Bridge programs in Southern OK- no prereqs?

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Specializes in Hospice, Adult and Pediatric Home Health.

Someone please help me. I live in Denton, TX and wanting to bridge from my lvn to rn. Texas has no private tech schools for rn, only lvn. I know Platt in Tulsa and OKC have the bridge but does the Lawton campus? I cant seem to get the info over the internet. Any other's somewhat close to the border that I am not aware of? I got my LVN at Concord Career Institute in Dallas and no prereqs- was more expensive but worth it.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

The Platt Campuses in OKC and Tulsa are the only ones that offer RN programs.

Concorde Career Institute is starting their very first LVN-to-RN class later this year if you are willing to wait.

At least 1/3 of the RN students at Platt's OKC campus live in the DFW area, so you wouldn't be the only Texan there.

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Which Concorde location? Arlington told me they are not. Do the DFW students drive every day to OKC or stay there during the week? Are the classes just a few days a week? Thanks!!!

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Which Concorde location? Arlington told me they are not. Do the DFW students drive every day to OKC or stay there during the week? Are the classes just a few days a week? Thanks!!!
The classes at Platt are an average of 3 days per week, and most of the DFW students share apartments in OKC while driving back to Dallas to work their weekend double shifts.

I was referring to Concorde in Arlington.

If you want to stay in TX, Galen in San Antonio also has a private LVN-to-RN program.

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Commuter- thank you so much for the helpful info!! Where did you hear about Concorde?? I was just curious because I graduated there with my lvn and I am on a mailing list to be contacted if they begin a bridge program there. I called and they said no. Also- what do you know about Galen? I have never heard of it.

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Update: Dallas Nursing Institute has been approved for an RN bridge program. They are accepting applications for their very first class, which will start during the early part of 2010.

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