Advanced Placement for the Associate Degree Nursing Program

The Advanced Placement LPN option allows licensed LPNs to complete the ASN program in three semesters. Eligibility for advanced placement into the Associate degree nursing program (ASN) for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) includes the following:

1. Current unrestricted LPN license;
2. Admission to Gardner-Webb University and to the Hunt School of Nursing;
3. Successful completion of Human Anatomy & Physiology I (BIO 203), Human Anatomy & Physiology II (BIO 204), and General Psychology (PSY 201).

A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) who meets these requirements may be accepted into the second semester of the ASN program. Students in the Advanced Placement LPN option will take Pharmacology Concepts (NURS 105), Basic Concepts of Health Assessment (NURS 109), and Health Assessment Experiential Lab (NURS 110), while concurrently enrolled in the regular nursing sequence of courses scheduled for a second semester first year ASN student. Students will be awarded credit for Fundamental Concepts (NURS 106), Fundamentals Concepts Lab (NURS 107), and Application of Fundamental Concepts (NURS 108). Availability of the Advanced Placement LPN option is contingent upon current enrollment and resources.