Practical Nursing (CTC)

• Leads to State or Organizational License or Certification:  Licensed Practical Nurse
• Cost Associated with taking the exam:  $450
• Where to take the exam:  Apply to the Florida Board of Nursing then schedule at location of choice through Pearson Vue.

This certificate program prepares the student to apply for licensure as a practical nurse. Employment opportunities are available in long-term care facilities, hospitals, doctors' offices, and health maintenance organizations. 

Students successfully completing the program are eligible to take the State Board of Nursing Examination for Practical Nurses NCLEX-PN. Students who become a LPN may apply to the Associate Degree Nursing Program (ADN).

Program-Specific Admissions Information: This is a limited-access program; student must submit a separate application to the program.

Refer to the Career and Technical Certificates  overview page to find information about admission, graduation, testing, and other requirements. 

Visit the program page for more information or call (321) 433-7575.

 Program of Study

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Completion Group 1
PRNC 0098	Practical Nursing Foundations 1	300
PRNC 0099	Practical Nursing Foundations 2	150
Completion Group 2
PRN 0099	Practical Nursing Foundations Clinical	150
PRNC 0290	Medical Surgical Nursing 1	300
Completion Group 3
PRNC 0291	Medical Surgical Nursing 2	300
PRNC 0610	Comprehensive Nursing and Leadership Skills	150
Total Credit Hours		1350

A grade of "C" or higher is necessary in each major course for progression and graduation.

Career Development Course: PRNC 0389 Intravenous Therapy for Licensed Practical Nurses 

Career development courses are optional courses and cannot be substituted for any of the program major courses. However, students are encouraged to take them to better prepare themselves for a career in nursing.

Learning Outcomes

1. Implement holistic, patient-centered care that reflects an understanding of human growth and development, pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical management, and nursing management across the health-illness continuum, across the lifespan, and in all healthcare settings.
   • Core Ability Supported: Think Critically and Solve Problems
2. Formulate clinical decisions based on the nursing process and substantiated by evidence and information technology for provision of safe, quality care, minimization of risk, and promotion of health for patients across the lifespan from diverse cultural backgrounds.
   • Core Ability Supported: Process Information
3. Foster patient engagement in care and health promotion through the use of informatics and technology and provision of appropriate evidence-based patient education reflecting developmental stage, age, culture, values, needs, spirituality, patient preferences, and health literacy considerations.
   • Core Ability Supported: Communicate Effectively
4. Collaborate with other healthcare professionals and patients for the provision of spiritually and culturally appropriate health promotion and disease and injury prevention interventions
   • Core Ability Supported: Work Cooperatively
5. Conduct physical, behavioral, psychological, spiritual, socioeconomic, and environmental assessments of health and illness parameters in patients within the community, using developmentally and culturally appropriate approaches.
   • Core Ability Supported: Model Ethical and Civic Responsibility
6. Model professional behaviors reflecting integrity, caring, advocacy, and the use of evidence-based practices for patient-centered care within the moral, legal, ethical, and regulatory frameworks of nursing.
   • Core Ability Supported: Model Ethical and Civic Responsibility
7. Facilitate patient-centered transitions of care through effective communication with all members of the healthcare team, including the patient and the patient's support network.
   • Core Ability Supported: Communicate Effectively