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 Sri Sai Krish Institute asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Background check
- Immunizations
Minimum age 17; health clearance (history, physical, PPD or chest X-ray) and Live Scan fingerprinting with criminal background clearance before clinical training; must lift 20-50 lbs occasionally. Full-time certificate in 53 weeks (12 months 1 week); 2025 flyer lists a 19-month part-time program at $29,900 and a 95% NCLEX-PN pass rate for 2016 (no newer rate published). No entrance exam, fee or GPA stated.
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 Sri Sai Krish Institute. Open a category to see each one.

