Get a baccalaureate degree that builds on your established nursing practice. Augment your knowledge and skills in nursing informatics, nursing research, primary health care, leadership, management, and family and community health promotion.
Get a baccalaureate education designed specifically for the licensed practical nurse (LPN). Continue working in your field, remain in your community, and complete your pre-nursing and nursing courses in our flexible learning environment.
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Program details
Admission to this program is paused due to high enrolments. Please refer to the Future Post-LPN Bachelor of Nursing Program for further information.
The Post-LPN Bachelor of Nursing is a 120-credit online degree program. You are awarded 30 credits for your practical nurse certificate or diploma program. A further 90 credits are required. You must complete at least 45 nursing credits through Athabasca University (AU).
All non-nursing, required, support, and option theory courses are completed by distance education through a combination of print and online resources.
The program includes on-site clinical placements. You will have the opportunity to develop a clinical focus in the final Consolidated Professional Practice course.
You can finish this program in as little as 3.5 years of full-time study. You can also work at your own pace, but you must complete all your requirements within 7 years of your enrolment into the program.
NCLEX-RN exam eligibility
Our AU Post-LPN Bachelor of Nursing graduates are eligible to write the National Council Licensure Examination – Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN) and to apply for registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA).
If you plan to practice in a jurisdiction other than Alberta following completion of this program, please contact the regulatory body in that jurisdiction, before applying to this program, to determine acceptance of AU’s program when seeking a temporary practice permit and active registration as a registered nurse.