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 Radford M Locklin Technical College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Background check
- Drug screen
1350 hour Practical Nursing program taught over three semesters plus a required 250 hour summer session, full-time 8:30am to 3:15pm MTWRF. Applications for the 2026-2027 program are closed; next applications available in January 2027 (no deadline date stated). Clinical employers require no felony convictions; adult students must present an FDLE report at application and drug testing is required at application and throughout the program. Additional admission requirements are in the application packet (not posted); the linked program brochure is an image-only PDF.
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 Radford M Locklin Technical College. Open a category to see each one.