Certificate Plan

Certificate

Vocational Nursing

The Vocational Nursing Program is a certificate program, offering college credit, which includes classroom, laboratory, and clinical learning experiences. The program is designed to prepare the graduate to provide nursing care in structured health care settings for clients of all ages who have well defined health problems with predictable outcomes. Emphasis is placed on the ability to make sound judgments based on critical thinking skills, the knowledge of scientific principles and the ability to utilize technical skills in a variety of settings. Graduates are eligible to apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN) to become a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN). | Certificate Plan

 

Comparison of Semester Credit Hours (SCH) and Contact Hours

Fall and Spring Semesters are 16 Week Sessions for VNSG Courses

 

 Prerequisites

Course	SCH’s	Lecture Hrs/Wk	Lab Hrs/Wk	Clinical Hrs/Wk	Contact Hrs/Wk	Total Contact/Sem.
BIOL 2404	4	3	3	0	6	96
HPRS  2300	3	3	0	0	3	48
HPRS 1206	2	2	0	0	2	32

 

VNG Curriculum

Course	SCH’s	Lecture Hrs/Wk	Lab Hrs/Wk	Clinical Hrs/Wk	Contact Hrs/Wk	Total Contact Hrs/Sem
Level One
VNSG 1115	1	1	0	0	1	16
VNSG 1304	3	3	0	0	3	48
VNSG 1400	4	4	1	0	5	80
VNSG 1423	4	3	4	0	7	112
VNSG 1160	1	0	0	4	4	64
Total	13	11	5	4	20	320/Level
Level Two
VNSG 1509	5	5	0	0	5	80
VNSG 2331*	3	2	2	0	4	64
VNSG 1461	4	0	0	16	16	256
Total	12	7	2	16	25	400/Level
Level Three
VNSG 1510	5	5	0	0	5	80
VNSG 2462	4	0	0	16	16	256
Total	9	5	0	16	21	336/Level
Level Four
VNSG 1230	2	2	0	0	2	32
VNSG 1234	2	2	0	0	2	32
VNSG 1219	2	2	0	0	2	32
VNSG 2463	4	0	0	16	16	256
Total	10	6	0	16	22	352/Level
Total                               1584

* VNSG 2331 in the spring semester is in a 12 week session.

All courses in summer are 11 weeks; the number of contact hours per week increases in order to maintain the same number of total contact hours for each course.      

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