Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire licensed practical nurses to provide basic patient care such as monitoring vital signs, administering medications, and assisting with daily needs under the supervision of registered nurses and physicians.
Getting in
What Buckeye Hills Career Center asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
Entrance test is the ACT WorkKeys assessment (Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, Workplace Documents); scores below the program benchmarks require at least 12 hours of approved ACT curriculum courses before start. Steps: be 16 or older, high school diploma or GED, complete enrollment forms and pay the $50 non-refundable application/registration fee, submit transfer credit requests 60 days before class start, complete program prerequisites, have a funding plan in place, attend an information session. Program page states 564 hours of lab/clinical experience; tuition, dates and pass rate are not published.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Paths
Routes into LPN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Medication Aide to LPN
Your medication administration experience counts. Bridge from certified medication aide into practical nursing and full LPN licensure.
CNA to LPN
Step up from nursing assistant to licensed practical nurse. The fastest license upgrade in nursing, and the standard bridge toward RN.
Find your next step.
Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.