Teagle LPN to BSN Initiative: a success story.

Success was ultimately reflected by the lack of difference in the performance of the generic BSN nursing student and the LPN to BSN student. While there were slight variations in NCLEX-RN examination pass rates-LPNs, 100 percent; control group of generic students, 97 percent-this initiative showed the enormous potential of a predominantly female population of health care providers who have frequently been discounted by baccalaureate nursing education. Some of the critical factors leading to success in the Teagle Initiative seem to be: an interested, supportive faculty, counseling support, curricula revised to acknowledge the LPNs' prior learning, and tuition and resource support. These success stories prove that, by nursing doing the unexpected and continuing to open its educational arms to those in the health care provider family who require additional knowledge, skills and abilities, the health care environment benefits.