Outcomes
Examine practices within the definition of a Licensed Practical Nurse as contained in the Nurse Practice Act.
Implement effective verbal, nonverbal, and written communication with clients, families and health care team members.
Utilize the nursing process to deliver safe and effective care to clients throughout the life span.
Relate evidenced-based research findings to nursing care and clinical decision making.
Organize a caring, person-centered environment where client choices related to cultural values, beliefs, and lifestyle are respected.
Demonstrate effective utilization of resources to meet client needs.
Program Description
Students who have completed RNUR 1106 and RNUR 1152 (in the Registered Nursing program, first semester) can earn advanced placement to enter the second semester of the Practical Nursing program. After successful completion of PNUR 1140 and PNUR 1262, the student will receive advanced credit to satisfy the requirements of PNUR 1138 and PNUR 1241.
Program Requirements
Courses required prior to acceptance in the program
| BIOL 1564 | Intro to Anatomy & Physiology | 4 Credits |
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| BIOL 2644 | Anatomy & Physiology I | 4 Credits |
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| BIOL 2654 | Anatomy & Physiology II | 4 Credits |
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| ENGL 1613 | English I | 3 Credits |
| RNUR 1106 | Introduction to Nursing | 6 Credits |
| RNUR 1152 | Introduction to Pharmacology | 2 Credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 19 |
Complete RNUR 1106 and RNUR 1152 prior to enrollment in the second semester of the Practical Nursing program.
PNUR Advanced Placement Credit
| PNUR 1138 | Practical Nursing I | 8 Credits |
| PNUR 1241 | Practical Nursing Pharmacology I | 1 Credit |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Major Courses
| PNUR 1140 | Practical Nursing II | 10 Credits |
| PNUR 1262 | Practical Nursing Pharmacology II | 2 Credits |
| PNUR 1316 | Practical Nursing III | 6 Credits |
| PNUR 1491 | Practical Nursing Seminar | 1 Credit |
| Total Credit Hours: | 19 |
General education
| COMM 1553 | Introductory Speech | 3 Credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 38
Suggested Course Sequence
0-15 credit hours
16-30 credit hours
DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students is designed to remind students, even on the hardest days in nursing school, why you want to be a nurse. By recognizing nursing students for the above-and-beyond care and compassion shown to patients and their families, we celebrate what it truly means to be a nurse. We honor the nurse-patient connection that makes all the difference to patients and their families in their healthcare experience and that makes great nurses truly great.
KCC is proud to be a DAISY Award Partner, recognizing one of our Student Nurses with this special honor at pinning ceremonies in May, July and December each year. Each DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students Honoree will be recognized at a public ceremony in her/his school and will receive: a beautiful certificate, a DAISY Award pin, and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer’s Touch.
DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students Nomination
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact:
Mary Kyrouac, MSN, RN
Nursing professor
815-802-8818 or mkyrouac@kcc.edu
Jenny Rogers, MSN, RN, CMSRN
Clinical coordinator/nursing professor
815-802-8812 or jrogers@kcc.edu
About The DAISY Foundation
An acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System, The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 in memory of J. Patrick Barnes who died (at the age of 33) from complications of the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP). Patrick’s family was very touched by the remarkable compassion and clinical skill demonstrated by Patrick’s nurses during his illness, so they created DAISY to recognize exceptional nurses everywhere. The DAISY Foundation is dedicated to saying Thank You to Nurses and is now proud to recognize Nursing Students for their care of patients and their families.
Learn more about The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses and The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Faculty at DAISYfoundation.org.