Curriculum
Guide for
Licensed Practical Nurse to
Registered Nurse Transition Option (LPN)
The LPN-RN course of study facilitates
educational and career mobility for LPNs who wish to expand their
knowledge and skills to be qualified to take the licensure exam to
practice as a RN. Students in the LPN to RN Option Program
receive additional education that prepares them to make clinical
decisions that emphasize health promotion and disease prevention.
The LPN to RN Transition Option has two
ways for LPNs to enter the RN program:
1. Graduates of the
Prince George's Community College's
LPN certificate program must have completed the certificate within a
five-year period, have a valid, active Maryland or compact LPN license,
and have successfully completed the required prerequisite courses
for the associate's degree in nursing before they can petition for
direct admission into the second year of the Nursing Program without
taking the transition course. Those LPN graduates who finished
the program more than five years before beginning the RN course must successfully
complete the Transition course, NUR 106, in order to be admitted to the
2nd year
2. An LPN who is
not a graduate of the Prince
George's Community College PN Program but holds
a valid, active Maryland or
compact State License and has completed all of the required
prerequisites for the PN program, may petition for admission to the
LPN-RN Transition course (NUR 106). Upon satisfactory completion
of NUR 106, the student can progress to the second year of the
Associate's Degree RN Nursing Program.
Licensed
Practical Nurse Articulation Program
The
transition course is designed to prepare Licensed Practical Nurses for
entry into the second year of the Associate Degree Nursing
Program. This course is offered in the fall and spring
semesters. Selected content from the first year of the Associate
degree program will be reviewed. Supervised clinical practice in
selected acute care and community settings will be provided. The
student must petition by March 1 for fall admission and October 1 for spring
admission.
An LPN who holds a valid, active Maryland
license and has completed all of the prerequisites for the RN program
with a GPA of 2.5 or higher may be granted advanced placement in the RN
program. The Maryland
license must be active at the time of admission to the LPN to RN
program. Upon completion of the transition course with a "C"
or better, a student can begin the second year of the Associate of
Science degree in the Registered Nursing Program which will enable them
to graduate with an Associate of Science degree and be eligible to take
the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses
(NCLEX-RN).
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Course Prerequisites
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Program Requirements
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Nursing Course
Sequence
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The
following courses must be
completed with a "C" or better before an LPN can articulate
to the RN program.
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A student
admitted to the LPN to
RN program must:
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Fall
or Spring Admission
NUR 106 LPN to RN
Transition (6 cr)
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BIO 201 BIO 205 BIO 206
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1.
have a valid, active Maryland
license at the time of
admission to the RN program
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Third
Semester:
NUR 201 Nursing
Care of
Children & Families (3 cr)
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MAT 112 or higher PSY 101
PSY 207
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2.
have completed all RN
prerequisite courses
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NUR 202
Physiological
Integrity II 5 (cr)
SPH 109 completed or
concurrent
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Listed
below are the following courses that must be
completed
prior to graduation:
Humanities-choice
of ART, MUS
PHL, THE, foreign language
(3cr)
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3.
take the nursing courses in
sequence
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Fourth
Semester:
NUR 203 Physiological
& Psychological Integrity
(6 cr)
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English-choice
of EGL 102, 110,
132 or 134 (EGL 134
recommended)
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4.
earn 2.0 or better in all
nursing courses
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NUR 204
Mgmt. of Care &
Professional Issues (3 cr)
SOC 101 completed or
concurrent
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5.
have a cumulative GPA of
2.0 or better
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Credits and GPA required to
Graduate: Seventy
credits and a
2.0 or higher GPA are required for an Associate of Science
degree in nursing.
*See catalog
for details.
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