Vocational Nursing
The Blinn College Vocational Nursing Program (offered in both traditional face-to-face and online-blended formats) is designed to provide students with the education and training needed to become a highly-skilled, licensed vocational nurse (LVN) capable of working in a variety of medical settings.
Enrollment in the Vocational Nursing courses is dependent upon admission into the program and the College. The traditional program begins with the fall semester and continues for 10 months while the online-blended program begins with the fall semester and continues for 12 months.
The program consists of classroom, laboratory, and clinical experiences. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities throughout the Brenham and LaGrange areas are utilized for clinical rotations.
A vocational nursing certificate is issued upon satisfactory completion of all program requirements. Graduates of the program are eligible to take the National Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX-PN) and the Nursing Jurisprudence Examination (NJE). The graduate will be considered a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) after successfully passing the examination.
Why Choose Blinn?
Two Instructional Methods
Traditional Face-to-Face Classroom Instruction and Online-Blended Instruction With two instructional methods, the Blinn College District is able to serve the surrounding areas with highly skilled professionals, as well as meet the learning method needs of students.
Licensure
Our licensure pass rate is among the highest in the nation, placing students into a high-demand profession.
Careers
Blinn can quickly train students in a profession that is expected to grow by 15% over the next 10 years.
Blinn students save thousands in tuition and fees and can apply for 300+ scholarships with a single application. See our affordability page for more info.
The Vocational Nursing program at Blinn College meets the state education requirements for a Vocational Nursing license in the state of Texas and other states in the Nurse Licensure Compact. Blinn College has not determined if the Vocational Nursing program at Blinn College meets the state education requirements in any other state, any U.S. Territory, or the District of Columbia.
VOCN Brenham Accreditation and Approval
The Blinn College Vocational Nursing Program is approved by the Texas Board of Nursing, 1801 Congress Avenue, Suite 10-200, Austin, Texas 78701, 512-305-7400, (https://www.bon.texas.gov). The Blinn College District is accredited by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
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Bill Thienes gifts $25,000 for Blinn College District nursing programs to introduce virtual-reality training
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Blinn celebrates 38 vocational nursing graduates with pinning ceremony
Vocational nurses earn a median salary of $48,070 and employment is growing nationwide
Bill Thienes gifts $33,000 to the Blinn College Foundation for nursing student scholarships
Donation honors late wife, daughter-in-law who was a nurse
Blinn College District celebrates 36 nursing graduates with pinning ceremony
Vocational nurses earn a median salary of $48,820 and employment is growing nationwide