The Colorado Nursing Articulation Model: 2001-2005
Publication of the Colorado Trust
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In response to the need for nurses in Colorado to progress in the profession, faculty members of all of the practical, associate degree, and baccalaureate nursing programs in the state have joined together to formulate a model for statewide program articulation. Articulation is a process through which nursing programs cooperate to facilitate the educational progress of students with minimum repetition.
In general, if you completed your coursework with a grade of C or better you may be awarded nursing credits equivalent to about one year of full time nursing courses in the program you are entering. These credits will be placed on your transcript after you have passed approximately one semester of full time nursing courses. To earn your degree, you will need to complete non-nursing requirements and the equivalent of one year of full-time nursing coursework. Employment and other requirements may apply. LPNs more than 10 years after graduation must take standardized exams to receive credit.
For further information about a particular school's plan, contact that school's nursing program.
Copyright 8 2000, by the
Colorado Council on Nursing Education.
Permission to copy material from this model is granted
with the stipulation that the Colorado Council on Nursing
Education be cited as the author.