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 Miami Dade College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
Pre-admission testing requires both TABE and TEAS (minimum scores not stated) plus completion of required prerequisite courses. One-year planned certificate program; NCLEX-PN pass rate 80% (2024), completion rate 34.86% for AY 2023-24, job placement 89%.
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.
People
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
diazstefaniem
student nurse
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silviaa
Balancing nursing school and life · Miami
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Sheshe
Nursing student at Miami Dade College · Florida
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Vanessa
Nurse intern turned student · Miami Dade College
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Getting in starts with a path. Pick one, then follow the people who already did it.