Bossier Parish Community College, in partnership with Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College, will offer its LPN to RN program in Desoto Parish. Prerequisite classes will be offered as early as spring 2022, and the first clinical cohort will be offered fall 2022.
The program is designed to help working LPNs continue their education while being employed full time, supporting their families, etc. Cathy Maddry, Assistant Dean of Nursing at BPCC, says that a nursing degree earned at BPCC not only provides the means to become an RN, it provides a stepping stone for advanced degrees in nursing requiring an accredited undergraduate degree.
Registered Nursing is considered one of the rapid-growing careers in the nation. The yearly median starting wages are $66,240 in Louisiana.
The LPN can complete the required prerequisite courses at his/her own pace. All prerequisite courses are offered on campus or online. Many of these classes have day or evening options. The program is fully approved by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing and accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing.
The Colleges will host in-person and virtual informational meetings to provide more information and to answer questions. Those meetings will be held:
Monday, October 18, at 3 p.m. – DeSoto Regional Health System
Monday, October 25, at 6 p.m. – Virtual Meeting
Friday, October 29, 10 a.m. – Mansfield Chamber of Commerce
For more information, contact Cindy Adams at (318) 678-6080 or visit bpcc.edu/DesotoLPNtoRN.
