Lvn program lost accreditation

Ladybug993 · Jan 14, 2016

What school was this... Not sure about transferring credits but call with all of them

futurenurse3610 · Jan 17, 2016

It was HCC

Ladybug993 · Jan 17, 2016

Oh boy.. That's not good.. Am so sorry.. I was going to bridge with there LVN to RN program but ended up at Chamberlain and so far am likening it

sueall · Jan 17, 2016

The BON public website meeting agenda outline for the upcoming BON quarterly meeting next week shows that the HCC-ADN program approval status will be dropped to "Conditional" (no new students allowed), but it doesn't show that the HCC-LVN program lost accreditation. Is there a rumor going around that the LVN program is shutting down or something?

futurenurse3610 · Jan 17, 2016

That's what we were told.

BPopper · Jan 18, 2016

I'm a new Nursing student, but what happens if they aren't accredited

dayday4u · Jan 18, 2016

Not sure what happens in a case where your school looses accreditation but I recently transferred from one LPN school to another after my first semester. During that first semester I took pharmacology, nursing fundamentals and my first nursing course & clinical where we did geriatrics. The only class that I could transfer was the clinical & geriatrics course only because we received our CNA license after. With my CNA license I was able to take a channel exam. My pharmacology and fundamental had one less topic then new school so they would not except those courses. This is in Louisiana so maybe Texas isn't as strict.

futurenurse3610 · Jan 18, 2016

I think accreditation has to deal w sitting for the nclex? I know for sure if a school isn't accredited then you can't transfer credits if you're wanting to get further education...

Thanks dayday4u! I pray I find one! Schools open back up tomorrow after the winter break so I will be calling around!! I just don't want this semester to be for nothing bc I worked my tail off but you already know how that goes!

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Jan 18, 2016

No. Board of nursing approval is what is needed to take the NCLEX. Most LVN/LPN programs are not nationally accredited. They should be regionally like middle states

HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD · Jan 18, 2016

Very few LVN/LPN schools are "accredited" by CCNE or (NLN) CNEA because they don't really need to be. I believe there may be only one or two accredited LVN programs in Texas. The program only has to be approved by the TxBON. The BON site still lists HCC LVN program with "full" approval. So you may need to do some further investigation. The process of pulling BON approval usually triggered by NCLEX scores October 2015 report on program status.... HCC's ADN program was on warning, but not the LVN program.

The HCC program, like the vast majority of LVN /LPN programs are based upon a vocational model which awards a certificate rather than academic credit model that awards a degree. Most vocational/certificate courses are not transferable. Courses in degree-based programs are usually part of an 'academic ladder' agreement in which their graduates are able to automatically progress to an RN program... so those courses are transferable.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jan 19, 2016

I think accreditation has to deal w sitting for the nclex?

Nope. Not a single state board of nursing in the U.S. requires nursing programs to be accredited.

I know for sure if a school isn't accredited then you can't transfer credits if you're wanting to get further education...

This is not always true. My LVN program and LPN-to-ASN bridge program were both unaccredited, yet the credits were accepted by a fully accredited BSN program. I completed my BSN degree and am now enrolled in a MSN program at a regional state university.