Diploma, Practical Nursing (LPN upon licensure)

 Program Available:

·         Florence, KY Campus

·         Tri-County Cincinnati, OH Campus

The Practical Nursing diploma program is a 15-month curriculum consisting of classroom instruction, skills laboratory, and clinical experiences.  The program is designed to prepare graduates to be novice practitioners with a focus on long-term care and a member of the nursing profession.

Clinical experiences and skills laboratory classes accompany each nursing lecture course to give the student hands-on learning in a safe environment. Computer testing is performed to prepare the student for licensure testing.

Instruction includes Anatomy and Physiology, Psychology, English, and courses in caring for clients across the life-span and successful strategies for the professional nurse. This curriculum is challenging and demanding. Students are expected to spend at least 20-30 hours per week outside of class in preparation and studying for the program.  Nursing Faculty members have an open-door policy for assistance and are supportive for student success.

Qualified graduates are eligible to apply to take the NCLEX-PN (National Certification Licensure Examination, Practical Nursing), which is required for practice as an LPN.  Licensed Practical Nurses are employed by long-term care facilities, skilled care facilities, physician offices, and home health agencies.

This program has been approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Ohio Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, the Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools, and the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools.

What is the total cost of the Practical Nursing program?

The cost displayed below assumes that

1)      the student remains enrolled full-time,

2)      no developmental courses are required,

3)      no courses are credited by transfer or proficiency, and

4)      no courses must be repeated because of failures or withdrawals.

Tuition:                                    $16,287

Fees:                                        $  2,122

Equipment:                              $     200 (Netbook)

Estimated cost of Textbooks:  $  1,650

Total cost of program:            $20,259

Current Quarter textbook prices are available at http://www.beckfield.edu/about-us/book-price-listing.aspx.

How much student loan debt does a typical graduate have to repay after graduation?

The median loan debt of the program’s graduates is defined as the midpoint of all graduates’ loan debts upon graduation.

For those who graduated between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011

What percent of graduates completes the program in the normal time frame as published in the catalog?

A continuously enrolled full-time student who successfully completes all of his or her courses will normally complete this program in 5 quarters.  The time normally required for program completion may be reduced through courses credited by transfer or proof of proficiency, or extended by course failures and withdrawals, institutional withdrawals, leaves of absence, change of enrollment status from full-time to part-time, and change of program or change of an elective option within a program.

In the year July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011

What percent of graduates found employment related to their field of study?

Placement is reported in the campus’ Campus Accountability Report to the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. The most recent Report covers the period from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.

“Placement” refers to employment in the field for which the graduate’s education has prepared him or her, or in a related field which requires substantial application of the skills and knowledge taught in the curriculum.

The placement rate is determined by dividing the number of available graduates placed by the total number of available graduates. The Accrediting Council does not require institutions to report placement for graduates who are not available for placement due to continuing education, active military duty, visa restrictions, or pregnancy, death, and health-related circumstances. Further information pertaining to the employment of graduates may be obtained from the College’s Office of Career Services at dfuller@beckfield.edu

For those who graduated from the program between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, the career placement rate was

How can I find out more about this career?

Further information pertaining to occupational requirements and opportunities for graduates of this program is available at http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/29-2061.00

The Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code for this program is 51.3901.