Practical Nursing - Eastern Idaho Technical College

Practical Nursing from Eastern Idaho Technical College is a Campus Certificate Registered Nurse degree that prepares you for a Nursing career. The Practical Nursing Program is operated with the approval of the State Board of Nursing. The student graduates with an Advanced Technical Certificate and is required to pass a state licensure examination to become a licensed practical nurse. The prerequisite classes may be taken full-time or part-time in the fall or spring. Applicants who complete all prerequisite courses with a ?C? or better and have fulfilled all of the other entrance requirements are eligible to be accepted into the nursing program.There is limited enrollment for this program. Practical nurses are integral members of the health care team who care for the sick, injured, convalescent, and disabled under the direction of physicians and registered nurses. Practical nurses assess clients for educational, physiological, psychosocial, comfort, and safety needs; assist in planning and coordinating care; and gather data. They provide basic bedside care, take vital signs, do dressings and treatments, insert catheters, collect samples from clients for testing, perform routine laboratory tests, administer prescribed medications, and start intravenous fluids. Some experienced LPN's supervise unlicensed assistive personnel. Practical nurses are employed in hospitals, long-term care facilities, behavioral health facilities, home health agencies, clinics, and physicians' offices. LPN's should have a caring, empathetic nature. They should be emotionally stable because work with the sick and injured can be stressful. As a part of the health care team, they must be able to follow orders and work under close supervision. Depending on the area, intermittent periods of sitting, standing, walking, reaching and twisting; and occasional need for squatting, bending, kneeling, lifting, and carrying may be required. They require full range of body motion, manual and finger dexterity, and hand-eye coordination. Mental requirements include assessing and planning, calculating, analyzing, sorting, comparing, listening, decisionmaking, and reading comprehension. View more details on Eastern Idaho Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Registered Nurse courses.