Our program is designed to prepare you to sit for your National Council Licensing Exam for Practical Nursing (NCLEX-PN) licensing exam. Once you finish our certificate and successfully pass this exam, you will be able to work as a Licensed Practice Nurse (LPN) in the state of Pennsylvania.

Due to the amount of hands-on training and level of commitment by our professors, our program is a selective program. Acceptance in to the program is not a guarantee. Instead, you must apply to enter the program, which is different from applying to the College. Since there are specific requirements, we encourage you to visit the Health Careers section of our website, email start@hacc.edu.

Our program will prepare you to demonstrate:

Professionalism

• Possess a sense of professional identity, a spirit of inquiry and a commitment to the profession of practical nursing
• Demonstrate the ability to practice as a member of the health care team, whose practice reflects holistic patient-centered care, integrity and ethical behavior
• Provide evidence-based clinical nursing practice by using evidence to promote change and excellence
• Consistently demonstrate accountability, ethical behavior, and adhere to the standards of professional practice

Communication

• Communicate effectively, in a therapeutic way with the patient, promoting human dignity integrity, and human flourishing across the life span
• Demonstrate the ability to utilize informatics, as a communication and information gathering tool to support patient-centered care
• Demonstrate the ability to respectfully communicate information verbally, nonverbally and in writing, while delivering patient-centered care in partnership with multidisciplinary members and to achieve continuity of care and positive patient outcomes

Critical Thinking

• Demonstrate the ability to recall and comprehend information and problem solving using the nursing process and concepts foundational to quality nursing practice
• Utilize critical thinking skills to make nursing judgments regarding a posed clinical problem that demonstrate the use of the nursing process
• Demonstrate the ability to apply nursing knowledge to implement interventions and to reach a nursing judgment regarding the patient response to interventions in accordance with the national patient safety initiative

Caring

• Engage in caring behaviors to help achieve desired therapeutic outcomes and promote human flourishing
• Contribute to the plan of care to promote comfort and optimal level of functioning along the health care continuum
• Provide holistic care that reflects the client’s values, cultures, and lifestyles

The Practical Nursing program at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College), located at One HACC Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17110-2999, is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), 3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400, Atlanta GA 30326 (Phone: 404-975-5000), www.acenursing.org

• This program was initially accredit in May 1991.
• The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners (September 2019) for the Practical Nursing program is Continuing Accreditation.
• You may view the public information disclosed by ACEN regarding this program at: http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programSearch.htm