# Accelerated Track Registered Nursing: LVN to ADN (Certificate of Achievement)

Butte College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Nursing

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**About the Program**

**Program Goal:** Career

**GE Pattern(s):** None

**Program Code:** 43187.00CA

A 30-unit option is available. The Certificate of Achievement in Accelerated Track Registered Nursing: LVN to ADN program is a state-approved program which provides the courses necessary for a Licensed Vocational Nurse to apply for licensure as a Registered Nurse.  This program relies on vocational nursing training and prerequisite classes to count as some of the first and second semester courses of the program.

A registered nurse can seek employment in a variety of settings: acute care hospitals, community/home health care, skilled nursing and long-term care facilities, clinics, physicians' offices and any number of private industries that interface with healthcare delivery. A national shortage of registered nurses is predicted for the next two decades.

**Admission to the Program:**

Students are admitted by application only.  Contact the Nursing Department or visit https://www.butte.edu/academic-programs/coi-hps/dept-nursing/index.html for application dates and materials.

**General Requirements:**

-   Age 17 or older with a 12th grade education or equivalent.
-   Current unencumbered California vocational nursing license.
-   16 units of college level nursing credit, including OB and Pediatrics, from a vocational or practical nursing program.
-   IV Therapy competency (must verify IV certification through the BVNPT online license verification).
-   BIOL 15 and BIOL 21 must be completed with combined GPA of 2.5 or higher, minimum C grade for each, and no more than one repetition of any one of these courses.
-   Pass/No Pass Biology courses will not be accepted.
-   A minimum composite score of 62 on the latest version of the TEAS test (may be repeated once).
-   Applicants that have failed more than once from any nursing program (LVN and/or RN) are ineligible to apply.

Admission to the program is based on the following point system:

-   TEAS (composite score on first attempt of any distinct version)
    -   25 points for composite score of 80.00-100.00
    -   15 points for composite score of 75.00-79.99
    -   5 points for composite score of 70.00-74.99
    -   0 points for composite score of 62.00-69.99

-   Human Anatomy, Human Physiology and Microbiology GPA (after first time taking it)
    -   25 points for an overall GPA of 4.0 or higher
    -   15 points for an overall GPA of 3.50-3.99
    -   5 points for an overall GPA of 3.00-3.49
    -   0 points for an overall GPA of 0.00-2.99

-   Healthcare Experience
    -   25 points for 1800 hours or more worked in the last 2 years as a CNA, EMT, LVN, Paramedic, Monitor Tech, Perinatal Tech, Surgery Tech, ED Tech, Patient Monitors, Patient Care Support Techs or Corpsman
    -   15 points for 1000 hours or more worked in the last 2 years as a CNA, EMT, LVN, Paramedic, Monitor Tech, Perinatal Tech, Surgery Tech, ED Tech, Patient Monitors, Patient Care Support Techs or Corpsman
    -   5 points for 500 hours or more worked in the last 2 years as a CNA, EMT, LVN, Paramedic, Monitor Tech, Perinatal Tech, Surgery Tech, ED Tech, Patient Monitors, Patient Care Support Techs or Corpsman
    -   0 points for no qualifying healthcare experience

-   Permanent Residence in Butte, Glenn, Tehama or Plumas counties (must provide documentation)
    -   25 points for living within Butte, Glenn, Tehama or Plumas counties in California
    -   0 points for living outside these California counties

Total Possible Points - 100

The top 48 applicants with the highest points will be admitted.

Persons with substance abuse issues or with conviction of crimes substantially related to the practice of nursing may not be granted a license by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Fingerprints are a required part of the application for licensure. Records that are expunged or sealed, and juvenile records will be accessed and reviewed.

**Program Learning Outcome(s):**
Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be able to:

1.  Adhere to standards of professional practice and practice within legal, ethical and regulatory framework.
2.  Demonstrate effective verbal, non-verbal, and written communication using compassion and cultural awareness resulting in trusting relationships.
3.  Provide comprehensive assessments with a holistic view of the client using the functional health assessment.
4.  Demonstrate evidenced-based practice and the use of critical thinking based on the nursing process to provide the foundation for appropriate clinical decision making
5.  Adapt care when providing nursing interventions to assist the clients in achieving desired outcomes.
6.  Develop individualized teaching plan based on assessed needs.
7.  Demonstrate decision-making coordination with the client, significant support person(s) and members of the healthcare team.
8.  Demonstrate effective management through gathering information, planning, and directing in collaboration with the healthcare team to assist the client to move toward positive outcomes in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Required courses:** | | 29.5 |
| BIOL 15 | Introduction to Microbiology | 4 |
| BIOL 21 | Human Physiology | 4 |
| NSG 51 | Accelerated Track Transition to ADN Nursing I | 1.5 |
| NSG 52 | Accelerated Track Transition to ADN Nursing II | 1.5 |
| NSG 9 | Accelerated Track Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing | 1.5 |
| NSG 12 | Accelerated Track Clinical Medical/Surgical II and Mental Health Nursing | 4 |
| NSG 13 | Accelerated Track Associate Degree Nursing Capstone | 0.5 |
| NSG 14 | Accelerated Track Gerontology and Community Based Nursing | 1.5 |
| NSG 15 | Accelerated Track Pharmacology II | 1 |
| NSG 16 | Accelerated Track Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing III | 4 |
| NSG 17 | Accelerated Track Clinical III | 6 |
| **Total** | | **29.5** |