LVN - BSN Program

Prairie View A&M University-Houston, Texas

Programs – Undergraduate

LVN-BSN 

Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN)

Licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) who seek admission to the LVN-BSN Program must meet the same lower division requisites and degree requirements as generic students.  Applicants are evaluated on an individual basis and must complete the upper division clinical studies within five years of the initial admission date

Admission Requirements:

1. Be a graduate of an accredited Texas or out-of-state vocational technical or a community college program with a 3.0 GPA.
2.Current licensure as a licensed vocational nurse in the State of Texas or application for licensure in progress.
3.Completion of lower division requisite courses (63 credit hours), including core and support courses with a minimum grade of “C” per course and a cumulative grade point-average of 3.0.
4. A minimum passing score on the Net Test Pre-Admission Examination, which may not be taken more than twice.
5. Attend orientation for professional nursing education preparation.
6. Documentation of recent nursing practice experience, a minimum of one year, full-time employment as an LVN.
7. Two letters of recommendation: one from a faculty or administrator of the LVN nursing program and one from the supervisor at the agency of employment.
8. Official documentation of a negative criminal background check and a drug screening test.

Process for Advanced Placement
1. Upon admission to the LVN-BSN program, students may qualify for seven (7) hours of advanced placement through credit by examinations.
2. Advanced placement is achieved by obtaining a satisfactory performance score on two types of tests:

- National League for Nursing - Acceleration Challenge Exams (ACEs):
A.  Care of the Adult Client
B.   Clinical Pharmacology
- Nurse Entrance Test (NET)

3. Upon successful completion of the above exams, the student is eligible to enroll in the first semester of the program.
4. After satisfactory completion of the first 12 credit hours of the program and continuation of LVN licensure, the student is awarded 10 nursing credit hours in congruence with the Texas Articulation Model.

FINANCIAL AID

Financial Aid Application Forms may be obtained from the following:

College of Nursing                                               Office of Financial Aid
Prairie View A&M University                            Prairie View A&M University
6436 Fannin Street                                               P.O. Box 2967
Houston, Texas  77030                                        Prairie View, Texas  77446

Or the University’s website:  www.pvamu.edu.

The LVN-BSN Program is offered via distance education at four College of  Nursing sites: Houston Center; The University Center – The Woodlands, Texas; Huntsville, Texas; and College Station/Bryan, Texas. Scheduling of courses per semester at distance sites are regulated based on an adequate class size.

LVN-BSN PROGRAM SEQUENCE

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NUSING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Core Curriculum...........................................................................43 SCH
All Nursing Core Curriculum requirements are shown in the suggested degree program.

Support Area Requirements...........................................................20 SCH
NURS 2552 Life Span........................................................................3 SCH
HUSC 1343 Ecology of HumanNutrition.................................................3 SCH
PSYC 2613 Statistics for Psychology I.................................................3 SCH
SOCG 1013 General Sociology.............................................................3 SCH
BIOL 1054 Anatomy and Physiology I....................................................4 SCH
BIOL 1064 Anatomy and Physiology I....................................................4 SCH

Major Requirements............................................................................ 50 SCH
NURS 3005, 3013, 3023, 3183, 3282, 3193, 3292, 4013, 4163, 4262, 4183, 4282, 4173, 4272, 4193, 4292. 4403, Nursing Electives (3 SCH).

Advanced Placement........................................................................... 10 SCH
Credit by Examination........................................................................... 7 SCH
Total Degree Requirements.....................................................................................130 SCH

LVN-BSN SUGGESTED DEGREE PROGRAM SEQUENCE

Advanced Standing                                                            10
Credit by Examination                                                         7