LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSING Pathways

Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?

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Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational NursesSome college, Certificate after high schoolStable62,340

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Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.

  1. Apply age appropriate concepts and cultural awareness in nursing practice
  2. Demonstrate basic leadership in nursing practice.
  3. Demonstrate effective therapeutic and professional communication with patients and the health care team.
  4. Integrate knowledge and skills gained from nursing sciences with clinical practice in meeting the complex needs of diverse groups of patients safely in multiple health care settings (long term care, outpatient practice, forensic setting) Assessment
  5. Practice safely and ethically within LVN scope of practice while providing patient care and working with the health care team.