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Undergraduate Degrees

LPN to RN Mobility

Admission Criteria/Requirements for LPN to R.N. Applicants

Admission to the IPFW nursing program is limited and competitive.  Applicants must meet the following requirements:

  • Hold a current Indiana LPN license prior to beginning any nursing clinical course.
  • Be admitted to IPFW as a degree seeking student.
  • Be a graduate of an NLNAC accredited practical nursing program.
  • Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher upon graduation from the LPN program.  A minimum GPA does not guarantee admission.  The actual GPA necessary for admission varies with the GPA distribution of the applicant pool and the number of available slots for admission.
  • Have completed at least 8 credit hours of anatomy and physiology within 5 years of admission to the nursing program.
  • Have completed CHM 104 or equivalent within 10 years of admission to the nursing program.
  • Have completed BIOL 220 or equivalent within 5 years of admission to the nursing program.
  • Have credit or accepted transfer credit in the 24 credit hours of identified pre-nursing curriculum with a grade of C or better in each course.  Courses may be repeated only one time. Pre-nursing curriculum:
    IPFW course numbers   Ivy Tech course equivalencies
    PSY 120
    =
    		 PSYC 101
    ENG W131
    =
    		 ENGL 111
    BIOL 203 & 204
    =
    		 APHY 101, 102, and 201
    COM 114
    =
    		 COMM 101
    BIOL 220
    =
    		 no course equivalent
    CHM 104
    =
    		 no course equivalent
  • Take the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) scholastic aptitude assessment pre-admission examination.  If you have previously taken the TEAS test you will need to include the print out of your test results with the application. 
  • Apply to the nursing program by the deadline of December 1 for the spring semester.  LPN Nursing Mobility Seminar is offered spring semester only.
  • Per Dept. of Nursing policy, if a student earns two grades below C in the same or any combination of two courses required in the nursing curriculum, the student will be dismissed from the nursing program.  A student who has been dismissed from the nursing program is ineligible for admission into the nursing program for a period of five years from the date of dismissal.
    • Note:  Students who have previously been dismissed from the IPFW Nursing program, or any nursing program, and return under the above LPN admission will be dismissed from the program with a failure of any course required in the nursing curriculum.
  • Students who earn a grade of “C” or better in NUR 117 and NUR 336 will be awarded an additional 13 credit hours for the first year nursing courses.  Students may take NUR 241 prior to NUR 336, but the awarding of the 13 credit hours does not occur until successful completion of NUR 117 and NUR 336.

The IPFW Undergraduate Nursing Programs are accredited by
the Indiana State Board of Nursing Health Profession Bureau and accredited by
the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC).
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telephone, 1-404-957-5000

 

 

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