PNC - Practical Nurse

This certificate program prepares you to start your career in direct patient care as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). In as little as 10 months, you’ll be ready to provide high-quality, patient-centered nursing care to adults and children. Through a combination of courses in science, liberal arts and nursing with hands-on clinical training, you will learn the essentials of general patient care, medication administration, patient treatment, assistance with diagnostic procedures and organization of patient care.

• Students are required to pass every course in the program

• All didactic nursing courses require a letter grade of C or better

• Clinical courses are graded as pass/fail

• Nursing students are required to purchase uniforms, lab equipment, a laptop, malpractice insurance, specific electronic educational platforms, health insurance and standardized tests

• There are fees for maintaining CPR certification, immunizations, a required physical, flu and COVID vaccines, fingerprinting, and nursing graduation-related expenses (i.e. licensure application, NCLEX-RN exams, review course)

• Students are responsible for their own transportation between campus and clinical facilities

• This program has a selective admission process; you must apply to the program in addition to completing a general GCC application for admission

• Admitted students must complete all degree requirements listed

• Students who do not meet the minimum given grade requirement for any single nursing course may apply for readmission and will be required to repeat both the didactic and corresponding clinical courses

• Students who fail two nursing courses will not be eligible for readmission

• Visit gcc.mass.edu/admission for more information

Rebecca Wolf • E120A • (413) 775-1623 • wolfr@gcc.mass.edu