Nursing - Associate Degree With a Practical Nursing Exit Point

Associate Degree: 10-543-1
Campus: Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac and West Bend

The Nursing - Associate Degree With a Practical Nursing Exit Point program prepares graduates for careers as nurses (LPN and/or RN) in ambulatory care settings, acute care settings and long-term care organizations, as defined by the Wisconsin Nurse Practice Act. After successfully completing the first two semesters of the program, students are eligible to write the Practical Nursing National Council Licensure Examination. At this point, students could job out and seek employment as LPNs or continue on in the remaining two semesters and prepare to write the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. Admissions windows are in spring and fall.

Students receive classroom instruction, laboratory practice and clinical nursing experiences. This program can be completed on a full-time or part-time basis.

The program is accredited by the National League for Nursing, Accrediting Commission, 61 Broadway - 33rd floor, New York, NY 10006 (phone 1-800-669-1656) and the Wisconsin Board of Nursing (phone 608-267-2357).

Helpful high school courses include chemistry, biology, mathematics, reading, writing and oral communication.

This program is a nontraditional occupation for men.

Note: Moraine Park Technical College will be accepting applications for Nursing from February 15, 2009 until March 15, 2009.

Due to current demand, once admitted to the program there is a minimum wait of 1 - 3 years to enroll in clinical core classes. As a result, Moraine Park cannot guarantee continuous full-time enrollment for students with precore status. (Precore status is assigned to all accepted nursing students who are either working to complete the clinical prerequisites or who have completed prerequisites but are waiting for clinical course availability.