Nursing | LPN Advanced Placement Option AAS

Pikes Peak State College offers the following programs:

  • Registered Nurse Associate of Applied Science Degree
  • Registered Nurse Associate of Applied Science Degree with PN Exit Option
  • Registered Nurse Associate of Applied Science Degree for Advanced Placement (LPN-RN)
  • Nursing Assistant Certificate
  • Practical Nursing

Declaring the Nursing AAS as your major does not mean you’ve been officially admitted to the program yet. Admission to this program is selective and competitive. There are prerequisite classes and additional steps you’ll need to complete before you can apply for program entry to be considered for program acceptance.

Admission to the RN program with the LPN exit option and the Advanced Placement option require separate admission criteria. All students interested in the registered nursing programs who do not have previous college courses must complete the PPSC placement exams prior to being advised. Potential students should attend Information Sessions held each month to obtain information prior to advising. Dates for each session can be found on the PPSC nursing website.

The application process and schedules are posted on the PPSC Nursing website. Students interested in the Nursing Assistant Certificate should apply directly to the college and then sign up for appropriate classes. All students will be required to meet regulations regarding CPR, immunizations, and disability issues. It is the policy of the PPSC Program of Nursing to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified students with disabilities. Whether or not a requested accommodation is reasonable will be determined on an individual basis. Determining what is a reasonable accommodation is an interactive process which the students should initiate with Accessibility Services.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Nursing degree program, students should be able to:

  • Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, person-centered nursing care in a variety of healthcare settings to diverse patient populations across the lifespan
  • Engage in critical thinking/clinical judgment to make person-centered care decisions
  • Implement quality measures to improve patient care
  • Participate in collaborative relationships with members of the interdisciplinary team, the patient, and the patient’s support persons
  • Use information management principles, techniques, and systems, and patient care technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making
  • Provide leadership in a variety of healthcare settings for diverse patient populations
  • Assimilate professional, legal, and ethical guidelines in practice as a professional nurse
  • Promote a culture of caring to provide holistic, compassionate, culturally competent care

Nursing: LPN Advanced Placement Option

Associate of Applied Science Degree

Recommended basic skills courses are

  • Basic Computer Literacy
  • College Readiness in English
  • College Readiness for Quantitative Literacy

Pikes Peak State College offers an advanced placement associate degree program for licensed practical nurses. Prior LPN course work from an accredited practical/vocational nursing program within the USA and a Colorado LPN license in good standing may be accepted.

Admission criteria for the state community college nursing programs are standardized and subject to change. PPSC nursing program maintains a competitive admission process. Students should complete the LPN to RN nursing program application to the PPSC nursing program after completing all prerequisites by downloading a copy from the PPSC nursing website. Students must pass background check, drug screening, and complete immunizations prior to admission. Students must also complete entrance exam with minimum score.