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ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING DEGREE
FOR THE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
(LPN-ASN)
The LPN-ASN program recognizes and gives credit for
previous education as a licensed practical nurse. Advantages of becoming an RN
include expanded knowledge and skill as a nurse, greater career mobility,
numerous job opportunities, and an increase in income above the practical
nurse’s salary by as much as 40%.
The Associate of Science
in Nursing Program prepares graduates for entry level practice as nurse
generalists. Students are assisted to value service and develop caring
behaviors in clinical practice by recognizing, responding and valuing caring as
the foundation for the profession of nursing. The nursing roles of provider of
care, manager of care and active member of the discipline are emphasized as
students progress through the curriculum. Students integrate concepts from
physical, social and behavioral sciences and humanities with nursing knowledge
and evidence-based practice. Using the nursing process as a critical thinking
framework, students provide safe, accurate and individualized nursing care to
select individuals and groups with health needs or common well-defined health
problems. Students care for a variety of patient populations across the life
span and the health care continuum in acute care, long term care and community
based settings. After completing the degree, graduates are eligible to apply for
the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).
Graduates are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN
exam. A passing score leads to the RN license.
(Click here for Requirements
for Licensure to Practice)
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR LPN-ASN PROGRAM
A point system is used to evaluate applications of
qualified candidates in order to accept applicants into the program as either a
pre-nursing or nursing major. The point system used by the Nursing Program
Admissions Committee will be provided to an applicant upon request.
1. Meet university entrance requirements for transfer students.
2. Submit a current, active LPN license.
3.
Have
earned a GPA of 2.7 or better from the LPN program attended.
4. Have
completed TEAS (Test of Essential Academic Skills).
5.
A minimum of 26 credit hours in nursing must be taken at the University
of Saint Francis to be awarded an associate degree in nursing from the
University of Saint Francis.
Students who do not meet
the nursing admission criteria may be admitted to the University as
a pre-nursing major. Each applicant is reviewed on an individual
basis.
Once admitted to the nursing major, students must maintain
a cumulative GPA of 2.7, achieve a B- or better in all nursing courses and earn
a grade of "C" or better in all required non-nursing courses.
MAJOR COURSEWORK
LPNs receive 11 hours of nursing credit for their previous education.
Content areas of fundamentals of nursing, medical-surgical nursing, maternal
nursing and child health nursing are included in the transfer credit.
Credit for general education courses may transfer from
the student's LPN Program. Only courses with a "C" or better are considered for
transfer. Science and pharmacology courses more than five years old are not
accepted for transfer credit.
Click here for the
curriculum plan and
course descriptions for
the LPN-ASN degree. Changes may be made in the curriculum
as necessary.
CAREER ADVANCEMENT
The University of Saint Francis also offers an RN-MSN Transition Sequence of
courses. Students who achieve an ASN degree and meet all MSN admission criteria
may be admitted into the MSN program. Completion of the RN-MSN transition
sequence is required prior to beginning a specific MSN program of study.
ACCREDITATION
The Associate of Science in Nursing Program is accredited by the Indiana
State Board of Nursing and the National League for Nursing Accrediting
Commission (NLNAC), 61 Broadway, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10006. Phone:
800-669-1656 extension 153. Web site
www.nlnac.org
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