LVN-RN (Associate in Science)

The Nursing Program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Upon completion of the program, the graduate is eligible to take the Registered Nursing Licensing Examination (NCLEX-RN). LVN's & Military Personnel apply as an Advanced Standing Student. Placement into the program is on a space available basis to the second year of the Nursing Program. Options available to the LVN/Military student include one of the following: A.S. in Nursing, a non degree option, or a 30 Unit option. To transfer to a Bachelors Nursing Program you must receive the Associate Degree. SPECIAL APPLICATION REQUIRED

Prerequisite skills include the following:

Completion of an Advanced Standing Application

Passing NURS 70 (Nursing Theory:LVN-RN Transitions and NURS 70L Clinical Skills Practice and Assessment Lab)

Passing NURS 84 (Prescriptive Clinical Nursing Skills Practice)

Must pass benchmark Kaplan exams in Pediatrics, Maternity, Pharmacology and Fundamentals.

Must have 500 hours in the last 18 months in direct patient care (SNF or acute care)

Admitted on a space available basis when a generic student fails or withdraws from the program.

Program Outcomes

1.  Incorporate the core of knowledge unique to the nursing profession in the delivery of health care in acute, chronic, or community health settings.

2.  Utilize the nursing process to provide care for clients, families and significant others with diverse health needs and practices.

3. Respond to the unique health needs of the culturally diverse and aging population.

4. Use critical thinking skills in decisions related to managing care for groups of clients.

5. Practice within the profession‘s ethical and legal framework.

Over the past 5 years the average number of Advanced Standing LVN students admitted has been 2-5 per year.

Take a pass the NCLEX-RN exam at 85% or higher. In the past 10 years graduates of the nursing program have passed the NCLEX exam at 96-100%.

The program currently has a Bridge Program with CSUEB and students can receive a BSN with 12-18 months. CSUEB gives the graduate 15 units for taking the NCLEX exam.

Graduates demonstrate critical thinking, global and cultural involvement, civic responsibility and communication which are all mapped Institutional Learning Outcomes.

New job goal is 70% of graduates within one year of graduation.

The LVN pathway requires students to challenge out of the first year classes of the program and begin with the second year students. Similar nursing programs in California accept students in the second year to fill spaces and increase graduates.

In the Bay Area, Chabot College is one of the few that accept LVN's in the second year of the program. The other community college that does this is Mission College in San Francisco.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
NURS 53	Mental Health Nursing	4	semester 3
NURS 88	Pathophysiology	3	semester 3
NURS 77	Physical Assessment	0.5	semester 3
NURS 60B	Adult Health II	6	semester 4
NURS 60B	Adult Health III	3.5	semester 4

Over 50-75% of graduates continue on for a Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing

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