Indiana University LPN - BSN??

[garnetgirl29, BSN, RN]

I am a current LPN student & expect to graduate in August. I was hoping to go into the LPN-ADN bridge program at my school, but I just found out that I will only have one more semester of Pell at my school & they don't accepts government loans, so I'm looking into other options. I live in NC, but I was born & raised in IN, so when I saw an advertisement for Indiana State University saying they have the nations's only entirely online LPN-BSN program, I was intrigued.

Does anyone know anything about this program? Should I even consider an entirely online program? I do well with online classes, but for the most part, I am a hands on learner and & feel I get more from clinical experience than class time. I assume an online program would expect you to be working as an LPN & gain your clinical experiences that way? Would there be clinical assignements? I wanted to request information from the school, but when I clicked that I was not yet an LPN, it wouldn't let me go any further.

Thanks!

[LadyinScrubs, ASN, RN]

does anyone know anything about this program? should i even consider an entirely online program? i do well with online classes

that is good that you do well in online courses because you will be very challenged with this rigorous nursing program. the program is intense and it has a tremendous amount of busy work built into the program to justify the hours required for the degree. the rigor of the program has caused many students to take less classes than normal because they have to work or have family obligtions. be forewarned that this is not an easy program and almost all the enrolled students are stressed out with the assigned weekly work.

, but for the most part, i am a hands on learner and & feel i get more from clinical experience than class time.

because isu requires clinicals to accompany the lecture portion of the program, you will get the opportunity to do hands on work.

i assume an online program would expect you to be working as an lpn & gain your clinical experiences that way?

some lpns are employed and some just graduated. working is not a requirement for the program.

would there be clinical assignements?

yes there are clinicals but the drawback is you must find your own assignments. the small print on the isu contract states that it is not responsible for locating your clinical locations. the proglem is this: many facilities are very reluctant to take on a distant learning student who does not have an on site instructor. however, the california bon has required isu to provide clinical locations to its student residents. other states have nosuch mandate.

i wanted to request information from the school, but when i clicked that i was not yet an lpn, it wouldn't let me go any further

before you call the university or the nursing department, go online and look at the nursing lpn to bsn site. it has all the information you need about prerequites, the program, etc.

you will be entering the university as a student and must qualify to enter. when you have all your university gen ed prerequisites done, you must qualify for the lpn to bsn program. there are requirements and then there are the challenge exams that must be passed.