Practical Nursing Certificate
Students who are accepted into the Practical Nursing program are introduced to the role of the Practical Nurse (PN) and provided resources and instruction which, when incorporated into nursing practice, will result in safe and effective care being provided to patients in a variety of healthcare settings. The PN curriculum is a three-semester program that provides courses in Nursing theory and clinical that contain content students must learn to be successful on the Licensed Practical Nurse National Licensure Exam (NCLEX-PN). LPNs work in a variety of healthcare settings giving direct patient care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Physician.
Courses
- PRNU 143 — Human Structure and Function I
- PRNU 145 — Human Structure and Function II
- PRNU 151 — Fundamentals of Nursing I
- PRNU 153 — Fundamentals of Nursing II
- PRNU 154
- PRNU 158 — Medications
- PSYH 100 — Life Span Growth & Development
- PRNU 159 — Medical Surgical Nursing I
- PRNU 160 — Medical Surgical Nursing II
- PRNU 162 — Community Health Nursing
- PRNU 166 — Mental Health Nursing
- PRNU 131 — Nursing Care of Women
- PRNU 161 — Personal and V ocational Relationships
- PRNU 165 — Geriatric Nursing