Practical Nursing (Evening)

Practical Nursing Applicants are highly encouraged to score at least a 60% or better on the TEAS Test. Applicants who score a 60% or more will be given priority in the selection process.

Please go to website:

1. Charlotte Technical College
2. Pay $25 non-refundable application fee and complete and submit online application
3. Practical Nursing applicants may schedule to take the TEAS test at the following ATI website. Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) measures basic essential skills in the academic content area domains of Reading, Mathematics, Science, and English and Language usage. 

Accepted Applicants will need to:

Print and complete the 9 pages of the CTC registration packet found under the steps to enroll button and call to schedule a registration appointment 941-255-7500 ext. 1726

See TIMELINE CHECKLIST for items required for your intake appointment

Minimum 18 years of age when the program begins

• Proof of high school graduation or higher education. Document(s) accepted:
• Official U.S. High School transcript or GED-this is required regardless of other transcripts
• Official Associate’s or Bachelor’s transcript (If applicable)
• Foreign transcript evaluation of high school graduation or higher education
• Background Check and Drug Screening Clearance (upon acceptance)
• All Clinical Requirements Completed
• Successful completion of the TEAS exam based on the criteria found on the timeline checklist.
• Students must also complete additional admission requirements as listed on our timeline checklist.

Please see the Basic Skills Requirement table by clicking here and find your program.

If required, take the Basic Skills Test at our Testing Center. Call 941-255-7500 Ext. 1745 to schedule to take the test.

Practical Nursing  prepares you for:

• Articulated into AAS/AS degrees at any State College in Florida
• Florida Board of Nursing- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Job opportunities in Practical Nursing include:

• Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

To find out more about these opportunities, please visit O*Net OnLine.

Standards

After successfully completing this program, the student will have demonstrated mastery of the following student learning outcomes:

1. Integrated Processes – Apply the following fundamental integrated processes to the practice of practical nursing and integrate them throughout the Client Needs categories and subcategories in every course of the program (See Client Needs categories from NCSBN, 2023). This standard is part of EVERY course in the Practical Nursing program.
2. Demonstrate the ability to participate in teamwork and collaboration, using appropriate written and verbal therapeutic communication, interpersonal skills, and standard nursing terminology (Coordinated Care, Health Promotion, and Maintenance).
3. Demonstrate the ability to participate in teamwork and collaboration, using organizational functions, the plan of care, computer literacy, and electronic health record use (Coordinated Care, Health Promotion and Maintenance).
4. Demonstrate legal and ethical aspects of practice and responsibilities specific to the nursing profession (Coordinated Care).
5. Recognize and practice safety and security procedures, including environmental safety, client safety, and healthcare worker safety (Coordinated Care, Safety and Infection Control, Physiological Adaptation).
6. Recognize and practice infection control principles and procedures and demonstrate maintenance of aseptic technique (Coordinated Care, Safety and Infection Control, Physiological Adaptation).
7. Perform client and personal care (Safety and Infection Control, Basic Care and Comfort, Reduction of Risk Potential).
8. Select clinical judgment functions in geriatric care (Psychosocial Integrity).
9. Explain foundational and evidence-based practice thinking that supports practical nursing care, describing the body structure and function of the healthy human body, including but not limited to the following body systems (Coordinated Care, Health Promotion and Maintenance).
10. Explain foundational thinking that supports human growth and development across the lifespan (Coordinated Care, Health Promotion and Maintenance).
11. Develop teamwork and collaboration through clinical judgment, the nursing process, clinical reasoning, critical thinking, the use of SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendation), and the nursing care plan (Coordinated Care).
12. Demonstrate nursing knowledge, skills, attitudes (KSAs), procedures, and the following skills (Coordinated Care, Safety and Infection Control, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Pharmacological Therapies, Reduction of Risk Potential, Physiological Adaptation).
13. Demonstrate the use of clinical judgment to provide competent psychiatric or mental health care that includes the following diseases and disorders: schizophrenia, mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, substance use disorders, impulse control disorders, eating disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders (Psychosocial Integrity).
14. Demonstrate nursing knowledge, skills, attitudes (KSAs), and procedures related to safe administration of medication that include the following skills (Coordinated Care, Safety and Infection Control, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Pharmacological Therapies, Reduction of Risk Potential, Physiological Adaptation).
15. Demonstrate nursing knowledge, skills, attitudes (KSAs), and procedures related to safe intravenous access and intravenous medication administration that include the following skills (Coordinated Care, Safety and Infection Control, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Pharmacological Therapies, Reduction of Risk Potential, Physiological Adaptation).
16. Interpret evidence-based practice to provide health awareness in community settings (Reduction of Risk Potential).
17. Demonstrate the use of clinical judgment to care for pre-operative and post-operative clients (Reduction of Risk Potential, Physiological Adaptation).
18. Demonstrate the use of clinical judgment to care for a medical surgical client (MS1: cardiovascular/circulatory, respiratory, lymphatic/immune, musculoskeletal, endocrine, integumentary/sensory systems) (Reduction of Risk Potential, Physiological Adaptation).
19. Demonstrate the use of clinical judgment to care for a medical surgical client (MS2: gastrointestinal, neurological, urinary, reproductive, oncologic. (Reduction of Risk Potential, Physiological Adaptation).
20. Demonstrate the use of clinical judgment to care for an obstetric or maternal/newborn client needing intrapartum care (Health Promotion and Maintenance, Reduction of Risk Potential, Physiological Adaptation, Coordinated Care).
21. Demonstrate the use of clinical judgment to care for a pediatric client with the following diseases or disorders, including SIDS/SUIDS (Health Promotion and Maintenance, Reduction of Risk Potential, Physiological Adaptation, Coordinated Care).
22. Demonstrate the use of evidence-based practice and readiness for safe transition to nursing practice.

Student Selection Criteria: 

• Information Sheet
• Selection Matrix

Applicants who have attended, but not completed, another practical nursing program must provide a letter of good standing from the Director of the School of Nursing (or designee) that addresses the following: potential for success in a PN program, safety in providing nursing care, interpersonal communication skills, and other information the director deems important.