Lehigh Carbon Community College

Nursing Programs Offered

ADN Program Details

The associate degree nursing program prepares graduates to deliver quality care to promote, and/or maintain and restore health and well-being. Emphasis of this program will be educating persons to perform holistic nursing healthcare in hospitals and other health agencies.

In addition to classroom instruction, students will receive clinical instruction. Persons who earn an Associate in Applied Science degree in Nursing are eligible to sit for the National Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX-RN). Success on this examination qualifies a nurse to practice as a registered/licensed nurse.

Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

-integrate the concepts of humans, nursing, health, and environment in the delivery of holistic care through the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health to individuals, families, and groups across the life-span.

-demonstrate an awareness that the cultural-spiritual needs of clients impacts on nursing care and the ever-changing healthcare delivery system.

-incorporate the nursing process as a model for problem solving, decision making, and critical thinking.

-differentiate between a variety of therapeutic communication strategies to assist individuals, families, or groups to reach high level wellness.

-apply lifelong teaching-learning concepts to create change within self, including incorporation of previous knowledge from behavioral sciences, social sciences, liberal arts, as well as nursing theories.

-use teaching-learning to identify, direct, collaborate, and meet clients’ health needs throughout the life cycle.

-practice within the ethical-legal framework of nursing, as defined by the American Nurses Association Standards of Nursing Practice and the National League for Nursing Educational Outcomes of Associate Degree Nursing Programs.

-assume responsibility for provider of care, manager of care, and member of the discipline of nursing.

LPN Program Details

The Practical Nursing graduate is prepared to assist in caring for medical and surgical patients, convalescents, and the disabled.

Rewarding work experiences are available in hospitals, extended care facilities, private homes, public health agencies, offices, and clinics. The graduate’s performance of select nursing acts is under the direction of a licensed physician, licensed dentist, or professional nurse. Advanced standing is available for those students who fulfill the necessary requirements. This advanced standing is awarded for NUR 106 only.

This is an integrated college program spanning three semesters. Upon completion of the approved curriculum, the graduate receives a certificate as a practical nurse and is eligible to sit for the National Council Licensing Examination-Practical Nursing (NCLEX-PN).

Success in the examination qualifies graduates to function as licensed practical nurses (LPNs).

Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

-integrate the concepts of person, environment, health, nursing, and basic needs to assist with the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individuals, families, and groups across the life span.
-understand the cultural/spiritual needs of a diverse population within a dynamic healthcare system.
-utilize critical thinking to implement the nursing process as a framework for the delivery of cost-effective, outcome-based nursing care to individuals, families, or groups.
-develop the ability to use therapeutic communication and technology to promote, restore, or maintain the health of individuals, families, or groups.
-recognize the need for lifelong learning and the active participation in continued professional development.
-demonstrate the core competencies of a graduate of practical nursing as set forth by the NLNAC.
-practice within the ethical/legal standards of nursing care developed by the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses Inc. and according to the state wherein employed.
-assume the roles of caregiver, interdisciplinary team member, manager, and community partner, as well as the responsibilities inherent in the scope of practical nursing as defined by the state wherein employed.
-employ the teaching-learning process to promote the optimum health of individuals, families, or groups within a framework of prevention and wellness care.