Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire licensed practical nurses to provide basic patient care such as monitoring vital signs, administering medications, and assisting with daily needs under the supervision of registered nurses and physicians.
Getting in
What Bryant & Stratton College-Parma asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Interview
- Background check
- Drug screen
No application fee. Submit the college application, official US high school transcript or equivalency, attain college level placement scores on both the English and Mathematics placement evaluations, complete a Nursing Program Director (or designee) interview, provide documentation of a recent physical exam and lab results including a drug screen, and submit to a criminal background check and drug screening. The TEAS minimum of 53 stated on the page applies to the Henrietta NY campus only; no Parma specific exam score is published.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Paths
Routes into LPN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Medication Aide to LPN
Your medication administration experience counts. Bridge from certified medication aide into practical nursing and full LPN licensure.
CNA to LPN
Step up from nursing assistant to licensed practical nurse. The fastest license upgrade in nursing, and the standard bridge toward RN.
Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.