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Registered Nurse Program
The Registered Nurse (RN) program will prepare students for this exciting career with concentrated classroom studies and extensive clinical work (720 hours) based in a wide-range of health care settings. The first two semesters are identical in both the Practical Nursing (PN) program and the Registered Nurse Program enabling students to finish with the PN after the first summer, and/or continue in the RN program.
Registered Nurse Careers
- Out-patient Clinics
- Schools
- Home/Public Health
- Occupational Industries
- Physicians Offices
- Long-Term Care Facilities
- Medical-Surgical Units
- Critical Care
- Pediatrics
- Obstetrics
- Insurance Companies
- Rehabilitation

Course Schedule
Registered Nurse/Fort Dodge Schedule
Pre-requisites
(students must pass state certification exams)
First Semester
Second Semester
Summer Semester
Third Semester**
Fourth Semester**
Summer Semester (6 weeks)
*Test out option is available. See Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine or Program Coordinator.
**At the Fort Dodge Center, the third and fourth semesters are interchangeable Students may extend the program over 3 years by taking the Arts and Science courses during the first year and the nursing courses during the second and third years.
Fort Dodge Faculty Staff
Registered Nurse/Storm Lake Schedule
Pre-requisites
(students must pass state certification exams)
First Semester
Second Semester
Summer Semester
Third Semester
Fourth Semester
Summer Semester (6 weeks)
*Test out option is available. See Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine or Program Coordinator.
Students may extend the program over 3 years by taking the Arts and Science courses during the first year and the nursing courses during the second and third years.
Storm Lake Faculty Staff
Registered Nurse/Webster City Schedule
Pre-requisites
(students must pass state certification exams)
First Semester
Second Semester
Summer Semester
Third Semester**
Fourth Semester**
Summer Semester (6 weeks)
*Test out option is available. See Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine or Program Coordinator.
Students may extend the program over 3 years by taking the Arts and Science courses during the first year and the nursing courses during the second and third years.
Webster City Faculty Staff
Iowa Community colleges have developed the following Core Performance Standards for all applicants to Health Care Career Programs. These standards are based upon required abilities that are compatible with effective performance in health care careers. Applicants unable to meet the Core Performance Standards are responsible for discussing the possibility of reasonable accommodations with the designated institutional office. To view the full Iowa Core Performance Standards, click here.
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