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Nursing - Practical

Advanced Certificate
Curriculum code: PNUR.CRT.C73

Practical Nursing is a one-year certificate program designed to prepare individuals to assume the roles and responsibilities of the practical nurse.

Consult a KCC adviser or the "Information on Health Career Programs" handout for program entry requirements.

Upon successful completion of the program, the individual is eligible to apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses.

 

First Semester
Credit Hours
*PNUR 1138 Practical Nursing I
8
*PNUR 1241 Practical Nursing Pharmacology I
1
*BIOL 1554 Human Biology or
  *BIOL 2644 - Anatomy & Physiology I and
  *BIOL 2654 - Anatomy & Physiology II2
4
*ENGL 1053 Communications I1
3
   
16
 
Second Semester 
*PNUR 1140 Practical Nursing II
10
*PNUR 1262 Practical Nursing Pharmacology II
2
*ENGL 1413 Fundamentals of Writing1
3
   
15
 
Summer Session  
*PNUR 1316 Practical Nursing III
6
   
6
 
Minimum credit hours required for completion:
37

*Course has prerequisite.

1 *ENGL 1613, *ENGL 1623, or SPCH 1553 may be substituted.

2Students may substitute *MATH 1414, *MATH 1424, *MATH 1123, or *MATH 2113 or any transfer level mathematics course.

3Must be completed prior to PNUR 1140; minimum grade of C is required for these courses.