Higher Purpose. Higher Learning. Higher Calling
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Program Learning Objectives
Critical Thinking Skills
Utilize critical thinking skills to provide patient-centered nursing care using evidence-based outcomes and the nursing process to accommodate society/cultural differences and communicate the same to other members of the healthcare team.
Personal Responsibility
Demonstrate a personal responsibility to respect a patient’s right to participate in decisions affecting their health by promoting patient-centered care and ensuring confidentiality.
Communication Skills
Employ therapeutic communication skills to act as a patient safety advocate by establishing compassionate, caring and therapeutic relationships in a physically and psychologically safe environment.
Empirical and Quantitative Skills
Accepts and makes assignments and delegates tasks to other members of the healthcare team using empirical and quantitative skills that take into consideration patient safety, organizational policies, and scope of practice and demonstrated abilities.
Responsibility & Accountability
Demonstrate professional and social responsibility as an associate degree nurse by assuming responsibility and accountability for quality of nursing care, maintaining continued competence, adhering to ethical and legal standards and promoting a positive image of professional nursing.
Teamwork
Serve as an advocate for continuity of care through teamwork and promote quality and access to healthcare for the patient and family.
Program Purpose
The purpose of the Practical Nursing program at Pinnacle School of Nursing, supports and assists the implementation of the vision, mission, and goals of the school. We want to provide rich learning experiences and resources that enable students to develop the competencies necessary for the practice of nursing. Our goal is to provide various populations of the community with dynamic practical nurses through a diversified program with innovative educational programs, excellence in teaching, clinical leadership and service to the health care of the community. The program enables the school to achieve their purpose by preparing Practical Nursing students for employment in the community by achieving its goals and objectives.
Practical Nursing Curriculum
Phase 1
| Christian Morals & Ethics | Clinical Judgment in Nursing |
| Introduction to Student Success | Introduction to Practical Nursing |
| Communication in Healthcare | Human Anatomy & Physiology |
| Practical & Vocational Concepts | Application of Clinical Judgment |
Phase 2
| Fundamentals of Practical Nursing | Human Growth & Development |
| Gerontology | Nutrition |
| Intro to Pharmacology | Introduction to Medication Admin |
| Fundamentals Clinical | Health Psychology |
Phase 3
| Medical Surgical Nursing I | Pharmacology I |
Phase 4
| Medical Surgical Nursing II | Maternity Nursing (first 5 weeks) |
| Pharmacology II | Pediatric Nursing (second 5 weeks) |
Phase 5
| Christianity & Contemporary Issues | NCLEX-PN Review |
| Mental Health Nursing | Career Preparation |
Nursing Program Values
The Nursing Department faculty believe in the following eight values on which all nursing education is based:
1. Treat students as we treat each other, with genuine interest, respect, and positive but realistic expectations, all based on honest and open communication.
2. Be committed to changing people’s lives and facilitating students’ desire to achieve an education, with a focus on living, learning, growing, and achieving.
3. Be dedicated to providing education with passion and inspiration in a way that instills a commitment to lifelong learning.
4. Participate in out-of-class teaching and mentoring, whenever and wherever the teachable moment occurs.
5. Be committed to doing whatever it takes to help a student, whether in class, in an office, on the telephone, or in e-mail.
6. Provide contemporary experiential and theoretical knowledge engaging with students and bring a sense of fun and adventure to the hard work.
7. Participate in continuing education activities to promote professional growth.
8. Support evidence-based learning activities.
Address
877 Kings Highway, Suite 101
West Deptford, NJ 08086
Phone & Fax
P: 856-443-7535
F: 856-324-9668
