LVN 45-Unit Option – The Board of Registered Nursing specifies that the additional nursing courses required of licensed vocational nurses to qualify for the registered nurse licensure examination shall not exceed a maximum of forty-five (45) quarter units.

Prerequisites: current California LVN License, admission to the University, and completion of: BIOL 255 & 256 Human Physiology/Lab (5/1 units); BIOL 311 Microbiology (5 units).

Required courses in the program
 

NURS 338 LVN Preparation for the RN Program (2 Theory / 4 Clinical) NURS 341 Health Care of Adults Through Senescence, Part II (Theory) (5) NURS 342 Health Care of Adults Through Senescence, Part II (Clinical) (5) NURS 351 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (Theory) (5) NURS 352 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Care (Clinical) (5) NURS 490 Senior Seminar: Leadership, Trends & Issues in Nursing (5) NURS 446 LVN to RN Nursing Practicum (Clinical) (5)

Applicants to the LVN 45-unit option need to be aware of the priority for enrollment into nursing courses described above.

CSU Bakersfield does not offer an LVN to RN degree option. However, SJVC offers a LVN to RN AS degree, and CSU Chico offers a LVN to BSN program online.

For further information please contact the Nursing Department at (661) (654-3101