CURRENT STUDENTS

Licensed Practical Nurse Educational Mobility

LPN Applicants to BHSN

Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) may advance place at the time of their acceptance to BHSN.  LPNs who have graduated from an approved LPN school and have passed the State Boards will automatically advance place into NU 102 or NU 2102A, Family Health, bypassing NU 101, NU 1101A/B, Nursing Fundamentals.

LPNs may choose to take a challenge exam for NU 102/ NU 2102A/B, Family Health.  The challenge exam includes both theory and medication/math components.  The request to take the Advanced Placement Challenge Exam must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office 30 days prior to the start of the LPN’s fall semester of their freshman year.  All preparatory materials may be obtained from the Registrar’s office.  Challenge exam fees of $300 are payable to BHSN prior to sitting for the exam.

Prior to enrolling in any nursing course, all LPNs must participate in a Transition Into Nursing courses that includes, but is not limited to, topics such as Roy’s adaptation model, professional nursing, nursing process, physical assessment, fluid and electrolyte balance, intravenous infusion and the administration of medications.  The Transition into Nursing Course is offered in August, May and December.  As with all other students transferring into BHSN, LPNs are expected to meet the same academic requirements as any other student.  One hundred percent attendance at the Transition course is required.

 

Current BHSN Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Licensure by Reciprocity or Examination

Eligibility criteria for BHSN students interested in taking the LPN Boards (NCLEX-PN) are as follows:

• NCLEX-PN applicant must have completed a program of study equivalent to that required for graduation from an approved practical nurse program.  Practical nurse program requirements include a minimum of 1080 hours and completion of a minimum of 945 hours in theoretical and clinical nursing practice in medical, surgical, pediatric, and obstetrical, as well as mental health nursing concepts, of which a minimum of 540 hours will be allocated to clinical practice.  Both theoretical and clinical components of the nursing courses must be successfully completed.
• The Massachusetts Board of Nursing requires that all NCLEX-PN applicants be withdrawn from their current RN Program.  This would require that all NCLEX-PN applicants who attended BHSN must officially withdraw from the program before submitting a Determination of Eligibility for Practical Nurse Reciprocity or to Write the NCLEX-PN by Form RN Student Withdrawn in Good Standing request.
• The Massachusetts Board of Nursing requires the course work to have completed within the five (5) years prior to submitting a completed Determination of Eligibility for Practical Nurse Reciprocity or to Write the NCLEX-PN by Form RN Student Withdrawn in Good Standing request.
• Instructions and all required documents needed for the NCLEX-PN examination are available on the Massachusetts Board of Nursing’s website at www.mass.gov/dph/boards/rn.