Advanced Placement

From LPN to RN – Achieve Your Goal at Maria!
Rewards for your experience.
Choices for your life.

Call 518.438.3111, Ext. 217 or contact admissions@mariacollege.edu.

Choose from two paths on your way to becoming an RN -

Advanced Placement Course

Advanced Placement for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and those approved by the Nursing chairperson is available. They may challenge seven credits in nursing after successfully completing a six-week review course and the Challenge Examination, which includes written, dosage, and skills exams.
Students who do so will be granted life experience credit and will be exempt from introductory nursing courses, Nur 110 and 120. They will advance directly to Nur 130, Nursing III. See the Admissions section for requirements for advanced placement admissions.
Advanced placement classes are held twice a year, fall and spring semesters, on six consecutive Tuesday evenings. Classes usually meet from 6pm–9pm. Students may not repeat the course. LPN must submit a resume demonstrating current clinical experience. Enrollment in the Challenge Review may be limited to 20 students per year.

LPN-RN Transition Course (PN-RN)

A second option for advanced placement of LPNs is offered via the PN-RN Transition Course. This course is designed to validate prior learning and update or enhance the student’s nursing knowledge. The applicant must hold a current LPN license in the United States or its jurisdictions, and must complete both the PN-RN Transition Course (Nur 198) and PN Transition Skills Course (Nur 199), which grants the applicant 15 credits in nursing. The Transition Course workload is comparable to the workload of a three-credit course, and the skills gained are also comparable. These courses are offered in the Summer Session.
To enter the Nursing program at the senior level, the applicant must have successfully completed NUR 198 and Nur 199, and 23 of the required liberal arts credits. A resume demonstrating current clinical experience is required to enter Nur 198. Each applicant must be successful in both courses to advance in the Nursing program. See the Admissions section for advanced placement admissions. Enrollment in the PN-RN Transition Course may be limited to 20 students per year. Students may not repeat the course.

Pathway to becoming an RN for Maria College PNC Graduates

Students who graduate from Track II of the Maria College PNC program will have completed the equivalent of the first year of the ADN Nursing coursework, and may enter the Nursing program at the second level by taking Nur 240 in the fall semester. Completion of 25 required liberal arts credits is necessary to qualify for admission. Students who graduate from Track I may qualify with additional required coursework.
Applicants must submit a degree application by April 1 prior to the fall semester in which they plan to begin, meet all normal admissions requirements for the Associate Degree program, and pass the NCLEX (LPN) by December 1 of the year the applicant begins Nur 240.
If the PNC graduate does not start the ADN program immediately after graduation from the PNC program, the graduate must have passed the LPN-NCLEX and have worked as an LPN for six months prior to admission to the ADN program. A copy of the license and a letter of employment verification must be submitted at time of application.

At the discretion of the Nursing chair, qualified nursing transfer applicants may be approved to enter the Advanced Placement Course. Upon successful completion of the this course, the applicant may qualify for admission into Nur 130 (Nursing III).

Day or evening placement for Nur 130 depends on space availability.

Note: Each state and/or profession has procedures for certification and licensure, including, among others, consideration of felony convictions, pending criminal charges and professional misconduct. As a result, completion of a program does not guarantee licensure or certification.

Proven Success!

117 LPNs have participated in the Advanced Placement Course over the last 5 years
88 of those students have passed the Advanced Placement Course - a 75% passing rate
65 of those 88 students have graduated from Maria’s Nursing Program as RN’s – a 75% passing rate

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