{"id":45991,"date":"2021-06-08T20:40:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T20:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/sur\/?page_id=45949"},"modified":"2025-03-06T21:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T21:53:02","slug":"certificate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/lpn\/certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Nursing Certificate Program Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>console.log('response');<\/script><script>console.log({\"title\":\"Nursing\\u2014Practical Nursing Certificate\",\"hours_header\":\"Certificate: 49 Hours\",\"description\":\"<p><strong>Certificate: 49 Hours<\\\/strong><\\\/p><p>All three Practical Nursing programs are fully approved by the Missouri State Board of Nursing and offered in a hybrid&nbsp;course delivery option. A grade of \\\"C\\\" or better is required for all Practical Nursing Program required courses.&nbsp;Graduates receive a certificate and are eligible to apply to the Missouri State Board of Nursing for permission to write the NCLEX-PN exam and become licensed as a Practical Nurse. Employment options for graduates include long-term skilled care, hospital acute care, home health care, doctors' offices and clinics, hospice, or industrial nursing. Graduates may also use a Practical Nursing Certificate as a stepping stone to further their education and progress to an Associate of Science in Nursing degree.<\\\/p><p>Students may take the \\\"Program Specific Courses\\\" only after they have been admitted into the program. A separate application process is required for acceptance into this program. Refer to the \\\"Application Information\\\" tab on the program website, at&nbsp;<a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/academics.otc.edu\\\/lpn\\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\">https:\\\/\\\/academics.otc.edu\\\/lpn\\\/<\\\/a>&nbsp;for admissions requirements. Complete application information can be obtained on the OTC web site or from the Health Sciences office. A new class begins each fall and spring semester at the Springfield campus, each fall semester at the Table Rock campus, and each spring at the Lebanon center.<\\\/p><p>MO State Board of Nursing, PO Box 656, Jefferson City, MO 65102, (573) 751-0681&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pr.mo.gov\\\/nursing.asp\\\">https:\\\/\\\/www.pr.mo.gov\\\/nursing.asp<\\\/a><\\\/p><p>&nbsp;<\\\/p>\",\"0\":{\"core_id\":\"20910\",\"child_core_id\":\"20911\",\"title\":\"Pre-Admission Requirements - 17 Credit Hours\",\"note\":\"{\\\"coreDescriptionHTML\\\":\\\"<p><strong>Note: Contact the&amp;nbsp;<a href=\\\\\\\"mailto:healthsciences@otc.edu\\\\\\\">Health Sciences Office<\\\/a>&amp;nbsp;if BCS 132, BCS 165,&amp;nbsp;and BCS 205&amp;nbsp;have been completed more than five years ago.<\\\/strong><\\\/p>\\\",\\\"adhocHTML\\\":\\\"\\\"}\",\"type\":\"core\",\"db_id\":\"8638\",\"cores\":[],\"courses\":[{\"class_aca_id\":\"22228\",\"class_name\":\"BCS-132 Health Sciences Nutrition\",\"lec\":\"3\",\"lab\":\"0\",\"practicum\":\"0\",\"description\":\"This course is a survey of human nutrition for Pre-Health Sciences students. 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Laboratory activities give the students an opportunity to illustrate principles presented in lecture.\",\"credits\":\"4\",\"tuition_tier\":\"1\",\"code\":\"BCS-205\",\"course_fees\":\"97\",\"appendOr\":false,\"note\":\"*<credits><\\\/credits>\"},{\"class_aca_id\":\"22487\",\"class_name\":\"ENG-101 Composition I\",\"lec\":\"3\",\"lab\":\"0\",\"practicum\":\"0\",\"description\":\"This course introduces students to college-level reading, thinking, and writing through a series of composition-rhetoric assignments and activities that culminate in a research-supported project. Specifically, students apply critical and creative thinking to evaluate problems, interpret evidence\\\/data, and draw conclusions. As part of this process, students learn to evaluate sources and emerging digital tools for currency, feasibility, truthfulness, credibility, and accuracy. Ultimately, students learn to synthesize knowledge to solve problems. This writing process (thinking, researching, evaluating, and persuading) helps students to develop an essential skill set they can use in their future academic, civic, and professional lives.\",\"credits\":\"3\",\"tuition_tier\":\"1\",\"code\":\"ENG-101\",\"course_fees\":\"0\",\"appendOr\":true,\"note\":\"<p><strong>or<\\\/strong><\\\/p>\"},{\"class_aca_id\":\"22997\",\"class_name\":\"ENG-100 Composition I With Support\",\"lec\":\"5\",\"lab\":\"0\",\"practicum\":\"0\",\"description\":\"This course introduces students to college-level reading, thinking, and writing through a series of composition-rhetoric assignments and activities that culminate in a research-supported project. Specifically, students apply critical and creative thinking to evaluate problems, interpret evidence\\\/data, and draw conclusions. As part of this process, students learn to evaluate sources and emerging digital tools for currency, feasibility, truthfulness, credibility, and accuracy. Ultimately, students learn to synthesize knowledge to solve problems. This writing process (thinking, researching, evaluating, and persuading) helps students to develop an essential skill set they can use in their future academic, civic, and professional lives.\\u00a0\\u00a0English 100 will be driven by the same course objectives as English 101 and satisfy the same requirement.\",\"credits\":\"5\",\"tuition_tier\":\"1\",\"code\":\"ENG-100\",\"course_fees\":\"0\",\"appendOr\":false,\"note\":\"<credits><\\\/credits>\"},{\"class_aca_id\":\"22770\",\"class_name\":\"PSY-110 Introduction to Psychology\",\"lec\":\"3\",\"lab\":\"0\",\"practicum\":\"0\",\"description\":\"This course provides an introduction to psychology including history and systems, physiology, human growth and development, sensation and perception, learning, memory, emotion, motivation, personality, adjustment, psychopathology, industrial and social psychology.\",\"credits\":\"3\",\"tuition_tier\":\"1\",\"code\":\"PSY-110\",\"course_fees\":\"0\",\"appendOr\":false,\"note\":\"\"}],\"description\":\"<p><strong>Note: Contact the&amp;nbsp;<a href=\\\"mailto:healthsciences@otc.edu\\\">Health Sciences Office<\\\/a>&amp;nbsp;if BCS 132, BCS 165,&amp;nbsp;and BCS 205&amp;nbsp;have been completed more than five years ago.<\\\/strong><\\\/p>\"},\"1\":{\"title\":\"Nursing - Practical Nursing Program Requirements - 32 Credit Hours\",\"courses\":[{\"class_aca_id\":\"22723\",\"class_name\":\"NUR-105 Personal Voc Concepts I\",\"lec\":\"1\",\"lab\":\"0\",\"practicum\":\"0\",\"description\":\"This course serves as part one of an introduction to nursing by covering the history of nursing, nursing roles, and the health care delivery system. Emphasis is placed on how to be a self-directed learner by assisting the student with comprehension of nursing concepts as well as methods for successful testing in nursing school. Content areas include nursing history, therapeutic communication, the NCSBN clinical judgment model, and the role fo the practical nurse in developing patient care plans.\",\"credits\":\"1\",\"tuition_tier\":\"3\",\"code\":\"NUR-105\",\"course_fees\":\"0\",\"appendOr\":false,\"note\":\"\"},{\"class_aca_id\":\"23119\",\"class_name\":\"NUR-115 Personal Voc Concepts II\",\"lec\":\"1\",\"lab\":\"0\",\"practicum\":\"0\",\"description\":\"This course continues the introduction to nursing by covering additional topic areas relevant to the role of the nurse. These topics include ethics and legalities in nursing, professional accountability, appreciation of cultural and religious diversity and health education of the client. 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The clinical component gives the student opportunity to incorporate the theory into practice.\",\"credits\":\"6\",\"tuition_tier\":\"3\",\"code\":\"NUR-225\",\"course_fees\":\"0\",\"appendOr\":false,\"note\":\"\"},{\"class_aca_id\":\"22729\",\"class_name\":\"NUR-230 Community\\\/Mental Health Nur\",\"lec\":\"2\",\"lab\":\"0\",\"practicum\":\"0\",\"description\":\"This course covers community nursing and emphasizes wellness, prevention and teaching of good health. It will also lead to a development of knowledge and skills necessary to provide basic mental health nursing care to patients who demonstrate common mental problems. Maintenance and restoration of health is included. Pharmacological aspects are integrated.\",\"credits\":\"2\",\"tuition_tier\":\"3\",\"code\":\"NUR-230\",\"course_fees\":\"0\",\"appendOr\":false,\"note\":\"\"},{\"class_aca_id\":\"22730\",\"class_name\":\"NUR-240 Management\",\"lec\":\"1\",\"lab\":\"0\",\"practicum\":\"0\",\"description\":\"This course involves the discussion of various leadership styles and techniques, not only as an individual, but as a team leader. It emphasizes the student's need for a variety of management skills, as the graduate prepares to work with the interdisciplinary needs of patient, family and staff. 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A grade of \"C\" or better is required for all Practical Nursing Program required courses.&nbsp;Graduates receive a certificate and are eligible to apply to the Missouri State Board of Nursing for permission to write the NCLEX-PN exam and become licensed as a Practical Nurse. Employment options for graduates include long-term skilled care, hospital acute care, home health care, doctors' offices and clinics, hospice, or industrial nursing. Graduates may also use a Practical Nursing Certificate as a stepping stone to further their education and progress to an Associate of Science in Nursing degree.<\/p><p>Students may take the \"Program Specific Courses\" only after they have been admitted into the program. A separate application process is required for acceptance into this program. Refer to the \"Application Information\" tab on the program website, at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/lpn\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/academics.otc.edu\/lpn\/<\/a>&nbsp;for admissions requirements. Complete application information can be obtained on the OTC web site or from the Health Sciences office. A new class begins each fall and spring semester at the Springfield campus, each fall semester at the Table Rock campus, and each spring at the Lebanon center.<\/p><p>MO State Board of Nursing, PO Box 656, Jefferson City, MO 65102, (573) 751-0681&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pr.mo.gov\/nursing.asp\">https:\/\/www.pr.mo.gov\/nursing.asp<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"otc-catalog-program-cores\"><div class=\"otc-catalog-program-core otc-collapsible\" id=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours\"><h3 class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-name otc-clickable\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours\" onclick=\"showHide(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHide(this, event)\">Pre-Admission Requirements - 17 Credit Hours<\/h3><div class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-description\"><p><strong>Note: Contact the&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:healthsciences@otc.edu\">Health Sciences Office<\/a>&nbsp;if BCS 132, BCS 165,&nbsp;and BCS 205&nbsp;have been completed more than five years ago.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><ul class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-courses \"><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"22228\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22228\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">BCS-132 Health Sciences Nutrition<\/a><div class=\"otc-catalog-course-content\" id=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22228\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"22231\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22231\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">BCS-165 Human Anatomy<\/a>*<div class=\"otc-catalog-course-content\" id=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22231\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"22233\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22233\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">BCS-205 Human Physiology<\/a>*<credits><\/credits><div class=\"otc-catalog-course-content\" id=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22233\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"courseGroup\"><ul class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-courses \"><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"22487\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22487\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">ENG-101 Composition I<\/a><p><strong>or<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"otc-catalog-course-content\" id=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22487\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"22997\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22997\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">ENG-100 Composition I With Support<\/a><credits><\/credits><div class=\"otc-catalog-course-content\" id=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22997\"><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"22770\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22770\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">PSY-110 Introduction to Psychology<\/a><div class=\"otc-catalog-course-content\" id=\"programcorePre-AdmissionRequirements-17CreditHours22770\"><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"otc-catalog-program-core otc-collapsible\" id=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours\"><h3 class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-name otc-clickable\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours\" onclick=\"showHide(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHide(this, event)\">Nursing - Practical Nursing Program Requirements - 32 Credit Hours<\/h3><div class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-description\"><\/div><ul class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-courses \"><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"22723\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours22723\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">NUR-105 Personal Voc Concepts I<\/a><div class=\"otc-catalog-course-content\" id=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours22723\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"23119\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours23119\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">NUR-115 Personal Voc Concepts II<\/a><div class=\"otc-catalog-course-content\" id=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours23119\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"22724\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours22724\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">NUR-110 Fundamentals of Nursing I<\/a><div class=\"otc-catalog-course-content\" id=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours22724\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"22725\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours22725\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">NUR-120 Fundamentals of Nursing II<\/a><div class=\"otc-catalog-course-content\" id=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours22725\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"22726\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours22726\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">NUR-205 Adult Medical-Surgical I<\/a><div class=\"otc-catalog-course-content\" id=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours22726\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course \"><a class=\"otc-catalog-program-core-course-link otc-clickable\" data-course-id=\"22727\" href=\"#\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"programcoreNursing-PracticalNursingProgramRequirements-32CreditHours22727\" onclick=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\" tabindex=\"0\" onKeyDown=\"showHideCourse(this, event)\">NUR-215 Adult Med Sur II-I.V. 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