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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

PROGRAM

What you’ll earn

The Practical Nursing Program prepares you to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX PN) to find employment as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or seek further education to become a Registered Nurse (RN).

1-Year Certificate

The practical nursing program is a full-time, year-long certificate program, after completing the required prerequisite courses (see below). With coursework divided between classroom, skills lab, and clinical rotations, we give you a strong foundation for a rewarding (and very in-demand) career in healthcare.

LPNs work under the supervision of RNs to provide care and treatment of injured, ill, disabled, convalescent, and terminally ill clients. Depending on your interest, you may find employment in a hospital, long term care facility, rehabilitation center, surgery center, or other healthcare facility.

1 year Full-time
$16,305 Full program, not including prerequisites

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

  • Basic pharmacology (medications)
  • Medication administration, injections, intravenous
  • Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation
  • Therapeutic verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
  • Patient-centered and direct nursing care

AFTER LANE

As an LPN, you can find rewarding work in many healthcare settings like ambulatory care centers, hospitals, home health and hospice, skilled nursing facilities, long term care settings, schools, public health departments, primary care offices, and more. Working under the supervision of physicians and registered nurses, you'll handle the administration of medications, intravenous therapy, cleaning and dressing of wounds, glucose monitoring, blood pressure monitoring, patient education, general assessment of persons in need of health care, delivering the needed care, and evaluation of the patients' outcomes after the care has been provided.

You'll also be amply prepared to further your education as a Registered Nurse (RN). If this interests you, check our LPN to RN program.

 

LPN Program Information

Prerequisites

Classes required before entering the program may vary depending on placement into Math and Writing Classes. Please click here to learn more about course placement and consult the catalog for detailed information about prerequisites.

BI112 Cell Biology for Health Occupations is a prerequisite for Anatomy and Physiology at Lane.

Other Requirements

Health Professions requires all students to submit appropriate personal information

Please be informed that students who are admitted to any Lane Community College Division of Health Professions program must show evidence of meeting Health Profession Student Clinical Training Standards for the State of Oregon prior to placement in clinical courses and internships. The programs will provide provisionally accepted students with information related to submitting required documentation to a third party agent at mandatory orientation and/or through program correspondence. 

Students are advised that any flag on a drug and alcohol screen or criminal background check (e.g. positive results for narcotics, marijuana, alcohol and/or other illicit substances; any criminal history) may interfere with, or prevent, clinical placement and graduation. Students are responsible for all costs associated with meeting the Health Profession Student Clinical Training Standards.

Minimum GPA requirement at graduation

Please be aware that you will be required to have a minimum 2.0 GPA at the time of graduation in order to graduate and receive your certificate or associate's degree from LCC. Please also be aware that only LCC courses count toward your final GPA.

Some of these programs and careers include exposure to bloodborne pathogens and infectious diseases. Training is included to protect both students and patients.

Additional Information

Our LPN program has an exceptional completion and NCLEX PN pass rate.

  • 2023:100% on time completion rate
  • 2023: 92% first time NCLEX pass rate
  • Opportunity to apply to the LPN to RN Bridge Program

Accreditation:

Effective July 3rd, 2023, the Practical Nursing and Registered Nursing program at Lane Community College in Eugene Oregon  is a candidate for initial accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. This candidacy status expires on July 3, 2025. A site visit is scheduled for October 10, 2024.

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 975-5000

View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this candidate program.

*Type of program: practical, diploma, associate, baccalaureate, master’s, master’s/post-master’s certificate, post-master’s certificate, clinical doctorate, clinical doctorate/DNP clinical doctorate specialist certificate, or DNP clinical doctorate specialist certificate.

Note: Upon granting initial accreditation by the ACEN Board of Commissioners, the effective date of initial accreditation is the date on which the nursing program was approved by the ACEN as a candidate program that concluded in the ACEN Board of Commissioners granting initial accreditation.

Public Notice of Upcoming Accreditation Review Visit by the ACEN

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