Licensed Practical Nursing - Howard Community College

Licensed Practical Nursing from Howard Community College is a Campus Certificate Nursing Education degree that prepares you for a Nursing career. Curricula for the Associate of Arts Degree in Nursing (RN Program) is located on page 128. This certificate program is a curriculum option within the Nursing Education Program available for persons interested in becoming a licensed practical nurse . Students learn through lectures, individualized study, and practice in a nursing skills laboratory. With the guidance and supervision of nursing instructors, students provide patient care in a variety of health care settings. The graduate functions as a member of a health care team and provides care to patients with commonly occurring health problems. The coursework overlaps the registered nurse (associate in arts degree nursing program) curriculum to ensure a theory-based practitioner and to facilitate educational mobility within the nursing career field. The program is approved by the Maryland Board of Nursing, 4140 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215, 410-764-5124, and accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006, 1-800-669-1656, ext. 242. Graduates who successfully complete the courses of this program and receive a passing score on the exit examination are eligible to be considered by the Maryland board of Nursing to write the National Council Licensing Examination for Practical Nurse licensure. By law, the Maryland Board of Nursing may deny admission to sit for licensure for a variety of reasons. These include conviction of a misdemeanor or felony, if the offense bears directly on the fitness of the person to practice nursing. View more details on Howard Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Nursing Education courses.