Union University, 85 miles from Memphis, offers a LPN to BSN track in its Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. LPNs with active licenses can take Foundations of Pharmacology and Foundations for Nursing Practice by exam. Once the applicants pass these classes, they can enroll in the LPN transition course. The LPN to BSN track has the same entrance requirements as the traditional BSN track, including a complete health history and physical examination form, a clear criminal background check and a clean drug test.
Union University
1050 Union University Drive
Jackson, TN 38305
731-668-1818
uu.edu
Tennessee State University is in Nashville, 211 miles from Memphis. Admission requirements to its BSN program under the career mobility (LPN to BSN) track include a pre-entrance exam and documentation of one year of clinical experience or LPN training completed in the previous six months at a state-approved LPN school. Applicants also must complete 34 credit hours of general education courses before applying and can complete another 25 credit hours concurrently with the professional nursing courses. The career mobility program takes one year.
Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
615-963-5000
tnstate.edu
The University of Tennessee Martin is 137 miles from Memphis. The LPN to BSN track allows LPNs to pass Nursing Fundamentals I and II by examination. Applicants must submit documentation of a current LPN license, a statement of their reasons for choosing nursing as a major, the qualities they possess that will make them successful in the nursing field and an example of attaining a goal despite facing obstacles. The University of Tennessee is the only public institute in western Tennessee outside the Memphis metro area that has a basic bachelor’s program in nursing.
University of Tennessee Martin
Department of Nursing
538 University St.
136 Gooch Hall
Martin, TN 38238
800-829-8861
utm.edu