Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) provide basic bedside care under the direction of Registered Nurses and physicians. LPNs perform tasks such as dispensing medications, wound care, taking vital signs, collecting samples, feeding patients, and helping patients with personal hygiene. LPNs are employed in nursing homes, hospitals, physicians’ offices, and clinics. Employment opportunities for LPNs are expected to grow through the coming years.
Practical Nursing - A great career program from DBI
Detroit Business Institute-Downriver offers a challenging yet rewarding practical nurse certificate program for qualified students. Students become proficient in fundamentals of nursing and patient care. The program covers medical surgical nursing, maternal/child nursing, pharmacology, and much more.
Schedule
Our one-year program includes a combination of classroom instruction, laboratory skills training and clinical components at Michigan’s finest hospitals and nursing home facilities.
Total: 1040 program hours
Subjects include
- Fundamentals of Nursing
- Dosages and Calculations
- Gerontology
- Nutrition
- Medical Surgical Nursing
- Pharmacology
- Maternal Child Nursing
- Transition and Roles of the LPN
LICENSING
Students who meet the graduation requirements in this program shall receive a certificate in Practical Nursing and will be eligible to take the National Licensure Examination (NCLEX-PN) for Michigan licensure as a practical nurse.
Admissions Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- Pass criminal background check
- Pass drug screen
- TB test documentation and current on immunizations
- 17 College credits completed within the past six (6) years (100 level or above)
- Anatomy and Physiology with lab 8 credits
- English Composition (COMPASS course acceptable) 3 credits
- Psychology (COMPASS course acceptable) 3 credits
- Math (COMPASS course acceptable) 3 credits
- Minimum Grade Point 2.0 in required college credit prerequisite courses
- Passing the ATI entrance exam
- 2 Letters of recommendation
- Personal Interview
INFORMATION FOR JOBS RELATED TO THIS PROGRAM
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| PROGRAM COSTS | ||
| Tuition and fees | $23,225 | |
| Estimated supplies, and other costs* | $300 | |
| *Book costs are included in tuition cost On campus room and board is not offered |
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FINANCING OPTIONS
In addition to any grant and scholarship aid for which students are eligible, 100% of the current students used loans to finance their tuition.
100% of the students are using federal loans – the median debt for the program is $11,916
30% of the students are using institutional financing – the median debt for the program is $3,856
None of the current students used private educational loans
COMPLETION RATES AND JOB PLACEMENT
This is a new program and there is no information available at this time relating to completion rates or placement rates.
