LVN-RN

Effective: Fall 2025
Associate in Science Program Map
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This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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Program Description

The program prepares graduates who can contribute to the advancement of nursing science and influence changes in a variety of settings within the healthcare system. The graduate possesses a repertoire of knowledge, skills, and attributes that serve as the foundation for safe, competent practice and lifelong learning.


What can I do with this major?

The program prepares you to:

  • Graduate with an Associate in Science in Nursing
  • Be qualified to take the National Licensing Examination (NCLEX-RN) and upon passing, become a registered nurse
  • Continue your educational pursuit for a Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) and
  • Work within a variety of healthcare settings.

As a Registered Nurse you can work in the following areas: Intensive Care Unit (ICU), hospital unit, Oncology, Medical/Surgical unit, Operating Room, Case Manager, Home Health, Emergency Room, Pediatrics, Labor and Delivery, Psychiatric unit or be a traveling nurse.


Learning and Career Pathway
  • Health and Wellness

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= Critical Course = Prerequisite for Other Courses = Prerequisite Required = Required for Major GE = General Education

Students must apply and be admitted to the nursing program in order to take the courses within the nursing rubric (NURS).

PROFESSIONAL PREREQUISITES FOR THE AS IN LVN-RN

Students must complete the following:

  • An Advanced Standing Application
  • Validate previous nursing knowledge with assessment exams and have a minimum of 500 hours of work experience in direct patient care. This can be in a Skilled Nursing Facility or Hospital environment within the last 18 months. Admission is on a space-available basis into the second year of the nursing program.

Prerequisites

There is a 7 year recency requirement (except for the 30 unit option path) for the science prerequisite courses and a minimum of 2.5 GPA. Science courses must have a lab component and be 4 semester or 5 quarter units.

BIOS 41 (Fundamentals of Biology for Health Sciences) 1

4 units

CHEM 30A (Introductory and Applied Chemistry I) 2

4 units

BIOS 42
General Human Anatomy

5 units
Examine the correlations between the structures and functions of the human body in both health and diseased states. Explore tissue and organ structure through both gross and microscopic examinations as well as organ and cadaver dissection. May not receive credit if ANAT 1 has been completed successfully.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: BIOS 41
    2. or
  2. Prerequisite: BIOS 21C
  3. Strongly Recommended: ENGL C1000

BIOS 44
Microbiology

5 units
Bacteria, fungi, protozoa, helminths, and viruses, with an emphasis on their relationships to humans and disease. Microbial growth and control, microbial metabolism, and microbial genetics. Microbe-host interactions, including the beneficial microflora and the pathogenesis of contemporary infectious diseases. Methods used in the laboratory, including cultivation, staining, isolation, quantification, identification, and antibiotic sensitivity testing of microbes. Intended for students planning to enter training programs leading to allied health professions, such as registered nurse and dental hygienist. May not receive credit if MICR 1 has been completed successfully.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: BIOS 41
    2. or
  2. Prerequisite: BIOS 21C
    3. or
  3. Prerequisite: BIOS 21B
    4. or
  4. Prerequisite: CHEM 30A
    5. or
  5. Prerequisite: CHEM 1A
  6. Strongly Recommended: BIOS 42
    7. or
  7. Strongly Recommended: ENGL C1000

ENGL C1000
Academic Reading and Writing

4 units
In this course, students receive instruction in academic reading and writing, including writing processes, effective use of language, analytical thinking, and the foundations of academic research. With integrated instruction in reading, critical thinking, and expository and argumentative writing, this course is intended to develop the ability to read and write complex, college-level prose. Theme-based units of study will examine ideas in relation to individuals' world view and contexts from which these ideas arise. Primary texts will showcase diverse writers, including marginalized voices. Formerly ENGL 1.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: ENGL 202
  2. Prerequisite: ENGL 201B

PSYC C1000
Introduction to Psychology

3 units
This course is an introduction to psychology, which is the study of the mind and behavior. Students focus on theories and concepts of biological, cognitive, developmental, environmental, social, and cultural influences; their applications; and their research foundations. Includes major psychological concepts and theories in the areas of consciousness, learning, memory, motivation, perception, personality, stress, and social behavior. Formerly PSY1.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL C1000
  • Transfers to CSU

    • SOCI 1
    Principles of Sociology

    3 units
    Designed to illuminate the way students see their social world. Uses a sociological perspective: scientific study of human interaction and society, with emphasis on impact of groups on social behavior. Includes the systematic examination of culture, socialization, social organization, social class, race, gender, deviance, social change and empirical methodology. These content areas are woven throughout the fabric of the course, particularly as they affect the lives of at least three of the following groups: African Americans, Latinx Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, Arab Americans and/or women.
    Course Details:
  • Transfers to CSU

    • Speech Communication Course: Choose one

    3 units

    COMM C1000
    Introduction to Public Speaking

    3 units
    In this course, students learn and apply foundational rhetorical theories and techniques of public speaking in a multicultural democratic society. Students discover, develop, and critically analyze ideas in public discourse through research, reasoning, organization, composition, delivery to a live audience and evaluation of various types of speeches, including informative and persuasive speeches. Formerly COMM 1.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL C1000
  • Transfers to CSU
    • or

    COMM 10
    Interpersonal Communication

    3 units
    An introductory course designed to help students develop interpersonal communication competencies. Students begin by exploring personal identity, including race, culture, gender, and family. Then examine how these individual identities impact personal relationships. Finally, we will identify strategies to reduce miscommunication and conflict in interpersonal relationships. Overall, through readings, lecture/discussion, and assignments we will examine the power of communication and its effects on our lives and relationships.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL C1000
  • Transfers to CSU

    • Students must take benchmark exams to validate competency in the following: pediatrics, maternity, pharmacology and fundamentals. Each exam must be passed with a threshold score established by Kaplan. If unable to pass any exam after 2 attempts, the student may take the following theory courses: NURS81 Maternity, NURS82 Pediatrics, and/or NURS64 Pharmacology. If the student fails the Fundamentals exam, the student may not continue in this pathway and may apply as a generic student.

    • 1 - BIOS 41 is a prerequisite for BIOS 42 and BIOS 44
    • 2 - CHEM 30A is a prerequisite for BIOS 43 and BIOS 44

    Semester 1

    2.5 units

    Students must apply and be admitted to the nursing program in order to take the courses within the nursing rubric (NURS).

    NURS 70
    LVN-RN Transition*

    1.5 units
    Emphasis on nursing topics that prepare the LVN for advanced standing in an Associate Degree RN Nursing Program. The course includes topics such as the nursing process, role change, therapeutic communication, critical thinking skills, review of medical-surgical nursing, pharmacology and medication calculations.

    NURS 70L
    Clinical Skills Practice and Assessment Lab*

    0.5 units
    Clinical skills practice lab provides framework for satisfying selected nursing content and skills offered during first year of associate degree nursing curriculum. Designed for LVN students desiring admission to Chabot Nursing Program with Advanced Standing.
    Course Details:
    1. Corequisite: NURS 70

    NURS 84
    Prescriptive Clinical Nursing Skills Practice*

    0.5 units
    Emphasis is on gaining experience in practicing and refining selected clinical skills used in the delivery of nursing care to a client in the acute care or community based setting. This required course provides the opportunity for preparation for the Clinical Performance Examination, as well as for practicing different skills using up-to-date equipment in the Skills Lab.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: NURS 55
    • * -
    • * - NURS 70, 70L and 84 are REQUIRED COURSES FOR LVN-RN (after advanced standing application submitted)

    Semester 2

    10.5 units

    NURSING PROGRAM COURSES FOR ADMITTED STUDENTS: 

    NURS 53
    Mental Health Nursing*

    4.5 units
    Emphasis on the use of the nursing process in the care of clients of all ages experiencing selected conditions requiring treatment in psychiatric care settings. Theory and clinical practice includes integration of assessment skills, nutrition, pharmacological and crisis intervention concepts, legal-ethical issues, and anger management. Concepts related to the California Nursing Practice Act, and Quality, and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) will be incorporated. Total - 9 weeks.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: NURS 70
      2. or
    2. Prerequisite: NURS 55

    NURS 60B
    Adult Health II

    6 units
    Nursing interventions that assist the adult client in adaptation to stressors of acute and chronic illnesses with unpredictable outcomes. Focus on caring for groups of clients in the medical-surgical and critical care setting. Concepts related to the California Nursing Practice Act, as well as principles of safe clinical practice will be included. Total - 12 weeks.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: NURS 51
    2. Prerequisite: NURS 52
    3. Prerequisite: NURS 53
    4. Prerequisite: NURS 60A
    • * - NURS 53 and 60B are nursing program courses for admitted students.

    Semester 3

    3.5 units

    NURSING PROGRAM COURSES FOR ADMITTED STUDENTS: 

    NURS 60C
    Adult Health III*

    3.5 units
    Discussion of leadership styles, delegation of care, evidence based practice, conflict management , delegation of assignments, prioritization of client care, and organizational structure the health care organization. Concepts related to the California Nursing Practice Act, and Quality, and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) will be incorporated. Total - 6 weeks.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: NURS 60B
    • * - NURS 60C is a nursing program course for admitted students.

    Other (specify)

    Courses Needed to Continue for a BSN

    Statistics course

    4 units
    GE

    STAT C1000
    Introduction to Statistics

    4 units
    This course is an introduction to statistical thinking and processes, including methods and concepts for discovery and decision-making using data. Topics include descriptive statistics; probability and sampling distributions; statistical inference; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance, chi-squared, and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings. Students apply methods and processes to applications using data from a broad range of disciplines. Descriptive statistics, including measures of central tendency and dispersion; elements of probability; tests of statistical hypotheses (one and two populations); correlation and regression; ANOVA; applications in various fields. Introduction to the use of computer software package to complete both descriptive and inferential statistics problems. Formerly MTH 43. May not receive credit if Mathematics 35 has been completed.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL C1000
    2. Strongly Recommended: MTH 53
    3. Strongly Recommended: MTH 55
  • Transfers to UC/CSU
    • or

    PSY 5
    Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

    4 units
    Statistics as applied to the behavioral and social sciences. Applications using data from disciplines including psychology, social sciences, business, life science, health science, and education. The use of probability techniques, hypothesis testing, and predictive techniques to facilitate decision-making. Topics include: descriptive and inferential statistics; probability and sampling distributions; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance (ANOVA), chi-square and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL C1000
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 53
      3. or
    3. Prerequisite: MTH 55
      4. or
    4. Prerequisite: MTH 53B
      5. or
  • Transfers to CSU

    • To progress and graduate from the Nursing Program , students must earn a minimum grade of “C” in each nursing course. Graduates of this program receive an Associate in Science degree in Nursing. Note: The Board of Registered Nursing requirements supersede catalog rights for graduation.

    Total Units: 16.5 units
    This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.