LPN ADVANCED STANDING PATHWAY
The Nursing Program has formulated the following Advanced
Standing path for licensed practical nurses beginning this Fall II of 2006
with a new LPN to RN Pathway.
Following the NYS Articulation Model,
beginning Fall 2006, LPN’s may be admitted to the Registered
Nurse Program after meeting the following criteria. All applicants are
required to:
1) have a current LPN registration (licensure)
2) complete admission (or
readmission if LaGuardia graduate) to
LaGuardia
Community College with identified major in
Nursing (code 471-RN)
3) receive academic advisement
assure that the applicant meets the admission requirements of the Associate
Degree Registered Nursing Program (RN).
4) successfully complete
the NYS PN-RN Transition
Course *
5) transfer or complete
the clinical pre-requisite courses: ENG 101, ENG 102, SSY 101, SSY240, SCC210 (see asterisk on page 7), SCB 203, SCB 204 and SCB 260
6) successfully pass a
challenge exam, transfer or complete of MAT106
7) upon completion of
clinical pre-requisites, successfully apply (candidacy: LRN000.
4799) for the LPN to RN Bridge Course, SCR 100.***
The LPN to RN Bridge Course will include
advanced Psych-Mental Health and Medical-Surgical Nursing content. Students who enter the clinical phase of nursing at SCR 270 level will be required
to complete all other nursing requirements in sequence.
Credits That May Be Transferred into the LPN to RN Pathway:
MAT
106 Mathematics of Medical Dosages
2 →
(May
be challenged by incoming
non- LaGuardia
Community College
LPN
students)
ENG 101 Composition
I
3
SSY 101 General
Psychology  
3
SSY 240 Developmental
Psychology  
3
SCC 210 Foundations of
Chemistry
4
SCB 203 Fundamentals of Human Biology
I
4
SCB 204 Fundamentals of Human Biology
II
4
SCB 260
Microbiology
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Credits Received after completion of NYS PN-RN Transition Course:
Ø 12 ( 6 credits towards the first semester courses of
Fundamentals [SCR 110] and 1 credit towards
Perspectives [SCR150] and 2 credits towards the
content learned in Medical Surgical 1 [SCR 210] and
3 credits for Psych-Mental Health Nursing [SCR200].
Credits
Received after completion of LPN to RN Bridge Course:
Ø 3
credits to supplement the Medical-Surgical I [SCR 210] content (2 credits) and Psych-Mental Health Nursing [SCR200]
content (1 credit) with the additional advanced content needed for the RN
program.
Upon successful completion of all of the above
requirements, the Nursing Program will evaluate and select
students applying for the Bridge Course based on GPA and available space. Preference will be given to all LaGuardia candidates. Student selected will be granted, a total of 15
credits towards the Associate Degree in Nursing (12
nursing credits following the successful completion of the NYS PN-RN Transition Course
which validates and supplements prior learning and 3 credits for the successful
completion of the PN to RN Bridge Course) and
permission to register for SCR 270, Parent-Child
Nursing.
Seventy-five percent of the
applicant pool will articulate from LaGuardia Community College’s LPN Program. Twenty-five percent of the pool will
be candidates from outside the college.
Student ranking for admission into the Advanced
Pathway:
1) Transfer
courses from outside colleges will only be counted towards course
requirements.
NO TRANFER GRADES WILL BE CALCULATED FOR RANKING !
2) &n bsp; ONLY COURSEWORK TAKEN AT LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL
COUNT IN LPN to RN ADVANCED PATHWAY RANKING calculations
to determine successful admission candidates.
* The NYS PN-RN Transition Course must be successfully completed
within 5 years of admission of application to the Associate Degree Nursing
Program
** See asterisk (*) under II. Transfers from other Colleges (Advanced Standing)
** The applicant may register for the
LPN to RN
Bridge
Course no more than twice (Course may be repeated only once.
). The applicant must apply for permission from the LPN to RN Nursing Program Deputy Chair to re-register for the
course within one year of the original registration. The
student must register for SCR 270 within one
semester of successful completion of the
LPN to RN
Bridge
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