Nursing (LPN-BSN)

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LPN Nursing Clinical – What to Expect

All clinical experiences are arranged by Presentation College. Students are not permitted to contact clinical agencies or potential clinical agencies on behalf of Presentation College in an attempt to arrange their own clinical experiences. If a student has knowledge of a potential clinical site, the student may pass that information on to the Clinical Coordinator staff at Presentation College who will contact the agency if appropriate.

Sophomore

• Intro to Professional Nursing: 22.5 hours of clinical over two weekdays. All clinical rotations are currently completed near the end of the semester at the Aberdeen campus. These clinical hours are specifically a skills check-off verifying all expected nursing skills.

Junior

• Mental Health: 68 hours of clinical over two weekends, usually Saturday, Sunday, & Monday and/or Thursday, Friday, & Saturday. All clinical rotations are currently completed in South Dakota. +
• Maternal Child: 45 hours of clinical over two weekends, usually Saturday & Sunday and/or Friday and Saturday. All clinical rotations are currently completed in North Dakota and South Dakota. +
• Adult Health I: 45 hours of clinical over two weekends, usually Saturday & Sunday and/or Friday and Saturday. All clinical rotations are currently completed in North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota. +

Senior

• Adult Health II: 112 hours of clinical over three weekends, usually Friday, Saturday, & Sunday and/or Saturday, Sunday, & Monday. All clinical rotations are currently completed in North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota. +
• Community Health: 90 hours of clinical which consists of a three day rotation during the week at the Aberdeen Campus Avera Simulation Center, usually Monday-Wednesday or Wednesday-Friday, plus an in-person project in your home community, and an online virtual community simulation.
• Leadership: 135 hours of 1-on-1 preceptorship, schedule is worked out with the individual preceptor. Students are expected to mimic the schedule of their preceptor.

 

+ Clinical placements depend on the class, how many students register, who registers first, which clinical sites are letting us come that semester, how many seats they have open, and which instructor is available to teach. No specific placement is guaranteed for any student due to all of these variables and travel should be expected. The information above is based on what our schedule has looked like in the past and it is to be used only as a tentative guide. This schedule and specific sites are not guaranteed and are subject to change without notice.