics. He must also pass the university's nursing entrance test. During the training, he completes general education courses (e.g. in microbiology, developmental psychology, anatomy and physiology). Nursing and associated courses in biology and psychology are taken from the first year of the program.
Tennessee State University
3500 John A Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
615-963-5000
tnstate.edu
This five-semester (2.5 years) full-time program provides the greatest amount of career mobility for the LPN by awarding a BSN, allowing nurses to choose from a wider variety of RN specialties and career progression pathways than other degree levels (e.g. AAS, ADN, ASN). Accepted students must have a high school diploma and all sophomore-level prerequisite courses and satisfied criminal history and health check clearance requirement. Prerequisite courses include microbiology, anatomy and physiology, introduction to psychology and development across the lifespan. Once completed, the student may then continue on to the actual Nursing Program, consisting of subjects such as introductory statistics, pathological human processes, nursing situations with families/childbearing and nursing synthesis.
Pacific Lutheran University
School of Nursing
Ramstad Building #214
Tacoma, WA 98447
253-535-7672
plu.edu
The two-semester program results in the award of an AAS degree upon completion of all requisite (mathematics, English, biology, chemistry) and nursing program courses (LPN to ADN transition, Health Assessment, Second Level Nursing Principles and Concepts, Maternal/Newborn nursing, Nursing Organization and Management). To be selected for the program, students must have a 2.5 GPA or higher, a high school diploma with demonstrated competency in computer use. Students must hold a current and valid LPN license for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Lord Fairfax Community College
173 Skirmisher Lane
Middletown, VA 22645-1745
540-868-7000
lfcc.edu