LPN TO BSN

The School of Nursing at Wichita State University offers a plan to assist licensed practical nurses in obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. The applicant must be a Licensed Practical Nurse in order to apply to this program. Up to 4 credit hours of the program may be earned through the NLN Nursing Acceleration Challenge Exam (ACE) LPN-RN.

A broad-based liberal education of arts, sciences and humanities supports the community-based nursing curriculum. A framework of the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health care provides the basis for continued clinical experiences for the LPN in a variety of acute care and community settings. A preceptor full-time clinical capstone course assures in-depth experience during the final five weeks of the program.
 

Admission Requirements

Students are admitted to the professional curriculum after completing 58-61 hours of pre-professional course work and credit by exam. The application deadline for fall semester admission is February 1st; for spring semester Sept 1st. To qualify as a candidate for admission, a student must:

• Be licensed as a practical nurse in Kansas
• Have the equivalent of 1000 hours of clinical practice as an LPN within the last year.
• An interview/demonstration may be required to assess clinical skills.
• Complete the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) with a minimum score on each of the four sections.
• Develop a plan for completing prerequisite courses.
• Achieve a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.75 in all college work.
• Achieve C’s or better in all prerequisite courses.
• Returning adults who do not meet these criteria may be eligible on the basis of recent academic achievement according to selection criteria.
• Submit an application to the School of Nursing one semester before enrolling in the nursing curriculum.
• Students are admitted to the program in both fall and spring semesters.

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