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LPN to BSN

Your path from LPN to RN begins here—with expert guidance, meaningful clinical experience, and personalized faculty support every step of the way.

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Advance Your Nursing Career with Confidence

The LPN to BSN Program at St. John's College is designed specifically for licensed practical nurses (LPNs) who want to advance their careers as a baccalaureate-level prepared registered nurse (RN). This pathway recognizes your prior nursing education and clinical experience while preparing you to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

You’ll join a supportive academic environment that blends rigorous nursing education with Franciscan values and personalized support from faculty mentors.

What Sets Us Apart

  • Over 500 hours of hands-on clinical practice.
  • Guaranteed access to clinical placements through our partnership with Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS). Our students gain priority access across hospitals, clinics, and specialty areas.
  • Advanced simulation labs with cutting-edge technology.
  • 98% of graduates employed immediately, many with HSHS.
  • NCLEX pass rates consistently above the national average.
  • Personalized advising in a values-driven learning environment.

Program Details

Students in the LPN to BSN program take the same upper-division nursing courses as those in the traditional BSN program, except for one class in the first semester. This integration ensures that all students graduate with equivalent clinical preparation and academic rigor.

The LPN to BSN program is delivered in a hybrid format, combining in-person instruction with online coursework to offer both structure and flexibility.

It begins with a 4-credit bridge course (NSG 331 – LPN Pathway Transition), allowing LPNs to transition directly into upper-division nursing coursework. Students build on prior knowledge while developing the critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills required of professional nurses.

Our small classes, personal attention, and affiliation with HSHS—one of the largest healthcare providers in Illinois and Wisconsin—contribute to a rich educational experience that prepares students to assume the role of a professional nurse confidently.

Highlights

  • Holistic patient care approach that emphasizes compassion, respect, and cultural sensitivity
  • Interdisciplinary learning with peers from various healthcare disciplines
  • Research and evidence-based practice are integrated throughout the curriculum

A Care-Delivery Model That Engages the Patient 

Hospital Sisters Health System is privileged to be entrusted with the care of our patients and their families. We will honor that trust by placing the patient at the center of everything we do and by providing high-quality care consistently and reliably. 

We will attend to patient needs across the care continuum by helping well persons stay well, by keeping persons out of the hospital when care can be provided safely and appropriately in another care setting, by taking meticulous care of hospitalized patients, and by assisting patients optimally after hospitalization and returning them to a state of wellness whenever possible.

There are 10 essential characteristics of Franciscan Inspired Care that serve as the foundation for our delivery model.

  1. We serve with Core Values that express our Franciscan spirit:

    Respect: Build relationships
    Competence: Be reliable
    Care: Connect compassionately
    Joy: Show recognition

  2. We respect the dignity of each patient, and the needs and priorities of our patients and their families.

  3. Every colleague will be empowered to own their work and practice to further our healing ministry.

  4. Following in the footsteps of St. Francis, we will bring the healing presence of Jesus Christ to all and be present in the moment with our patients and our colleagues.

  5. Holistic care of our patients—mind, body and spirit—is a hallmark of our Franciscan healing ministry.

  6. Respectful relationships with self, colleagues, patients and community are integral to high-quality health care delivery. In addition, accountability is through relationships as well as professional standards.

  7. We will provide the structure and systems to support a care delivery model that engages the patient.

  8. Ongoing colleague education promotes competence, confidence, and personal commitment.

  9. Evidence-based standards will be used to measure our high-quality care.

  10. We are just stewards of our human, material, and natural resources.
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