Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Program Title:           Practical Nursing

Program Type:          Career Preparatory

Career Cluster:         Health Science

 

Career Certificate Program
Program Number	H170607
CIP Number	0351390101
Grade Level	30, 31
Standard Length	1350 hours
Teacher Certification	Refer to the Program Structure section.
CTSO	HOSA: Future Health Professionals
SOC Codes (all applicable)	29-2061 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 31-1014 Nursing Assistants
CTE Program Resources	http://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/career-tech-edu/program-resources.stml
Basic Skills Level	Computation (Mathematics):    11	Communications (Reading Language Arts):                         11

 

Purpose

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Health Science career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of Health Science career cluster.

This program is designed to prepare students for employment as Licensed Practical Nurses (SOC 29-2061).  The program must be approved by the Florida State Board of Nursing in order for graduates to apply to take the examination to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse.  

The content includes, but is not limited to, theoretical instruction and clinical experience in medical, surgical, obstetric, pediatric, and geriatric nursing; theoretical instruction and clinical experience in acute, care, long term care and community settings; theoretical instruction and clinical application of vocational role and function; personal, family and community health concepts; nutrition; human growth and development over the life span; body structure and function; interpersonal relationship skills, mental health concepts; pharmacology and administration of medications; legal aspects of practice; and current issues in nursing. 

Additional Information relevant to this Career and Technical Education (CTE) program is provided at the end of this document.

 

Program Structure

This program is a planned sequence of instruction consisting of 2 occupational completion points.

This program is comprised of courses that have been assigned course numbers in the SCNS (Statewide Course Numbering System) in accordance with Section 1007.24 (1), F.S.  Career and Technical credit shall be awarded to the student on a transcript in accordance with Section 1001.44(3) (b), F.S.

To teach the courses listed below, instructors must hold at least one of the teacher certifications indicated for that course.

The following table illustrates the postsecondary program structure:

 

* The LPN 7 G district issued certification is a practical nurse. This certification can only be utilized in the PRN0098 course when the program is an approved nursing assistant program with the Florida Board of Nursing to teach concepts, skills and experiences solely at the Certified Nursing Assistant level and scope. A practical nurse can only be utilized as an instructor of the CNA training program when they are supervised by the program coordinator who must be a registered nurse. Please refer to F.A.C. 64B9-15.005 for requirements.

 

Regulated Programs

Please refer to Florida Statute 464.019 (1) (b) for faculty credential requirements to teach this program.

Students are eligible to apply to take the national licensing examination after satisfactory completion of an approved program.  Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses, CAT NCLEX-PN is a computer-administered examination that the nursing graduate must take and pass in order to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse.

Program must comply with the State Board of Nursing rules, including faculty qualifications.  For questions regarding this process, please contact:  Board of Nursing, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3752.

An approved licensed practical nurse supervisory education course can only be taken following completion of this program, and after licensure.  The Graduate must have 6 months clinical experience before supervising as well as meeting all other criteria listed in 64B9-16.002.

A Licensed Practical Nurse working in a nursing home shall qualify to supervise by meeting all of the requirements in 64B9-16.002 (FS).  The Supervisory course applicant must have no less than six months clinical nursing experience as an LPN.  The supervisory course must be approved by the Board of Nursing, and must be a minimum of 30 hours in length.

Clinical instruction of nursing students will meet the requirements of Florida Statute 464.019. Clinical experience must make up at least 50% of the total program.  Simulated practice and clinical experiences are included as an integral part of this program. Clinical Simulation may be used for no more than 50% of the total clinical experience.

 

Common Career Technical Core – Career Ready Practices

Career Ready Practices describe the career-ready skills that educators should seek to develop in their students.  These practices are not exclusive to a Career Pathway, program of study, discipline or level of education.  Career Ready Practices should be taught and reinforced in all career exploration and preparation programs with increasingly higher levels of complexity and expectation as a student advances through a program of study.

1. Act as a responsible and contributing citizen and employee.

2. Apply appropriate academic and technical skills.

3. Attend to personal health and financial well-being.

4. Communicate clearly, effectively and with reason.

5. Consider the environmental, social and economic impacts of decisions.

6. Demonstrate creativity and innovation.

7. Employ valid and reliable research strategies.

8. Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

9. Model integrity, ethical leadership and effective management.

10. Plan education and career path aligned to personal goals.

11. Use technology to enhance productivity.

12. Work productively in teams while using cultural/global competence.

Standards

After successfully completing this program, the student will be able to perform the following:

01.0       Demonstrate knowledge of the healthcare delivery system and health occupations.

02.0       Recognize and practice safety, security and emergency procedures.

03.0       Demonstrate knowledge of blood borne diseases, including HIV/AIDS.

04.0       Perform patient and personal care as it pertains to the practical nurse.

05.0       Provide patient-centered care for the geriatric population.

06.0       Assist with restorative (rehabilitative) activities.

07.0       Demonstrate organizational functions, following the patient plan of care.

08.0       Demonstrate computer literacy as related to nursing functions.

09.0       Use appropriate verbal and written communications in the performance of nursing functions.

10.0       Demonstrate legal and ethical responsibilities specific to the nursing profession.

11.0       Apply the principles of infection control, utilizing nursing principles.

12.0       Perform aseptic and sterile techniques.

13.0       Describe the structure and function of the human body in relation to health and disease.

14.0       Apply principles of nutrition as it relates to Practical Nursing Scope of Practice.

15.0       Describe human growth and development across the lifespan.

16.0       Demonstrate the performance of nursing procedures.

17.0       Demonstrate how to administer medication.

18.0       Demonstrate how to provide bio-psycho-social support.

19.0       Demonstrate healthy lifestyle responsibility specific to personal health maintenance.

20.0       Implement education and resources for family wellness.

21.0       Participate in Community Health Awareness Forums.

22.0       Demonstrate how to care for the surgical patient with a Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Lymphatic, Musculoskeletal, Endocrine or Integumentary disease/disorder.

23.0       Demonstrate how to care for pre-operative and post-operative patients, utilizing nursing principles.

24.0       Demonstrate how to care for the surgical patient with a Gastrointestinal, Neurological, Urinary, Reproductive or Oncologic disease/disorder.

25.0       Demonstrate how to care for maternal/newborn patients, utilizing nursing principles.

26.0       Demonstrate knowledge of SIDS/ SUIDS as it relates to the practical nursing role.

27.0       Demonstrate how to care for pediatric patients, utilizing nursing principles.

28.0       Develop transitional skills.

29.0       Demonstrate employability skills specific to practical nursing.

Please Note:  The following outcomes can only be taken by practical nurses who have graduated from their practical nursing program.  The LPN/IV education must be sponsored by a provider of continuing education courses approved by the Board of Nursing pursuant to Rule 64B9.  To be qualified to teach this module, the instructor must be a currently Florida licensed Registered Nurse with teaching experience and nursing experience which includes IV therapy.  The provider will be responsible for issuing a certificate verifying the requisite number of hours and course content.

In accordance with Rule 64B9 12.005, the module cannot be less than 30 hours post-graduate level.  These outcomes must be followed by supervised clinical practice as needed to demonstrate clinical competence.  Verification of competence shall be the responsibility of each employing institution.  Such verification shall be given through a signed statement of a Florida licensed registered nurse.

 

LPN/IV

01.0       Explain the legal aspects of IV administration by practical nurses to include the policies and procedures of the institution and appropriate documentation.

02.0       Demonstrate knowledge of the peripheral veins used for venipuncture.

03.0       Perform a venipuncture.

04.0       Discuss the effect of IV therapy on the body.

05.0       Recognize and respond to adverse reactions to IV therapy.

06.0       Recognize and use various types of IV equipment.

07.0       Administer drugs intravenously.

08.0       Care for patients receiving IV drug therapy, blood and blood components, and/or parenteral nutrition.

09.0       Describe and utilize the principles of infection control in IV therapy.

10.0       Manage special IV therapy procedures.

11.0       Recognize terminology pertinent to IV therapy.

12.0       Care for the patient receiving IV therapy via central lines.