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The Practical Nursing (PN) certificate at College of DuPage provides didactic, laboratory and clinical training for students who would like to pursue a career as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
The one-year program requires the completion of 34 credit hours, with courses beginning in January and ending in December. The PN certificate is a limited enrollment program. Students are accepted into the program based on specific admission criteria, including the completion of specific prerequisites and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).
Complete academic information is available on the following Academic Requirements (PDF) document.
Variable Tuition: Effective fall 2009, tuition and fees for Practical Nursing, Associate Degree Nursing and Dental Hygiene required courses will increase to $208.15 per credit hour for in-district students. This rate applies only to required program courses for in-district students – all general education courses taken in relation to these programs will remain at the current in-district rate of $116 per credit hour.
NOTE: For this year only, 2008 Practical Nursing graduates who are accepted via the bridge course into the ADN program will be grandfathered and will pay the same tuition rate as second-year ADN students, who are also grandfathered. The tuition rate for all courses for these students will remain at $116 per credit hour for the 2009-2010 academic year.
For more information, contact Linda Caputi, PN coordinator, (630) 942-2179, e-mail: Caputi@cod.edu, office: Berg Instructional Center (BIC), Room 2085B.
Linda Caputi
Program Coordinator
(630) 942-2179
Health and
Sciences Division
HS 1220
(630) 942-8331
The Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Capacity Bridge Program is funded in part (39%) by a $1.4 million U.S. Department of Labor, President’s Community-Based Job Training Grant.
