**(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
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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.
I was at the ISU site last nite and saw they are raising their prices AGAIN. Now it is over $1,000 just for an out of state 3 credit hour class.(not including books and other fees) Pretty obscene, in my opinion. I am still taking classes at the local JC and it costs about $80 for a 3 credit hour class and then the cost of books. I am starting to look at other options for my BSN because of their prices.
I know it does seem outrageous but I have met LVNs who have paid $50-60,000 for private schools just to get their RN only. So for a 4 yr degree- BSN this seems much more reasonable also considering it is mainly online which allows a person to work and go to school which traditional school schedules sometimes wouldn't work.
Yes there are advantages to ISU but I feel the price disadvantage is starting to outway the other advantages(for me) but that is a decision every person has to make for themselves. If it works for someone I say go for it.
Just because someone is paying too much somewhere else doesn't make ISU any less over priced. Another example of how public colleges are really in it for the profit before anything else.
Yes there are advantages to ISU but I feel the price disadvantage is starting to outway the other advantages(for me) but that is a decision every person has to make for themselves. If it works for someone I say go for it.
Just because someone is paying too much somewhere else doesn't make ISU any less over priced. Another example of how public colleges are really in it for the profit before anything else.
Yes there are advantages to ISU but I feel the price disadvantage is starting to outway the other advantages(for me) but that is a decision every person has to make for themselves. If it works for someone I say go for it.
Just because someone is paying too much somewhere else doesn't make ISU any less over priced. Another example of how public colleges are really in it for the profit before anything else.
I totally agree that a public junior college is the way to go for an ADN and as many prereqs as possible. I have about 74 units so far there and have appreciated the low cost experience but at my JC it takes 2 yrs to get into the LVN to RN transition program and then another year to complete it where I would have to go full time each day and then I would only have an associates degree- and after 3 yrs. That is why a BSN at ISU is a better option for me right now since I have 6 kids and work part time and need the flexibility of an online degree. In about the same time I will have a higher degree that may give me better job opportunities.
I am in the Los Angeles Area, Studio City to be exact. I will be starting in the Spring as I have already signed up for the sciences at the local cc. I am scared about doing online classes when you need the clinicals and may not be able to find preceptors on time for these clinicals. It would be good if people in the LA area who are doing this course could bond together.
Let me know if anyone wants to bond with me, I love to study and would be grateful to get any information on preceptors in this area.
I am in the Los Angeles Area, Studio City to be exact. I will be starting in the Spring as I have already signed up for the sciences at the local cc. I am scared about doing online classes when you need the clinicals and may not be able to find preceptors on time for these clinicals. It would be good if people in the LA area who are doing this course could bond together.
Let me know if anyone wants to bond with me, I love to study and would be grateful to get any information on preceptors in this area.
Hi. That's great you are starting in Spring. Are you still doing prereqs or doing theory at ISU? I am starting to study on my own for the N105 exam. Has anyone taken it who studied on their own not with CN materials? How difficult or easy was it. The subject seemed fairly easy and one we have covered throughout my LVN program.
I was also concerned about finding a preceptor but I was reassured after speaking with the CA clinical director Millie from Sonoma State. She answered all my questions and explained the process.
I don't know anyone in my area of Riverside county who is actually in the program but would like to connect with others who are starting so we can encourage each other along the way.
Does anyone current go to or have gone though the Lpn to Bsn program that are from the state of Missouri. If so I wanted to ask if they had any problems finding perceptor and clinical sites, how they like the program overall and how long will it take you to graduate
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I was at the ISU site last nite and saw they are raising their prices AGAIN. Now it is over $1,000 just for an out of state 3 credit hour class.(not including books and other fees) Pretty obscene, in my opinion. I am still taking classes at the local JC and it costs about $80 for a 3 credit hour class and then the cost of books. I am starting to look at other options for my BSN because of their prices.