**(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.
Congratulations:yeah:! How things are going for you? Are you going for your first clinical next semester ? Please let me know. I may try to go back to ISU this year, so maybe we can share experiences, clinical info, etc. I also live in Chicago area. I am in a community college program, but I am having so many problems. I have a friend who is also thinking about do it. If you want to send me a private message feel free.Thanks
Congratulations:yeah:! How things are going for you? Are you going for your first clinical next semester ? Please let me know. I may try to go back to ISU this year, so maybe we can share experiences, clinical info, etc. I also live in Chicago area. I am in a community college program, but I am having so many problems. I have a friend who is also thinking about do it. If you want to send me a private message feel free.Thanks
Do you already know where you are doing clinicals? One of my classmates was from Chicago and never did find a clinical site. He ended up going to Terre Haute and did clinicals with the on campus students. Not to discourage you but I wanted to mention that so you can keep it in mind and plan ahead. Good luck!!
hi....i am definately interested in your experiences with tcn, isu, and the whole finding your own preceptor challange! i also live in illinois and have been considering tcn/isu.......however, i've only heard nightmare stories about preceptors and NOT finding any. i have tried the 'approved clinical site' list that is provided, and when i called my 'first choice' of locations, they didn't know what i was talking about and no one there had done anything with tcn/isu students. so i am perplexed. also, if i am to find my own preceptor, being in illinois, i understand that i am looking for a masters prepared rn to follow. how in the world do i know who is and is not masters prepared? and truly, what is in it for them to have a student following them around....do they recieve compensation? i have also spoken with Joelle from isu........it's a bit ambiguous as to what ends up in the student's lap to secure..........if anyone out there has a isu [or tcn] experience in the illinois area, especially locating preceptors, please let me know!
You don't need a master's prepared RN, just bachelors. Honestly, Illinois and California are a pain to get preceptors for according to my classmates in those areas. I graduated with a guy from Illinois and he ended up going to Terre Haute and doing clinicals with our professor. Several students did that. So, yes Illinois can be a problem but you are close enough to do clinicals with ISU and that's an option not everyone knows about so its something to consider.
Can you please tell me about clinicals? I think that going to Terre Haute is a possibility for me. I live 4 hours away from it. How often did you go for clinicals? I undestand that there are 6 classes requiring clinical hours, so how did it go? Did you go only weekends or week days ? Did ISU helped with finding a preceptor, once you did go to Terre Haute ? Did you go to clinical together with the ISU campus' students? Sorry for asking so many question, but the only thing that is holding up to go back to ISU is the clinicals hours. Thanks
I didn't go to Terre Haute but I had classmates that did. :) The way I understand it is you do all the clinical hours in a lump. Like the psych one is 45 hours so they did that over the course of a few days. The assessment course you should be able to do on your own. You don't need a contract, just a BSN prepared nurse to check off your assessment sheets. Totally informal. The community health you can probably do at home too. It also has very informal requirements. Just at a health department or hospice or something. Med-surg and critical care both need 90 hours. The final practicum is 135 but you can do 25 of them through CEs. If you go to Terre Haute for critical care then you'll have Dr. Gosse probably. She is awesome! I met her when I went there for graduation and talked to her lots on the phone when I was in her class. Not sure who does med-surg now b/c the professor I had isn't there anymore. I would call the nursing office and talk to Kim. She can give you the info on doing them in Terre Haute. You won't need to set up a contract if you do it there because it will work just like traditional clinicals do and you will have your instructor there. I think it would be fabulous! ISU professors are fantastic and if I lived close enough to do my clinicals with them I'd have jumped on it in a heartbeat!
Can you please tell me about clinicals? I think that going to Terre Haute is a possibility for me. I live 4 hours away from it. How often did you go for clinicals? I undestand that there are 6 classes requiring clinical hours, so how did it go? Did you go only weekends or week days ? Did ISU helped with finding a preceptor, once you did go to Terre Haute ? Did you go to clinical together with the ISU campus' students? Sorry for asking so many question, but the only thing that is holding up to go back to ISU is the clinicals hours. Thanks
...........what/where is terre haute? ........nevermind. a town in indiana. sorry.
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Hi sparkle823tami,
Congratulations:yeah:! How things are going for you? Are you going for your first clinical next semester ? Please let me know. I may try to go back to ISU this year, so maybe we can share experiences, clinical info, etc. I also live in Chicago area. I am in a community college program, but I am having so many problems. I have a friend who is also thinking about do it. If you want to send me a private message feel free.Thanks