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Nursing: Vocational

Nursing: Vocational. Certificate. Vocational Nursing. Entry Requirements TEAS with the following scores Math 60 Reading 64 Criminal Background Check Drug Screen(10 Panel, urine/creatinine pH level HBV (Personal Labs) 281.596.8373. HBV must be completed before entering the program

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Nursing: Vocational

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  1. Nursing: Vocational Certificate

  2. Vocational Nursing • Entry Requirements • TEAS with the following scores • Math 60 • Reading 64 • Criminal Background Check • Drug Screen(10 Panel, urine/creatinine pH level • HBV (Personal Labs) 281.596.8373

  3. HBV must be completed before entering the program • Eligibility issues will require a Petition of Declaratory Order • Go to: http://bon.texas.gov. Click on forms. Scroll down to Declaratory order and follow instructions. • http://bon.texas.gov/olv/pdfs/DOapp.pdf

  4. Website: • May contact: Texas Board of Nursing with questions • Criminal background checks are performed on all applicants for Licensure in Texas. A criminal background check must • be completed through the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) based on • the set of fingerprints you provide to MorphoTrust. The BON cannot accept fingerprint cards or criminal • background check results mailed by the applicant, or results that were completed for another facility, even if • the previous check was completed through DPS and FBI.

  5. Criminal Background Check • A person convicted of a felony /misdemeanor of a court of competent jurisdiction enters an adjudication of guilty against the person on a felony offense under the laws of this or another state of the United States. • These crimes which the Board considers to be directly related to the duties and responsibilities of a Licensed Vocational Nurse shall include, but are not limited to: • Offenses against a person • Offenses against property • Offenses involving fraud, dishonesty or deceit • Offenses related to drugs/alcohol • Offenses which include attempting or conspiring to commit any of the offenses in this subsection

  6. Admission Criteria *****Beginning fall 2014 the TEAS test must be taken and passed before enrolling in prerequisite courses VNSG 1320 and VNSG 1216 will be required for program acceptance.

  7. Essential Functions • Essential functions are the basic physical, cognitive, psychomotor, social and affective activities that are necessary for successful completion of the Houston Community College Vocational Nursing Program curriculum leading to initial licensure as a vocational nurse. • Basic functions included are gross motor skills, fine motor skills, physical endurance, physical strength, mobility, hearing, visual, tactile, smell, reading, arithmetic competence, emotion stability, analytical thinking, critical thinking, interpersonal skills , and communication

  8. Course substitutions • A & P Biology 2401 and 2402 (VNSG 1320) (Pre-requisite) • Nutrition VNSG1216 (Pre-requisite) • Houston Community CollegeBiol1322 Basic Nutrition WILL NOT course substitute for VNSG 1216

  9. U of H-Nutr2332 Into to Human Nutrition (3) • Sam Houston State-FCS 167 Basic Nutrition (3) • Stephen F. Austin-HMS 339-Nutrition (3) • Baton Rouge CC-Biol 220-Human Nut & Diet Therapy (3) • Prairie View A & M-HUSC 1343 • Lone Star- Biol 1322

  10. San Jacinto College-HOEC 1322 • Alvin Community College FDNS 1305 • Brazos port College/ Lee College-Biol 1322 • Blinn College-HOEC 1305 • Texas A & M BICH 401 or Nut 202 • Texas Southern-Food and Nut 233

  11. Vocational Nursing • Length: 12 months • Employment rate: 100% • Board Pass Rate: 95-100%

  12. Admission • Two admissions • application deadlines: • June 1 for Fall admission • October 1 for Spring admissions • Class size • Approximately 120 students per year are admitted

  13. Curriculum • Classroom and lab instruction: 560 hours • Clinical education: 864 hours ***See Degree Plan • SCH: 44 • Prerequisites • VNSG 1216-Nutrition • VNSG 1320-Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health • Level I 12 SCH • Level II 15 SCH • Level III 12 SCH

  14. Memorial-Hermann Hospital System Garden Terrace Alzheimer’s Center Harris County Hospital District Park Plaza Hospital Harris County Jail Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services Michael DeBakey VA Medical Center TCH Kindred Hospital University Place Nursing Center Clinical Education Centers

  15. Vocational Nursing • Employment areas: acute care, community health, geriatric care, pediatric care, home health • Employment settings: hospitals, out patient facilities, private physician office, home health care, nursing homes • Median salary range in $44,000

  16. Fees • Approximate and are subject to change. • (See 3rd page of Profile of the Vocational Nurse Program Cost Sheet)

  17. Contact • http://bon.texas.gov (Texas Board of Nursing)

  18. Vocational Nursing • Department Chair: Deborah Simmons- Johnson • 713 718-7332 • deborah.johnson@hccs.edu • Department Secretary: Stephanie Jackson • 713 718-7330 • Stephanie.jackson@hccs.edu

  19. THANKS For your attendance

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