**(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
Please take a moment to subscribe to Distance News at help you start and complete your distance courses.
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.
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.
Hello! I also live in studio city and planning to start the corse at spring 2011. Are you done with all the prerequsits? I just passed a&p, and working on micro right now through college network. Good luck!
I used the TCN study guides for the 4 nursing exams and 2 of the 4 exams were identical to the reviews in the study guides. You could complete all 4 in a semester but would need to devote a lot of time to studying. I am in my final year and live in soCal. I have completed clinicals at Loma Linda and it was wonderful. Unfortunately they are not taking anymore students for preceptorships unless they are Loma Linda employees.
That's great you are in your last year. I tried to respond to your post a few months ago, but was new to the site and ended up doing a thread instead. I had my 6th baby at Loma Linda in 2007.
I am hoping to get RCRMC approved as a clinical site before I start the program in Fall 2011 or Spring 2012. I am doing clinicals with the LVN program there right now.
Do you know why there aren't any approved sites listed for CA on the ISU clinical facility list? I was concerned because Millie from Sonoma State told me that there was one in Riverside and one in San Diego. It sounds like a lot of red tape to go through to get a new site approved.
Do you know other people in SoCal that are doing the program as well?
I am thinking about signing up with College Network to finish up my pre reqs so can I start at ISU. How is it though? I read a lot of bad comments about them but ISU recommends them to take your prereqs because it is faster.
I am thinking about signing up with College Network to finish up my pre reqs so can I start at ISU. How is it though? I read a lot of bad comments about them but ISU recommends them to take your prereqs because it is faster.
Thanks.
You don't need them. You can buy their study guides from students that are finished with them or study the subject matter from other sources. For example, pediatric nursing is pediatric nursing. If you are being examined on peds nursing, then get a peds text and peds review books to study from.
I am also located in the valley and am looking into signing up with TCN/ISU. I am planning on meeting with the counsler guy this week to do the paperwork and thought I would do a little more research. What was your experience? I have some of my prereq's done need about 16 more... (I think 4 of the required ones needed to apply) I am hoping to complete those in 6mos. It would be nice to have someone nearby during this process
I live in the oc and just got my CSM material. I am wondering for people who have completed this phase where did they get the test questions and were they exact. Also for CA students who have startd phase three what type of financing did you use and was it hard to get. Pm me or emAil me pleAse. Study buddies would b great
I am very interested in ISU's LPN to BSN completion. I know that I will need almost all of the Prereq's because most of my prereqs are either subpar classes or too old to count towards the degree. I know I am capable of taking the Clep exams for the phase 1 classes on my own, but I was wondering if someone that is taking the Clep's now could supply me a list of which tests that I need to take. Thank you
I am very interested in ISU's LPN to BSN completion. I know that I will need almost all of the Prereq's because most of my prereqs are either subpar classes or too old to count towards the degree. I know I am capable of taking the Clep exams for the phase 1 classes on my own, but I was wondering if someone that is taking the Clep's now could supply me a list of which tests that I need to take. Thank you
**(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 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
Please take a moment to subscribe to Distance News at help you start and complete your distance courses.
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.
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HELP!!!!!!!!
I am trying to study for the 4 CSM's, what material helps????? What has helped others???