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Limited Enrollment Program: Contact the Enrollment Services Office for Program admission requirements and Program application deadlines. This option is taught at the Jamestown Campus.
The Practical Nursing curriculum provides knowledge and skills to integrate safety and quality into nursing care to meet the needs of the holistic individual which impact health, quality of life, and achievement of potential.
Course work includes and builds upon the domains of healthcare, nursing practice, and the holistic individual. Content emphasizes safe, individualized nursing care and participation in the interdisciplinary team while employing evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics.
Graduates are eligible to apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-PN) which is required for practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse. The State Board of Nursing may, however, deny licensure based on criminal background screening. Employment opportunities include hospitals, rehabilitation/long term care/home health facilities, clinics, and physicians’ offices.
The Practical Nursing program has one exit option. Students who complete NUR 102 are eligible to apply for Nurse Aide II listing (current Nurse Aide I listing required).
Program Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the practical nursing program, the student will be able to:
- Describe common health alterations within an individual’s life cycle.
- Provide safe and culturally competent therapeutic nursing care to individuals with common health alterations.
- Provide safe and ethical therapeutic nursing care with the healthcare system to individuals with common health alterations.
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