Practical Nurse Certificate

Conditional Enrollment Program 

Please see Admission Requirements

Department: Nursing  

Program/Major Code: CRTLPN/LPN

CIP Code: 51.3999

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the program, the learner will be able to:

1. Interact effectively with patients, families, and colleagues to enhance patient satisfaction and health outcomes.
2. Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
3. Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error and support clinical decision making.
4. Influence the behavior of individuals or groups within their environment in a way that will facilitate achievement of shared goals.
5. Provide compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient/designee’s preferences, values and needs.
6. Demonstrate accountability for the delivery of care that is consistent with moral, altruistic, legal, ethical, regulatory, and humanistic principles as described in Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.
7. Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.
8. Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both systems effectiveness and individual performance.
9. Demonstrate an awareness of, and responsiveness to, the larger context of the health care system.
10. Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.

Cohort Model Program

Please contact the Department for the start of the next cohort.