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.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites you'll need to meet to apply to this program at Miami Dade College. Open a category to see each one.
Entrance exams
2
Application basics
2
Acceptees
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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