Practical Nursing

Locations: Uniontown, Hermitage, Fort Mill, Penn Twp | 12-Month Diploma

Laurel’s 12-month Practical Nursing is built to teach you basic care skills needed in real life situations and practice til precision in the carefully constructed on-site labs before heading into clinical field settings.

Skills Development:

Monitoring Stable Patients
Assist With Hygiene, Adls, And Basic Patient Care
Obtaining Patient Vital Signs & Patient Data
Medication Administration
Changing Bandages, Foley Insertion, Etc.
Inserting, And Maintaining IV Therapy
Listening To Patients’ Concerns
Reporting To RNs And Doctors
Ensuring Patients Are Comfortable

The Practical Nursing program at Laurel Institutes is designed to prepare students for entry-level careers as Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) once they have successfully completed the program and passed the board exams. The curriculum combines interactive classroom coursework, skill lab sessions, simulation training, and hands-on clinical experiences.

Students learn essential clinical skills such as medication administration, IV therapy insertion, Foley catheterization, wound dressing changes, and vital sign monitoring. Practical training takes place in simulation labs where you develop core technical competencies in a safe learning environment. During off-site clinical rotations, students apply nursing theory and critical thinking directly to patient care under professional supervision.

Uniontown Named #1 for 2026 Best LPN Programs in Pennsylvania

BY PRACTICALNURSING.ORG

Certifications

Laurel’s program prepares you to take the following industry-recognized credentials:

Program Highlights

Strong team of instructors with years of in-field experience

Accelerated coursework to prepare for off-site clinicals

Small class sizes to foster one-on-one time with your instructor

Careers with Build-ability

Career build-ability: A professional pathway to build skills, credentials, and work experience that stack together and allow you to advance in your career. Some of Laurel’s healthcare programs are buildable pathways that break down professional development into progressive, functional stages that deliver growth value at every step. This allows students to enter the workforce quickly while continuously advancing their education and scope of practice.

Clinical Medical Assistant

Practical Nursing

LPN / Paramedic to ADN

ADN to BSN

Start your healthcare career as a Clinical Medical Assistant at Laurel

Transition from our CMA program to our Practical Nursing program

Transition from our Practical Nursing program to our LPN / Paramedic to ADN program to ear your Associate Degree

Transition from our LPN / Paramedic to ADN into our ADN to BSN program

Content Courses

Nutrition Therapy
Fundamentals of Nursing
Anatomy & Physiology
Pharmacology
Human Growth & Development
Leadership & Transition into Practice
Family Health Nursing
Medical Surgical Nursing I & II
NCLEX Certification Prep

(SC) 2026 Practical Nursing Student Handbook

(PA) 2026 Practical Nursing Student Handbook

Admission Requirements

Wonderlic SLE minimum score of 20 or greater or ATI TEAS. Scores will be reviewed, if applicable, on an individual basis, exam must taken within the past 2 years to be eligible for review. Applicants must submit a GED, official high school transcript, and/or post- secondary/LPN transcript with a minimum of a 2.0 cumulative GPA to be considered; Student must be 18 years old prior to class start date. After admission, students are required to complete components to be eligible for the clinical experience.

ACEN Accreditation Notice

Effective September 23, 2026, the Laurel Technical Institute (LTI) Hermitage Practical Nursing Program is a candidate for initial accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). This candidacy status expires in Fall 2028. Learn more about the candidacy status here.

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400
Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 975-5000

Note: Upon granting of initial accreditation by the ACEN Board of Commissioners, the effective date of initial accreditation is the date on which the nursing program was approved by the ACEN as a candidate program that concluded in the Board of Commissioners granting initial accreditation.

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At Laurel, the goal is to provide quality education that leads to career ready graduates. We define Experiential Learning as the process of learning through hands-on experiences giving you direct work-based learning!

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