A licensed Vocational Nurse is a team member of the health care delivery system in health promotion, disease prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. Accountability is based on competency performance in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individuals and families, group homes, hospitals, and community agencies. A graduate of the Vocational Nursing Program finds employment opportunities in the Houston area and nationwide in hospitals, nursing homes, physicians' offices, schools and clinics. The graduate can expect an annual salary range of $44,000 or more.

1. Nursing: Vocational Certification

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Vocational Nursing
• Entry Requirements
• TEAS with the following scores
• Math 60
• Reading 64
• Criminal Background Check
• Drug Screen(10 Panel, urine/creatinine pH level
• HBV (Hepatitis)
• HBV must be completed before entering the program
• Eligibility issues will require a Petition of Declaratory
Order
• Go to: www.bon.state.tx.us. Click on forms. Scroll down
to Declaratory order and follow instructions.

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Criminal Background Check
• A person convicted of a felony /misdemeanor of a court of competent
jurisdiction enters an adjudication of guilty against the person on a felony
offense under the laws of this or another state of the United States.
• These crimes which the Board considers to be directly related to the duties
and responsibilities of a Licensed Vocational Nurse shall include, but are
not limited to:
• Offenses against a person
• Offenses against property
• Offenses involving fraud, dishonesty or deceit
• Offenses related to drugs/alcohol
• Offenses which include attempting or conspiring to commit any of the
offenses in this subsection

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Admission Criteria
VNSG 1320 and VNSG 1216 will be required for program
acceptance.

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Essential Functions
• Essential functions are the basic physical, cognitive, psychomotor, social
and affective activities that are necessary for successful completion of the
Houston Community College Vocational Nursing Program curriculum
leading to initial licensure as a vocational nurse.
• Basic functions included are gross motor skills, fine motor skills, physical
endurance, physical strength, mobility, hearing, visual, tactile, smell,
reading, arithmetic competence, emotion stability, analytical thinking,
critical thinking, interpersonal skills , and communication

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Course Substitutions
• VNSG1216 Nutrition (Pre-requisite)
• VNSG 1320 Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health (Pre-requisite)
• Houston Community College Biol1322 Basic Nutrition WILL NOT course
substitute for VNSG 1216
• U of H-Nutr 2332 Into to Human Nutrition (3)
• Sam Houston State-FCS 167 Basic Nutrition (3)
• Stephen F. Austin-HMS 339-Nutrition (3)
• Baton Rouge CC-Biol 220-Human Nut & Diet Therapy (3)
• Prairie View A & M-HUSC 1343
• Lone Star- Biol 1322
• San Jacinto College-HOEC 1322
• Alvin Community College FDNS 1305
• Brazos port College/ Lee College-Biol 1322
• Blinn College-HOEC 1305
• Texas A & M BICH 401 or Nut 202
• Texas Southern-Food and Nut 233

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Vocational Nursing
• Length: 12 months
• Employment rate: 100%
Admission
• Two admissions
• Application deadlines:
• June 1 for Fall admission
• October 1 for Spring admissions
• Class size
• Approximately 120 students per year are admitted

8. • Classroom and lab instruction: 560 hours
• Clinical education: 864 hours
*See Degree Plan
• SCH: 44
• Prerequisites
• VNSG 1216-Nutrition
• VNSG 1320-Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health
• Level I 12 SCH
• Level II 15 SCH
• Level III 12 SCH
Curriculum

9. Clinical Education Centers
• Memorial-Hermann Hospital System
• Garden Terrace Alzheimer’s Center
• Harris County Jail
• Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services
• Michael DeBakey VA Medical Center
• Kindred Hospital
• University Place Nursing Center

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Vocational Nursing
• Employment areas: Acute care, community health,
geriatric care, pediatric care, home health
• Employment settings: Hospitals, out patient facilities,
private physician office, home health care, nursing homes
• Median salary range in $45,000
Fees
• Approximate and are subject to change
• (See 3rd page of Profile of the Vocational Nurse
Program Cost Sheet)

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Contact
Texas Board of Nursing
www.bon.texas.gov
www.weborder.precheck.net/studentcheck/studentOrder.aspx
Department Chair: Deborah Simmons-Johnson
713.718.7332
deborah.johnson@hccs.edu
Department Secretary: Blessing Obot
713.718.7330
blessing.obot@hccs.edu

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Thank You
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