Nursing – LPN Transition to ADN

*Program credit hours: 56 – $76.00 per credit hour in-state tuition, $268.00 per credit hour out-of-state tuition.  Tuition estimates do not include prerequisites, which vary by student. Estimates do not include uniform and shoes.

Cost of Attendance

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Deadlines

Effective Spring 2025, the process for Advanced Placement entry into the ADN program has changed.  We anticipate accepting LPN students into the ADN program in Spring 2026.  

Sandhills will no longer be offering NUR 214 as a method of entry into the Associate Degree Nursing program. Students who meet the admissions requirements may test to attempt to place into NUR 112 (spring semester). Accepted students will complete four sequential semesters of ADN classes.

Students interested in Advanced Placement to the Associate Degree Nursing program should submit a letter of intent to be placed on our mailing list.

Submit a Letter of Intent to start receiving information.

 

Requirements

For complete details, view the Advanced Placement Program Sheet.

College application
Official transcripts from high school and all colleges/nursing schools
Placement out of any pre-college math
Completion of a chemistry course with a C or better
HESI A2 exam
Completion of ENG 111 with a C or better
Completion of PSY 150 with a C or better
Completion of BIO 165/168 with a C or better
HESI RN Fundamentals Exam*
Completion of six months of full-time employment within the last three years in an LPN role.  

All applicants are required to take the HESI A2 Exam prior to the program admissions deadline.  Sandhills does not accept TEAS or other entrance exam scores. Test dates for the HESI A2 are available by appointment.  Registration is online.

LPN Employment Verification

 

Program Orientation

Attend the mandatory program orientation where all conditional acceptance requirements will be detailed.  Failure to attend may result in your acceptance being revoked.

 

Drug Screen & Criminal Background Check

Drug screens and criminal background checks are required by our clinical affiliates in order to attend clinical rotations. Students with positive drug screen, criminal charges, or criminal convictions may not be able to attend clinicals, and therefore will be unable to progress within the program. Complete information regarding the procedure will be provided at the program orientation.

 

Immunization Requirements

Proof of all childhood immunizations and other specific vaccines, including:

Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, & Pertussis)

Varicella (Chicken Pox)

MMR (Measles, Mumps, & Rubella)

Hepatitis B* (six month series)

Tuberculosis Skin Test

Influenza: required annually

COVID-19: see below

Sandhills Community College does not require specific immunizations in order to enroll or attend classes on campus.  However, Health Sciences and Nursing programs require clinical hours.  Students admitted to an SCC Health Sciences or Nursing program must comply with the requirements set by outside clinical agencies, which may include a criminal background check, drug screen, physical, and/or specific vaccines.  Decisions about an individual student’s presence in the clinical environment are made by the clinical agencies.

We are guests in our clinical facilities and in order to have clinical privileges, must abide by their requirements for students and faculty. Notice of changes of agency requirements may or may not provide us with much notice.

If requirements are made by a SCC clinical agency and a student chooses not to comply, they may not be eligible to complete the clinical requirements of the program and thus become unable to enter or complete a course and the program.

Management of these requirements is reserved to Sandhills Community College employees only.  Students may not contact clinical agencies directly to discuss requirements.  Doing say may result in denial of admission or dismissal from a program.

All immunizations must be completed before program entrance.

* This program is financial aid eligible.