**(this is the email i got back from ISU regaurding their LPN to BSN degree, and approved states)***some one may want to sticky this!
Thank you for your interest in Indiana State University's distance programs. The LPN to BSN program is a bachelor degree-completion program via distance learning .
ISU has an exclusive contract with The College Network so as to provide the study guides for the initial phase of the program. There are three phases to the LPN-BSN Track.
Phase I are Gen Ed requirements that will need to be completed with The College Network or a local college in your area. When acquiring Gen Ed requirements, 50 credit hours need to be at a 300 or 400 level course. Some of these courses are available at ISU. If you have a previous degree, some or all of the credits may transfer into the College of Nursing. After completing Phase I you then apply to ISU http://www.indstate.edu/join_us/admissions.htm. You will then fill out a second application with the College of Nursing http://www.indstate.edu/site/nurs/pdfs/con-admission-application.doc
Enrollment requirements include: (due by Nov 1st for Spring Semester) (due by June 1st for Fall Semester)
Send all the below Supporting Documentation to Kim Cook by FAX or MAIL:
Ø Come in with 2.5 minimal GPA. Maintain a 2.25 GPA throughout your courses.
Ø National Criminal background check. A new and easy service is provided to you by http://www.CertifiedBackground.com Your Package Code is: ND57 Send copy.
Ø Must be licensed as a LPN. Send copy of license with line marked thru.
These entrance copies will be kept in your file at the College of Nursing/Student Affairs Office, 749 Chestnut St., Room 328, Terre Haute, IN 47809. All nursing courses are completed online. Even though the courses are online and self-paced, they are within the traditional Fall and Spring semesters and taught by on-campus faculty members.
Then clinicals will be done in the state where you reside, with a preceptor at a local facility. This link is the FAQ (frequently asked questions) for the delivery of clinical education for the LPN-BS Distance Education Track: http://www.indstate.edu/site/nurs/pdfs/faq-lpn-bs-clinical.pdf
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Our LPN-BSN distance education program has been RECOGNIZED or APPROVED in the following states:
Alabama
Colorado
District of Columbia
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois (need to approve each clinical site)
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Virgin Islands (St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John)
Virginia
Wisconsin
We are continuing to work with the other states in supplying them with the required information for their recognition or approval
If you have further questions, please let us know.
Yes, this particular community college did, but other communities colleges that I applied did not. I am doing LPN to RN bridge and I am in the 4th semester( last semester), but I am having so many problems ( discrimination is just one of them...) Any way, I just dropped Med Surg IV, so I am not be able to graduatte this Spring. I am doing pshych and Seminar . I can go back there next Spring, but I am considering another options. This program has been a nightmare for me...
Oh, sorry to hear that. Discrimination can sometimes root its ugly head. I hope you can finish the program. Most programs do not accept nursing credits from another college. What state do you live in? Maybe you could try excelsior college. Of course ISU would be a better choice just because of the BSN program instead of AA. Either way best of luck to you on your choice.
I live in Illinois, which does not recognize Elcesior, unless you work 2 years in another state and apply for reciprocity. I am also afraid of CPNE(Elcesior clinicals). I have a co-worker who did and failed all 3 chances.
OMG, how awful. I agree about the clinicals. That is why I would like to go to ISU. There is no one weekend pass/fail clinical. Besides I like the fact you will have a BSN upon completion. I am now trying to finish up the last few pre-recs. now. I have algebra, A&P 2 and micro left. Of course I would like to clep and test out of all. But I think I will be using going online for Algebra.
Can someone let me know if these are the same study guides used by ISU LVN-BSN for the Challenge exams. I found these four study guides from the University of Oklahoma Nursing site. The study guides are listed under admission. The also have a LVN-BSN program. Thank you!
You have made me so scared to countinue with this program. I have already signed a contract with TCN. I have already done classes, applied to Indiana state ect. The only thing I have left to do is finish this Chem course I am taking (wasnt even going to try to CLEP that bad boy) and take the TEAS test. Then I'm all set.
Now that I am into it I would have rather done a LVN to RN in person then a LPN to BSN online. Its so frustrating sometimes!
Specializes in med/surg/tele/neuro/rehab/corrections.
Oh my,
You have made me so scared to countinue with this program. I have already signed a contract with TCN. I have already done classes, applied to Indiana state ect. The only thing I have left to do is finish this Chem course I am taking (wasnt even going to try to CLEP that bad boy) and take the TEAS test. Then I'm all set.
Now that I am into it I would have rather done a LVN to RN in person then a LPN to BSN online. Its so frustrating sometimes!
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Yes, this particular community college did, but other communities colleges that I applied did not. I am doing LPN to RN bridge and I am in the 4th semester( last semester), but I am having so many problems ( discrimination is just one of them...) Any way, I just dropped Med Surg IV, so I am not be able to graduatte this Spring. I am doing pshych and Seminar . I can go back there next Spring, but I am considering another options. This program has been a nightmare for me...