LPN-RN Program

The Primary mission of the Department of Nursing is to prepare students for beginning practice as registered nurses. Arkansas State University's nursing programs are committed to quality education and to meeting the unique needs of northern and eastern Arkansas and the surrounding area.

At the associate degree level, emphasis is placed on providing and managing direct care to individuals with common well-defined problems. The associate degree graduate functions as a team member using nursing diagnoses and established protocols for individuals in acute care and community-based settings. Additionally, the graduate participates as a member of the profession in appropriate specialty and politically focused nursing organizations.

The Department of Nursing affirms that all students enrolled in the Associate Program must possess those intellectual, ethical, physical, and emotional capabilities required to undertake the full curriculum and to achieve the levels of competence required by the faculty for safe professional practice. The criteria are included in the Nursing Student Handbook and are attached to the application for admission.

Question?
Please call the Department of Nursing At:
(870) 972-3074 or contact a
Pre-Nursing Advisor by email @

Shirley Basinger sbasinge@astate.edu

Jenafer Wray jwray@astate.edu