Indiana State University

bu2trfly33 · Jun 25, 2006

Hello, It should take about 4-5 semesters to complete, if you have all of your gen ed/prereq. completed. Deconess College of Nursing offers online program much like ISU:icon_roll

summerland5 · Jun 26, 2006

Hi, yeah I checked out the Deaconess program. It looks super!! I think it is more likely to be "approved" in all states. It does not have the LPN to BSN, though it does have separate LPN to RN and RN to BSN programs. I've just started my LPN studies, so things may change with ISU "approval" by the time I'm out. I have 3 years of college credit, so I think ISU would be faster for me. Really like the looks of the Deaconess programs though and will be considering them both all the way to graduation day! I think even more online programs will become available in the next year or two. Will post about any good ones I find! Have a great Summer!! :)

volsfan · Jul 13, 2006

It doesn't matter where you do your clinicals. For example, I did my LPN program in Alabama and sat for the NCLEX for an IL license. All you do is fill out what state you want your license for and then the state has to approve all your stuff. So, if you want to STUDY in IL and then get an AZ license all you need to do is make sure AZ accepts the college creditials- ISU in your case. My husabnd and I move around a lot as well so I made sure of all this prior to entering the program. My problem is I never know where we might move!

I recently saw somewhere that IL will accept ISU, but I haven't checked on this one b/c I am not planning on doing the ISU program. They do not accept Excel. and it states this very plainly in the application for licensure.

summerland5 · Jul 14, 2006

the ISU websites states that the program qualifies people to sit for the indiana NCLEX. sounds great if one can get it for any state! different regions have different accrediting bodies, so i think the ISU must have the same as other colleges in the area, as do all the regional U's down here.

nursienurse_81 · Jul 16, 2006

I know Illinois doesn't. Sorry:(

szccdw · Jul 17, 2006

Is this program self paced like Excelsior or does it go semester by semester?

summerland5 · Jul 17, 2006

semesters. they have posted the nsg. curriculum online and suggest counseling for a part time schedule-probably related to what classes are available when

susyn153 · Jul 20, 2006

I took the plunge, mostly cause florida accepts everything. Thats were I live. I was with TCN before the switch to ISU and it was with Excelsior. Some of the tests for the BSN are with excelsior. The one advantage to the TCN is that they will walk you through the whole thing. You do not have to buy all the guides to have them do this. You can purchase just a few. I would not recomend a purchase of a study guide for western civ I if you are all up on Roman and Greek civ. If theology is your thing, don't bother with the religions of the world either. I for one got all the math and chem and anatomy that I could get my hands on. Also if your a not so good student, they have a guarentee that you will pass a subject. You fail twice and they will hire a tutor and pay for the additional testing. It's not bad for those tricky calc and algebra subjects I hope this clears it up a bit for some of the "what do you get with TCN" people. I am not selling TCN, just saying what they do. For me it was nice peace of mind, sorta like an extended warrantee on a car. Not for everyone. Your local library can get most of the clep subject guides for you on ILL and the Dantes the same way. Call ISU for the web site to the clep scores required to pass for credit and the school code. They are super helpfull, and if your good at begging the lady will give you a TON of info for free, where to find all the info and the little video that they have on the Sycamores, the free distance learners newsletter, and a virtual tour of the distance learning campus. She will tell you all the stuff you need to know about the prerequisites and how to find them on the web site and how to interpret them. If you have no transfer credits then you will be like me, maxed out on the prerequisites. feel free to contact me if you want to chat or for moral support, all that good junk. susyn153

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Jul 30, 2006

Ok im somewhat confused here. I started this program and backed out because it was my understanding that you could do all the pre-classes at Community colleges or clep or what ever but there are 4 nursing courses you must pass prior to them admitting you into the actual nursing school and for these you must sign with the college network to get the books for these classes because the books are only offered through them. Now when I checked the books were a whoopin 600 a piece that is 2400 total.... I havent heard a word about college network in this thread so Im just wondering if ISU changed the policy or what. Oh and let me add that I live in Texas and the college network was signing people up left and right for this and now Im hearing that Texas is not on the list of states that accepts this....please advise me someone...

summerland5 · Aug 2, 2006

WOW!

thanks for that post-

What an eye-opener!

Do they allow people to take the classes if they can get the books elsewhere, like eBay?

jus wunderin...

susyn153 · Aug 4, 2006

Dear summerland,

You can get the guide anywhere, it will not have the testing warentee with it. You will just be purchasing a book. Also, for the clep and dantes, there is REA, and Pass Your Class, they both put out guides to the clep tests. ISU also offers some of its classes online for less than the cost of the guides. Such as Technical writing. There are prerequisites for some of the writing courses so talk to someone at ISU for that. For instance, the technical writing requires that you have all your other 100 + 200 level writing courses out of the way. Best of luck. susyn153

I would recomend that you go on the ISU site and navagate to the distance learners page. They have a ton of info there.

worldtraveler · Nov 14, 2006

There is a lot of Confusion on this ISU External LPN-RN Program on this site. Let me share with you what I have found out: This ISU LPN-RN program isn't catagorized like the Exclesior Program. Excelsior is strictly a External Program whereas with Indiana, they first had a well developed Traditional BSN program inplace when they started the Online LPN-RN Program. Huge difference. In extensive conversations with ISU, I was informed when you graduate, you receive a BSN Diploma from ISU. It does NOT say you attended the Online school, only you attended and graduated from ISU. ISU's Traditional BSN program is NLN Accredited and has been for years. In my case, Pennsylvania(even though I currently reside in Miami but will relocate to Penna in the near future), I was told by the Penna State board of Nursing that when they recieve an Applicant's Form for the Penna RN Exam or a request for Licensure by recipricocity from a Graduate of ISU, they only SEE on the ISU transcripts that you are a Graduate of ISU. ISU does not indicate on your transcript that you attended the Online school, only that you attended and graduated from ISU. In contrast, with Excelsior College, all the State Boards of Nursing KNOW that Excelsior is strictly a External Program and it is also stated as such on the Transcripts. Big difference. ISU BSN Degrees, as far as I can determine from my research, are of course NLN approved and accepted by all State Boards of Nursing, as is a Nursing Grad of Penn State U, U of Mich, ect. Hope this clears up some confusion. I think as the Nursing shortage worsens many more similiar programs from Traditional BSN Programs will pop up to meet demand. They really have NO choice if they want to meet demand as it is obvious that Traditioanl programs cannot meet the shortage.