Practical Nursing

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Instructors: Sue Dourm (Oneida Campus)
                 Robin Reed & Jade Kidd (Huntsville and Jamestown Campus)

 
This twelve-month course leads to a satisfying and well-paying career in the health care field. The practical nurse works with the registered nurse and doctor in caring for the sick or injured. The course combines classroom instruction with clinical experience. Instruction covers Vocational Relationships, Anatomy and Physiology, Nutrition, Nursing Principles and Skills, Maternity, and Pediatrics as well as disease processes. In the clinical area students are supervised by a clinical instructor while they care for medical, surgical, obstetric and pediatric patients in addition to administering medications. Upon satisfactory completion of the course, the graduate is able to take the state board of nursing examination to become a Licensed Practical Nurse.

Estimated program length 12 months

Completion Awards Hours Awards
Geriatric Nurse's Assistant 100 Certificate
Practical Nurse 1,296 Diploma

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29-2061.00
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Post Secondary
1296 hours and 43 weeks
$3036
$2036

The Tennessee Technology Center at Oneida/Huntsville does not offer a student loan program.

The Tennessee Technology Center at Oneida/Huntsville does not offer a student loan program.

55% of graduates from this program, who began their studies in 2009-2010, completed it within 12 months.

93%
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