Career Opportunities
Your career opportunities include working for hospitals, specialized health facilities, clinics, outpatient care centers, hospice, nursing homes, extended care facilities and private homes. The region’s leading employers are seeking out our graduates! In addition, LPN graduates can now build on their LPN degree in order to receive their RN degree from Southeast Tech!
Average Salary
The median annual wage for career opportunities for graduates of similar programs, according to the US Department of Labor and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
$43,180.00
Award Types: 1-Year Diploma
Total Credit Required to Graduate: 48 (Diploma)
Does the medical world intrigue you? Are you ready to respond to a higher calling? At Southeast Tech, get to where you want to be in just eleven months with a Licensed Practical Nursing diploma. As a Licensed Practical Nurse or LPN, you’ll provide basic patient care under the supervision of physicians and Registered Nurses. You’ll learn to provide direct patient care, give medications in various ways including injections and IVs and performing many other cares necessary for patient treatment through intensive hands-on instruction.
And at Southeast Tech, you can choose to complete your diploma during traditional classroom hours or as an evening program either with a fall or spring start.
Graduates are eligible to take the NCLEX-PN and be licensed as an LPN after approval by the Board of Nursing in their state of residence. Students who are not South Dakota residents or South Dakota residents who are seeking employment outside South Dakota should contact that state’s Board of Nursing for any additional requirements.
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Scheduling Options
LPN Day students:
Full-time LPN day students can expect to be in class or at clinical Monday–Friday. Clinical shifts may start as early as 7:00am or last until 5:30pm. It is recommended that full-time LPN students work no more than 20 hours/week at an outside job.
Students in the day LPN programs are required to attend 2 hours of open lab each week to practice skills. Times are posted at the start of the course, with several options available each week.
Evening LPN students:
Evening students can expect to be in class Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:30–9:30pm, and at clinical almost every Saturday for up to 12 hours.
Students should plan time every week to practice skills in preparation for check offs. Open lab times are available for all nursing students taking lab courses.
All nursing students should plan on attending some clinical shifts at facilities outside of Sioux Falls. These facilities are usually, but not always, within a 60 mile radius.
View Fall Start Curriculum Here
View Spring Start Curriculum Here
View Summer Start Part-time Curriculum Here
View Evening Curriculum Here
This diploma is a Bring Your Own Laptop (BYOL) program, meaning you can purchase a laptop on your own or from the Southeast Tech Support Center.
Southeast Tech Nursing Program Student Learning Outcomes, based on Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
Patient-centered Care
The student will recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences values and needs.
Teamwork and Collaboration
The student will function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
Evidence-based Practice
The student will integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
Quality Improvement
The student will use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.
Safety
The student will minimize the risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
Informatics
The student will be able to use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making.
Ironside, P.M. Exploring the Complexity of Advocacy: Balancing Patient-Centered Care and Safety. (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2007, from http://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/
Additional Program Requirements
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| Tuition |
$5,472 |
| Fees |
$6,808 |
| Books & Supplies |
$2,486 |
| Physical and Immunizations |
$100 |
| Licensure Fees |
$350 |
| Background Check & Drug Screen |
$110 |
| Other |
$325 |
| TOTAL |
$15,651 |
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Curriculum
Print Curriculum
Award Types: 1-Year Diploma
Total Credit Required to Graduate: 48 (Diploma)