The LPN/BSN Option

The LPN/BSN option offers licensed practical nurses (LPN) the opportunity to earn a bachelor of science in nursing in a reduced time frame and to qualify for the national council licensure examination for registered nursing (NCLEX-RN). Starting in 1991, the BSN/LPN option is the first such educational opportunity in Illinois for LPNs to earn their BSN in a reduced time frame. It is integrated within the undergraduate nursing curriculum.

Please check out the admission requirements for full details about what is necessary to apply for the LPN/BSN If you are transferring into nursing, please see the transfer admission requirements for the BSN.

For more information, please review the program requirements and course descriptions in the SXU Academic Catalog.

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Christine Beck

Assistant Professor

Phone: 773-298-3737
Email: cbeck@sxu.edu

Charlene Bermele

Charlene Bermele

Associate Professor, Director of Online Nursing Program

Phone: 773-298-3180
Email: bermele@sxu.edu

Carly Bruno

Assistant Professorial Lecturer

Phone: 773-298-3726
Email: bruno@sxu.edu

Kelly Canerday

Assistant Professorial Lecturer

Phone: 773-298-3418
Email:canerday@sxu.edu

Tina M. Dorau

Assistant Professor and Director of Nursing Learning Resources

Phone: 773-298-3710
Email: dorau@sxu.edu

Mary Jo Dunne

Assistant Professor

Phone: 773-298-3732
Email: dunne@sxu.edu

Laura Fairclough

Laura Fairclough

Associate Professor

Phone: 773-298-3735
Email: fairclough@sxu.edu

Amy Fry

Interim Associate Dean, Health Sciences and Assistant Professor
Nursing Faculty-Continuing Track/Clinical Coordinator-Nursing Fundamentals

Phone: 773-298-3750
Email: fry@sxu.edu

Peg Gallagher

Associate Professor

Phone: 773-298-3703
Email: pgallagher@sxu.edu

Lynda Garrison

Assistant Professor

Phone: 773-298-3830
Email: lgarrison@sxu.edu

Barbara Gawron

Associate Professor

Phone: 773-298-3743
Email: gawron@sxu.edu

Cathy Gillen

Assistant Professor Lecturer

Phone: 773-298-3709
Email: gillen@sxu.edu

Diane Heliker

Professor, Professor Emerita-University of Texas and Coordinator-Gerontological Nursing Certificate Academy

Phone: 773-298-3722
Email: heliker@sxu.edu

Paulette R. Jackson

Paulette R. Jackson

Assistant Professorial Lecturer

Phone: 773-298-3734
Email: pjackson@sxu.edu

Patricia Kelly

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Nursing

Phone: 773-298-3574
Email: pkelly@sxu.edu

Eileen McCann

Associate Professor

Phone: 773-298-3718
Email: emccann@sxu.edu

Larry Meneghini

Larry Meneghini

Associate Professor

Phone: 773-298-3243
Email: meneghini@sxu.edu

Teresa Miller

Accelerated BSN Coordinator and Associate Professor

Phone: 773-298-3728
Email: tmiller@sxu.edu

Kathleen Moran

Assistant Professorial Lecturer

Phone: 773-298-3729
Email: kmoran@sxu.edu

Mary Murphy-Smith

Mary Murphy-Smith

Associate Professor

Phone: 773-298-3723
Email: murphysmith@sxu.edu

Megan Pet

Assistant Professor

Phone: 773-298-3519
Email: pet@sxu.edu

Michele Poradzisz

Professor

Phone: 773-298-3730
Email: poradzisz@sxu.edu

Maureen Rabbitte

Assistant Professor

Phone: 773-298-3708
Email: rabbitte@sxu.edu

Jeanine Reilly

Assistant Professor

Phone 773-298-3751
Email: reilly@sxu.edu

Zepure Samawi

Professor, Fulbright Scholar

Phone: 773-298-3214
Email: samawi@sxu.edu

Katie Soso

Faculty Instructor

Phone: 773-298-3757
Email: soso@sxu.edu

Mary Tiberg

Assistant Professor

Phone: 773-298-3179
Email: tiberg@sxu.edu

Lisa M. Watson

Assistant Professor

Phone: 773-298-3736
Email: lwatson@sxu.edu

Caroline Kreisl Wilson

Assistant Professor, Director of FNP Program

Phone: 773-298-3724
Email: cwilson@sxu.edu

Karen Wood

Associate Professor

Phone: 773-298-3746
Email: wood@sxu.edu

William G. Zic

Assistant Professor

Phone: 773-298-3731
Email: zic@sxu.edu