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Nursing - Vocational Nursing Program
at Lone Star College
Houston Catalog
This program is a 3 semester, one-year full-time program that prepares students interested in becoming a licensed vocational nurse (LVN). The program teaches students to provide nursing care in a variety of healthcare settings. Students completing the Vocational Nursing, Level 2 Certificate and want to pursue the RN should consider the Nursing - Associate Degree Program - Transition to Professional Nursing Path.
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Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Licensing required.
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Prerequisite Coursework
- Students must be college-level in reading, writing, and math. Students who are currently enrolled in developmental co-requisite courses may apply to the VN program pending successful completion of the sequence.
- Students must be college-ready in math as evidenced by a score of 70% or higher on the entrance HESI (A2) EXAM.
- Complete BIOL 2404 with a grade of "C" or higher (Completion of both BIOL 2401 & BIOL 2402 is accepted in place of BIOL 2404 and is recommended for those students planning to transition into the ADN program). Biology courses submitted for program credit must be equivalent to 4 credit hours (lecture and lab) and must be completed no more than five (5) years prior to application to the nursing program.
- Maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in college-level courses.
- Complete a standardized nursing pre-entrance test. The cost of this test is the responsibility of the applicant. All applicants must take the nursing pre-entrance test. The entrance test may be taken one (1) time every sixty (60) days. Only the most recent test score will be used for the admission process. If the entrance exam is repeated in less than sixty (60) days, only the first set of scores will be used.
- Submit official transcripts from colleges attended other than LSC.
- Submit a completed application to the nursing program at the preferred campus. Application deadlines are posted on the nursing website. Separate applications to campus nursing programs are only required if the application deadline differs.