LPN to BSN @ Indiana State U...here is the info i got!!!

Nursing Students Indiana (ISU)

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**(this is the email i got back from ISU regaurding their LPN to BSN degree, and approved states)***some one may want to sticky this!

Thank you for your interest in Indiana State University's distance programs. The LPN to BSN program is a bachelor degree-completion program via distance learning .

Please visit the College of Nursing web site at http://www.indstate.edu/site/nurs/891.html for further information about the LPN to BSN program.

ISU has an exclusive contract with The College Network so as to provide the study guides for the initial phase of the program. There are three phases to the LPN-BSN Track.

Phase I are Gen Ed requirements that will need to be completed with The College Network or a local college in your area. When acquiring Gen Ed requirements, 50 credit hours need to be at a 300 or 400 level course. Some of these courses are available at ISU. If you have a previous degree, some or all of the credits may transfer into the College of Nursing. After completing Phase I you then apply to ISU http://www.indstate.edu/join_us/admissions.htm. You will then fill out a second application with the College of Nursing http://www.indstate.edu/site/nurs/pdfs/con-admission-application.doc

Enrollment requirements include: (due by Nov 1st for Spring Semester) (due by June 1st for Fall Semester)

Send all the below Supporting Documentation to Kim Cook by FAX or MAIL:

Ø Come in with 2.5 minimal GPA. Maintain a 2.25 GPA throughout your courses.

Ø National Criminal background check. A new and easy service is provided to you by http://www.CertifiedBackground.com Your Package Code is: ND57 Send copy.

Ø Must be licensed as a LPN. Send copy of license with line marked thru.

Ø ISU Health History Form completed then send: http://www.indstate.edu/shc/Health_Record.pdf

Ø Proof of Immunizations (MMR, TB, Hep B, Tet & Dip)

Ø CPR certification card. (Copy Front & Back with signature) Send copy.

Ø Legal Limitations Form completed then send: http://www.indstate.edu/site/nurs/pdfs/eligibility-for-application-for-registered-nurse-licensure-legal-limitations.pdf

Ø LPNs will take the TEAS exam for entrance into the program. This will begin for the Spring 07 Semester. http://www.indstate.edu/site/nurs/3240.html

These entrance copies will be kept in your file at the College of Nursing/Student Affairs Office, 749 Chestnut St., Room 328, Terre Haute, IN 47809. All nursing courses are completed online. Even though the courses are online and self-paced, they are within the traditional Fall and Spring semesters and taught by on-campus faculty members.

Then clinicals will be done in the state where you reside, with a preceptor at a local facility. This link is the FAQ (frequently asked questions) for the delivery of clinical education for the LPN-BS Distance Education Track: http://www.indstate.edu/site/nurs/pdfs/faq-lpn-bs-clinical.pdf

Please take a moment to subscribe to Distance News at help you start and complete your distance courses.

Our LPN-BSN distance education program has been RECOGNIZED or APPROVED in the following states:

Alabama

Colorado

District of Columbia

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois (need to approve each clinical site)

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

New Jersey

New Mexico

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Dakota

Virgin Islands (St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John)

Virginia

Wisconsin

We are continuing to work with the other states in supplying them with the required information for their recognition or approval

If you have further questions, please let us know.

Yep distance students get to attend graduation right along with the on campus students! :D The rest of your questions are answered on the big long ISU sticky thread along with a ton of additional info! It takes awhile to read it all but it's worth it! Good luck! :) No, TCN is not necessary.

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I need some help from someone who already enroll in this program for couple of question;

1: I am LVN in California and I am not sure this program is credited by the California state board of nursing.

2. I am going to pay for the whole cost of phase I an II but I am not comfortable to pay to the program advisor since TCN does not accept online payment. Anyone has experience on that!!!! I really need you guys' help. thank you so much. Please help ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The CA Board of Nursing approves this program: Sonoma State University partnered with Indiana State University. Check the BRN website.

http://www.rn.ca.gov/schools/onlineprograms.shtml

I just went ahead and purchased the CSM's through TCN. Because if you fail, you have to prove to ISU Nursing Dept. that you have purchased these through TCN.

http://www.indstate.edu/nursing/pdfs/lpn-bs-docs/nursing-challenge-exam-instructions.pdf

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since TCN does not accept online payment. I am assuming you mean the college network, DO NOT GO THROUGH THE COLLEGE NETWORK!!!! Apply to Excelsior or Indiana state or whereever directly. There are tons of threads on the TCN being a scam, please be aware of this.

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I researched a lot before I subscribed to TCN and even after I signed I still had doubts. But I've checked the DANTES and EC websites and you still have to pay for their study guides anyway. The books are extra. I'm satisfied that there's only one company that takes care of everything for me, even locking the rates at the time I signed. There's also tutoring available. You would still have to go through TCN to complete the 4 CSM's required for ISU. I've told everyone who asked me about working with TCN that they definitely DO NOT have to use TCN to complete GE requirements, if they can wait and do it at a CC in a traditional semester setting. I personally chose TCN because I can complete a course as fast as I can. I'm going by a very strict deadline :zzzzz

Goodluck to future ISU students! :typing

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Does anyone know if this program is recognized by WA state or how I can check?

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Does anyone know if this program is recognized by WA state or how I can check?

Go to the WA nursing board website, you might find the info there. You will find contact info for the board. You can call or email them and ask, if there is nothing on the site itself.

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Does anyone know if this program is recognized by WA state or how I can check?

Check this thread: https://allnurses.com/distance-learning-nursing/finally-i-am-426748.html

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Please, be very careful before start this program. I started about a year ago (completed phase I and starting testisng for phase II ), but I had to dropp it. I could not find any clinical site, I was very proactive, I called and e mailed maybe 15 sites with no luck. I did provide ISU with contacts , but I did not see any return or enough imput from them. Unless you already have a site and a preceptor who's willing to work with you, don't do it. I lost time and money. I agree with someone in the board who said that we do the job that ISU is paid to do it.

Today, I am in a Community College program and I regret the time that I spent with ISU. I live in chicago area.

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Specializes in Hospice / Ambulatory Clinic.

Has anyone here done their clinicals in Los Angeles. Though to be honest I would be willing to complete clinicals anywhere. I may have to move in a year for my husband's work so need a degree program that is flexible re location

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Has anyone here done their clinicals in Los Angeles. Though to be honest I would be willing to complete clinicals anywhere. I may have to move in a year for my husband's work so need a degree program that is flexible re location

If you call # from the web at http://www.indstate.edu/nursing/programs/bs/lpn-bs/lpn-bs.htm -- For information about the LPN-BS for California residents, call 1.800.496.9613. -- you will reach a person at Sonomo State - they manage clinical sites for California students

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