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Nursing - LPN/RN
Program description: Increasing
Nursing is the largest health care profession in the United States. The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that employment among nurses will grow faster than average for all occupations through 2014.
Entry Time: Fall, Spring, Summer (also an evening/weekend program begins in fall
and a Practical Nurse only program begins in spring)
Length: 2 years (5 semesters) plus prerequisites
Description: Nurses provide direct patient care; observe, assess and record symptoms; give medication and treatments; and serve as health educators for patients, families and the community.
Education: The first two semesters of the Practical Nursing (PN) and Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) programs are identical and provide a core of knowledge and skills that are common to both nursing roles. Kirkwood nursing classes cover medical, surgical, geriatric, maternal-child, mental health and home health nursing over the five-semester program. Patient care skills are learned in a supervised lab setting. Clinical experience begins in the first semester. Students receive clinical experience in all of the major areas of nursing and complete their clinics in area hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, mental health facilities, home health agencies and a variety of specialty clinics.
Accreditation: Kirkwood’s Nursing program is approved by the Iowa Board of Nursing.
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