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University Hospitals Health System LPN Apprenticeship Program - West Market in Elyria, Ohio
Description Are you looking to enhance your career in healthcare? University Hospitals, in partnership with Lorain County Community College (LCCC), is offering a new Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Apprenticeship program to obtain the education and skills needed to become a LPN at Elyria Medical Center. LPNs provides safe, efficient, age specific nursing care to patients and families using nursing interventions in order to assist them to attain, maintain, regain, and sustain optimal health status. The licensed practical nurse provides, to individuals and groups, nursing care requiring the application of basic knowledge of the biological, physical, behavioral, social, technological and nursing sciences. Nursing care is provided at the direction of a licensed physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist or registered nurse. This program will follow the "Earn and Learn" model where selected candidates will be hired into paid full time Patient Care Nursing Assistant (PCNA) roles where 50% of the time will be attending in-person classes at LCCC. Nursing classes and labs will typically be held on Thursdays and Fridays. Clinicals will be a 12-hour shift on either Monday or Wednesday each week. General education courses will be required in addition to nursing courses, which will have various online offerings. The other 50% will be in clinical practice here at UH performing PCNA responsibilities (days/hours may vary). PCNAs completes patient care activities as delegated by the RN and perform duties including, but not limited to, ADLs, vital signs, I's and O's, 12 lead ECG, bladder scan, hygiene and venipuncture where applicable. The LCCC 12-month program prepares students to obtain a Technical Certification as a LPN and sit for their NCLEX upon program completion to obtain licensure as a LPN. Upon successful completion of the program and receipt of licensure, you will be promoted to a UH LPN. Please note that required nursing classes, labs and clinical time will vary each semester and will roughly be around 24 hours per week commitment in addition to time spent working as a PCNA (approximately 16 hrs). Equal Opportunity Employer -- minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity