Lamar State College-Orange has offered a Vocational Nursing Program for more than 30 years. The labor board reports a need for more than 138,000 nurses in the next 10 years. The Vocational Nursing Program accepts classes twice a year for the day program and once a year for the evening program.

Program Director

Lorrie LeBlanc

Phone: (409) 882-3308

Fax: (409) 883-9960

Nursing Classroom Bldg., Rm. 104L

Lorrie.LeBlanc@lsco.edu

Vocational Nursing (C) Certificate

The Vocational Nursing Program is a competency-based program designed to prepare Lamar State College-Orange graduates to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-PN/VN) to be licensed vocational nurses (LVN). The LVN functions under the direction of a registered nurse and/or licensed physician to provide nursing care to people who are in need of medical diagnostic evaluation and are experiencing acute or chronic illness. Graduates of the LSC-O VN Program are currently employed in hospitals, physicians' offices, outpatient medical centers, long-term care facilities and home health agencies. The VN Program is ideal for those who desire careers in nursing, but do not wish to spend two or more years in an educational program.

The VN Program is the foundation on which the Associate of Applied Science Upward Mobility Nursing Program is built. The Upward Mobility Nursing Program is a competency-based program whose graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN) to be registered nurses (RN).