Practical Nursing
Have you always dreamed about being a nurse?
To learn more, call PIHT today at 724-437-4600 or Request Information.
Practice Nurses touch patients' lives and the lives of their families. Can you see yourself helping people on a daily basis? A career as a Practical Nurse may be for you!
Our practical nursing program is a direct admittance program. This means you won’t waste time and money taking classes; only to find out later that you are not accepted into the program. You will graduate in just 12 months.
Upon graduation, our students are eligible to take the
licensing exam to become a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
In this program you will learn how to:
- Conduct physical assessments
- Administer medications
- Care for wounds
- Perform IV therapy
- Process medical records
- Monitor vital signs
- Collect medical specimens
- Perform routine lab tests
- Monitor medical equipment
- Perform phlebotomy and give injections
- Assist patients with daily activities
- Evaluate patient emotional and spiritual status
As a Practical Nurse, you could:
- Work for a doctor's office
- Work at a hospital or rehabilitation center
- Work in an emergency room or clinic
- Work at a long term care of nursing
home facility - Work for a community or
home-health agency
medical team. PIHT's program provides you the
training needed to sit for the state licensing exam.
To learn more about this program,
call PIHT at 724-437-4600
or Request Information.
“You learn a lot of skills, you meet a lot of great people, and you feel very confident when you leave here that you’re going to be the great nurse that you can be.”
“They don’t make you take any classes that aren’t needed for the field.”
Consumer Information
Practical Nursing - Specialized Associate Degree (CIP Code: 51.3999)
Related occupation titles for this program include: Occupation:
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (SOC Code 29-2061.00)
Occupation Profile: www.mynextmove.org/profile/summary/29-2061.00;
Occupation: Nursing Assistants (SOC Code 31-1014.00) Occupation Profile: www.mynextmove.org/profile/summary/31-1014.00; Occupation: Orderlies
(SOC Code 31-1015.00) Occupation Profile: www.mynextmove.org/profile/summary/31-1015.00 / On-Time Graduation Rate:
100% / Placement Rate: 89% / Median Loan Debt: Private: $0;
Institutional Financing Plan: $0; Title IV: $12,686.00 / Cost of
Program: Tuition: $18,380; Fees: $2,000; Supplies: $800; Total Cost:
$21,180 / For more information regarding the Cost of Attendance, please Click Here. For a downloadable copy of this information, please Click Here.
Placement Rates were produced from the annual Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) Campus Accountability Report (CAR).