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 Lakeshore Technical College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Background check
- Immunizations
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
31-credit part-time evening (and some Saturdays) technical diploma 31-543-1 at the Cleveland campus starting in June; the college now operates as Lakeshore College. Admission steps: online application, Student Success Questionnaire, Get Started appointment, high school and college transcripts, then Academic Preparedness Requirements, background check, health requirements, Nursing Assistant skills, general education and math before program registration (waitlist process applies). Program cost listed as tuition $6,388.40, books $139, supplies $1,290, total $7,817.40; a Medical Assistant to Practical Nursing bridge is also offered.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites you'll need to meet to apply to this program at Lakeshore Technical College. Open a category to see each one.