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Overview

Licensure pass rate (2025) 86.67%
Duration 10 months
A practical nursing program that prepares graduates for NCLEX-PN licensure to provide basic nursing care under the direction of RNs and physicians, supporting health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.

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 Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS

1,200 hour full time Adult Practical Nursing program at the Southern Adirondack Education Center in Hudson Falls, 10 months; enrollment occurs once a year and the process begins the January before September entry. 2025 NCLEX-PN pass rate 86.67% vs the NYS average of 83.38%. Application process and information session pages exist but specific requirements were not listed on the pages fetched.

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 Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program. Open a category to see each one.

Entrance exams

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Health and background checks

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Application basics

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