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LPN
to BSN Application Process
Thank you for your interest in the process for an LPN or advanced
place student to enter the Baccalaureate Nursing Program. Our curriculum
design enables you to enter into the program with advanced standing,
providing you have completed the lower-level general education courses.
Current LPNs might also wish to explore Mesa State's proposed LPN
to AAS in Nursing program.
Mesa State College follows the Colorado
Nursing Articulation Model (please note different requirements
for out-of-state graduates).
The following are steps to be taken for admission into the program:
For LPNs: For
Advanced Place:
- Have graduated from a state-approved practical nursing
program.
- If you graduated from an LPN program at a vocational-technical
school, you must take and successfully complete the challenge
exam (Excelsior College Exam 403-Fundamentals of Nursing,
formally Regent's College.) This exam must also be successfully
completed if you graduated from a non-NLN accredited LPN
program. Consult with the Testing Center at Mesa State College
regarding the application procedure and date
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- Have college credit for a nursing Fundamentals course
and submit a course description.
- Have a letter of recommendation from a Director or Dean.
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Have a 2.0 ("C")
on a 4.0 scale or higher grade for all courses required for
completion of the Baccalaureate Deree in Nursing. This policy
applies regardless of when the course was taken. A "D"
grade or lower in any required course is not acceptable.
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Make application to Mesa
State College. If you are a graduate from Mesa State College
you must reactivate the old application, advising the Registrar's
Office of the change into the baccalaureate program.
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Submit a transcript to
Registrar for evaluation and have them sent it to the Heath
Services Department for all post-high school work.
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Furnish to the Admissions
Office a high school transcript or a score of 45 on the GED,
transcripts of all college/university work completed, as well
as from your LPN program. |
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Be admitted to Mesa
State College as a general student by receipt of a letter from
the Office of Admissions. |
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Upon notification of
admission to Mesa State College, make an appointment with the
Registrar for an evaluation of general education completed. |
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Make application to the
Department of Health Sciences by October 1st for the spring
semester and by March 1st for fall semester. |
10. |
Must submit a copy of
current Colorado LPN license and proof of IV certification with
application. |
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The applicant must complete
all required freshman and sophomore non-nursing courses before
junior level nursing. |
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Take and successfully
complete all required freshman and sophomore non-nursing and
nursing courses, except for NURS 201/201L-Nursing Fundamentals. |
Again, thank you for your interest in our program. Selection of
students for the program will take place after the deadline. If
your LPN to
BSN Application folder is complete and you meet the criteria,
you will be considered for admission.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Department of Health Sciences
Phone (970) 248-1398
Fax (970) 248-1133
Revised 4/11/2008
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