Our LPN-RN is the advanced placement track of our ASN program. Advanced placement status means you can finish your degree in about one year at a full-time pace.
Many of our students are balancing work, family commitments and school and choose to attend part-time. Our academic advisors will help you find the plan that works best for you.
The purpose of the Labouré College Associate Degree Nursing Program is to develop competent entry level registered nurses to function as caring, competent, and compassionate practitioners across a variety of care settings and to establish a foundation for lifelong learning. The graduates of this program will be able to work with and provide care for patients of diverse groups in a multicultural community.
The approximate length of completion of the LPN to RN program at a full-time pace
The minimum score on the HESI examination needed for students to earn Credit by Examination for their course(s) and qualify for Advanced Placement.
The average salary increase in Massachusetts for an LPN who becomes an RN
Sr. Gladys Segovia-Leon, RN '07, BSN '10
Before coming to the US from Peru, Sr. Gladys had no medical training. At Labouré, she developed her technical skills and her compassionate care skills.
Ellice White, RN '15, BSN 20
Ellice worked full-time as a phlebotomist and EKG technician while enrolled in the nursing program and learned "it's all about balance and control."