Practical Nurse Program

For consideration for the Practical Nurse program, the following items are required:

• Applicant must be 18 years of age or older.
• High School diploma or GED. If high school diploma is from another country, a high school equivalency evaluation must be completed (visit www.naces.org for a list of the approved agencies). 
• High School Transcript (and college transcript if you have college credits).
• Applicant must be a Pennsylvania resident (check with the school Director if you are not a Pennsylvania resident).
• Satisfactory score on the entrance exam. Charge is $50 for the application (preferably paid on the website) and $40 for each exam attempt, to be paid by cash or money order (application and testing fees are non-refundable).
• Physical Checkup including physical and mental examination (all forms are provided).
• Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (forms are available at PITC).
• Current CPR for Healthcare Providers card.
• Personal interview with three references.
• Criminal History Check (prohibitive offences listed in act 169 of 1996 should be excluded).

Students are required to rotate in all clinical agencies, acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. All the above requirements must be fulfilled before starting the LPN program. Fulfilling these requirements does not guarantee admission to the LPN program.