A project was conducted to develop a structural mechanism for articulation between colleges and vocational schools in West Virginia. Such articulation would permit licensed practical nurses (LPNs) desiring to become registered nurses to transfer credits for their licensed practical nursing courses and thereby eliminate unnecessary repetition of some basic nursing courses. Staff from Mercer County Vocational Technical Center and Bluefield State College collaborated to develop an advanced placement program for LPNs at the college and an action plan for articulation among nursing programs in West Virginia. LPNs who had graduated from an accredited LPN program and who had either passed a nursing mobility profile or obtained a composite ACT score of 18 could enroll in a two-part transition course for which they could earn 11 credit hours. In addition, LPNs who had received their practical nursing education in West Virginia could receive three credits for social science, which could be counted as an elective course. Thus, participation in the advanced placement program allowed LPNs to complete the first year of the college's nursing program by enrolling in 4 as opposed to the traditional 15 hours of nursing courses. The program was slated for implementation in the fall semester of 1986. (Appendixes, constituting two-thirds of this report, include various tables of demographic data on LPNs in West Virginia, a position statement on awarding academic credit for LPN experience, information sheets, copies of the entrance examinations and a discussion of their advantages and disadvantages, data on educational mobility of LPNs and differing admissions criteria in 11 states, and guidelines for articulation agreements.) (MN)