Practical Nursing

Diploma: Health Science
Credit Requirements: 46 Semester Credit Hours
Students entering Fall Semester

The Practical Nursing program is a three and a half semester program of study that prepares students to provide patient care under the supervision of professional registered nurses, physicians or dentists. A graduate of the Practical Nursing program is eligible to apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination-PN (NCLEX-PN). Upon satisfactory completion of the examination, graduates are titled Licensed Practical Nurses.

The PN program combines general education with clinical nursing courses and incorporates classroom instruction, laboratory simulation and clinical practice into two options for student completion: the Generic Option and the CNA-to-PN Option. Students who complete the Practical Nursing program may qualify for progression and continue the Nursing curriculum to complete the Associate Degree Nursing program. Requirements for these options are described on the following pages.

Admission Requirements
In addition to meeting the Program Specific Admission Requirements below, applicants must also meet the General Admission Requirements and General Nursing Program Admission Requirements.

Specific Admission Requirements
1. Meet ONE of the following five admission options.

1. Hold an associate degree or baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited school.
   OR
2. Achieve the required minimum scores on the SAT (Verbal 400 and Math 350 if taken before April 1, 1995; Verbal 480 and Math 400 if taken on or afater April 1, 1995), or ACT English component score of 19 and math component of 16. Students who have not taken either the SAT or the ACT, or who have taken one of the tests but do not meet the minimum test requirements, must take TTC's placement test and achieve one of the following:
   
   

   COLLEGE PLACEMENT TEST (CPT):
   RDG–75    SS–93       ARIT–61

   COMPASS:
   READ–86  WRTG–75 PALG–39

   ASSET:
   READ–45  WRTG–45 NUSK–39

   OR
3. Complete the Developmental Studies and bridge courses and the Pre-Nursing certificate with a grade of C or better in each course and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. No more than 50 percent of the total number of courses required for the Pre-Nursing certificate may be repeated, and no one course may be repeated more than once to meet this admission requirement
   OR
4. Transfer college-level English/math courses to TTC and complete the Pre-Nursing certificate with a grade of C or better in each course and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. No more than 50 percent of the total number of courses required for the Pre-Nursing certificate may be repeated, and no one course may be repeated more than once to meet this admission requirement.
   OR
5. Achieve the required placement scores for the Nursing Assistant program and complete the Nursing Assistant certificate with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 and complete MAT 032/012 requirement.

Important Note:
Students initially admitted to the Practical Nursing program who wish to progress to the ADN program MUST provide proof of current S.C. licensure as a practical nurse prior to progressing to the ADN program.