Jul 27, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum 
    
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum

Nursing, Vocational (VN), CERT

Location(s): Central Campus


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The Vocational Nursing (VN) program prepares graduates to provide nursing care in structured healthcare settings for clients of all ages who have well-defined health problems with predictable outcomes. Emphasis is placed on the ability to make sound judgments based on critical thinking skills and the ability to use technical skills in a variety of settings. Successful completion of TJC’s VN curriculum leads to a Certificate of Proficiency.

Graduates are eligible to apply for the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN). Only students who have completed a program of education approved by the State Board and successfully passed the national licensing examination are authorized to practice as LVNs.

Please see www.tjc.edu/nursing for information on how to apply to this Selective Admissions   program.

Marketable skills for this award include: critical thinking, teamwork, technical skills, and verbal communication skills.

 

Certificate of Proficiency
TSI Reading & Writing Complete

Prerequisites


Total Semester Hours: 44


*Prerequisite for all VNSG courses. BIOL 2401 and BIOL 2402 may be substituted for BIOL 2404
Courses titled in bold type represent general education requirements.
Department-specific courses must be taken in sequence.
This certificate of proficiency will only be awarded provided each required course is completed with a minimum grade of “C.”
Selective Admissions  and retention rules apply. Contact the department chair for details

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