distance LPN courses in PA

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Hi all,

I am looking for an accredited distance LPN course that can be done in PA. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks a lot.

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Hi all,

I am looking for an accredited distance LPN course that can be done in PA. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks a lot.

If you live in the Pittsburgh area, CCAC's nursing programs are 40% online. You would still have to do clinicals in person.

Good luck,

Marci

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I actually live near Philadelphia, but I heard that with online programs, one can schedule their clinicals at a local clinic. My biggest reason for including PA is that I want to make sure that the program that I get into is accredited in some type of way, if anyone knows a program that is accredited and that in which I can schedule my own clinicals at a local hospital, then that would be fine as well. I have found several programs, but none that have claimed accredation yet, and I fear that they will not be accepted by a job once I get the LPN cert. if it is not accredited. If anyone has any advice concerning this as well, I would like to hear it, as I am rather newto all fo this. Thanks a lot!

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I actually live near Philadelphia, but I heard that with online programs, one can schedule their clinicals at a local clinic. My biggest reason for including PA is that I want to make sure that the program that I get into is accredited in some type of way, if anyone knows a program that is accredited and that in which I can schedule my own clinicals at a local hospital, then that would be fine as well. I have found several programs, but none that have claimed accredation yet, and I fear that they will not be accepted by a job once I get the LPN cert. if it is not accredited. If anyone has any advice concerning this as well, I would like to hear it, as I am rather newto all fo this. Thanks a lot!

Try http://www.deaconess.edu I hear they are on an admission freeze pending some type of BON meeting. I would also contact another Allnurses member called Opalm. She went to school there and I believe she lives in the Philly area as well. She could probably help you out with the clinical set up if you went to Deaconess.

--Marci

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I actually live near Philadelphia, but I heard that with online programs, one can schedule their clinicals at a local clinic. My biggest reason for including PA is that I want to make sure that the program that I get into is accredited in some type of way, if anyone knows a program that is accredited and that in which I can schedule my own clinicals at a local hospital, then that would be fine as well. I have found several programs, but none that have claimed accredation yet, and I fear that they will not be accepted by a job once I get the LPN cert. if it is not accredited. If anyone has any advice concerning this as well, I would like to hear it, as I am rather newto all fo this. Thanks a lot!

Just curious, what were the other programs that you found that you worry about being accredited?

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I found several online LPN programs from non-accredited universities. I don't remember the universities' names at the moment. If needed, I can try to post them. I think I will go with Deaconess, however, because they have the AS program w/ the option to become an LPN after the first year. This is more or less what I'm looking for. If anyone knows of anything else, please post it, as I may change my mind. Any advice about Deaconess is also very welcome. Thanks a lot.

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Deaconess College of Nursing offers online LPN and ASN online programs. The College is NLN accredited and approved by the MO Board of Nursing. I live in Michigan and attend this school. I really enjoy it. http://www.deaconess.edu

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Thanks a lot. Deaconess is one of my choices.

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Deaconess requires travel every semester and self-scheduled Clinicals, no?

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