anyone know of a reputable CNA > LPN degree online?

LadyinScrubs, ASN, RN · Feb 25, 2011

Im wondering if I can do an LPN degree online if I have my CNA license? does anyone know if this is a good idea? any reputable ones out there? do employers look at it the same as being in a classroom?

You did not mention what state your are in. I can only

LadyinScrubs, ASN, RN · Feb 25, 2011

I will try again. I don't know what happened I did not hit submit.

My state requires a certain number of courses, hours in that course, as well as a certain amount of hands on clinicl time. Plus, there is the last course which is a specific amount of internship time.

As far as I know, there is no such thing as a CNA to LVN distant learning course.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Feb 25, 2011

There's no such thing as a fully online CNA-to-LPN program because you would be unable to fulfill the hands-on clinical shifts that each state's board of nursing requires for licensure if the entire nursing program was offered online only. For example, the state where I originally got licensed as an LPN/LVN requires 960 hours worth of hands-on clinical shifts. You cannot take care of patients online, so the clinical requirement must be fulfilled in person.

Some states have hybrid learning LPN programs where the classes are online, but you must attend several clinical shifts per week.

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Feb 26, 2011

Try Pratt College in Oklahoma. They have a LVN-RN program that's online, but I also heard that they have a LVN program online but you still have to do clinicals there at the end of the semester. But make sure that your board of nursing will accept it. Good Luck

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Feb 27, 2011

Try Pratt College in Oklahoma. They have a LVN-RN program that's online, but I also heard that they have a LVN program online but you still have to do clinicals there at the end of the semester. But make sure that your board of nursing will accept it. Good Luck

Pratt College is in Kansas, not Oklahoma: http://prattcc.edu/

Oklahoma has Platt College: http://www.plattcolleges.edu/

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Feb 27, 2011

Thank you for the clarification.

wiscna · Apr 25, 2011

Hi, I'm new to this board and I just wanted to share some info I got from an advisor at Pratt community college in kansas. They will have a cna to lpn program beginning in January, deadline is in July, I believe. It looks like it's online, except for six weeks of clinicals at the end of the semesters. Prereqs are the usuals that all schools seem to require. Also, must have a Kansas cna license. for myself, the 6 week thing wouldn't work since I'm not close by. Maybe for some of you it's a great option, though :)