Advanced Placement for the Associate of Science in 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 of Science in 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 Biology, Chemistry, Algebra, BIOL 203 Human Anatomy and Physiology I, BIOL 204 Human Anatomy and Physiology II, and PSYC 201 General Psychology (PSY 201). A grade of "Pass" in Biology, Chemistry, Algebra, BIOL 203 Human Anatomy and Physiology I, BIOl 204 Human Anatomy and Physiology II, and/or PSYC 201 General Psychology taken during the Spring 2020 semester will be reviewed for consideration on a case-by-case basis. 

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 NURS 105 Pharmacology Concepts, NURS 109 Basic Concepts of Health Assessment, and NURS 110 Health Assessment Experiential Lab, 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 NURS 106 Fundamental Concepts, NURS 107 Fundamentals Concepts Lab, and NURS 108 Application of Fundamental Concepts. Availability of the Advanced Placement LPN option is contingent upon current enrollment and resources.