LPN training in Connecticut
University of Phoenix
Location: Online SchoolHow to Become an LPN in Connecticut
To become an LPN in Connecticut you will need to:
- Attend a practical nursing program of at least ten months in duration and more than 1,500 hours of theory. Half of these hours must have been direct or indirect (observed) nursing experience.
- Register for the NCLEX-PN exam online at http://www.pearsonvue.com/nclex. The exam fee is $200.
- Apply for licensure with the Connecticut Department of Public Health and pay the $75 initial application fee. You can find an application form at http://www.ct.gov/dph/LIB/dph/practitioner_licensing_and_investigations/plis/nursing/lpn/LPN_App_Only.pdf. Send them your official nursing school transcripts. If you attended a nursing program outside of Connecticut, the nursing program director must also complete and send a Verification of Theory and Clinical Instruction form to the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
- Pass the NCLEX-PN exam.
- Receive your license from the Connecticut Department of Public Health
Did you know that LPNs in Connecticut earn a mean hourly wage of $24.90 or a mean annual wage of $51,780?
Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing
Dept. of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue, MS# 13PHO
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0328
Phone: (860) 509-7624
Fax: (860) 509-7553
Website: http://www.state.ct.us/dph/
Other LPN schools in Connecticut
New England Technical Institute
- Hamden
- (203) 287-7300
- 109 Sanford St, Hamden, Connecticut 06514 Shelton
- (860) 225-8641
- 8 Progress Drive, Shelton, Connecticut 06484
New England Technical Institute of Connecticut Inc
- New Britain
- (860) 225-8641
- 200 John Downey Dr, New Britain, Connecticut 06051
Stone Academy-East Hartford
- East Hartford
- (860) 569-0618
- 403 Main St, East Hartford, Connecticut 06118
