Practical Nurse

Applications to the program are accepted eight weeks prior to the start of the Spring Quarter and Fall Quarter cohorts. Placement is not guaranteed. 

Tuition and Fees

At Bates, our tuition is affordable and there are options to help make it even easier to gain an education. Federal aid is available for many of our students. Scholarships are also available through the Bates Foundation.

See if you qualify for other funding through our special funding programs with the Workforce Education office.

• National Median Salary: $63,270
• National Potential Annual Job Openings: 60,700

This information is based on data from O*Net, captured on July 2022.

National accreditation

The Bates Technical College Practical Nursing program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA) located at 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20032, 202-909-2526.

State and regional approvals

Bates Technical College Practical Nurse Program has conditional approval from the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission. Bates Technical College is fully accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

Bates Technical College Program Student Learning Outcomes (PSLO)

Upon completion of the Practical Nursing Program, the graduate will be prepared to take the licensing examination, and as a beginning practitioner will be able to:

1. Assist in implementing the nursing process to provide care that is safe, compassionate, culturally and developmentally appropriate.
   1. Assessment – make observations, gather data and assist in the identification of needs and problems relevant to the client.
   2. Analyzing – assist and collaborate in developing a list of actual and potential nursing diagnoses and selecting the goals for care.
   3. Planning – contribute to the development of nursing interventions to meet the needs of clients and families.
   4. Implementation – carry out planned interventions to client care.
   5. Evaluation – appraise the effectiveness of care.
2. Make judgments that integrate nursing science in the provision of safe, quality care
3. Use communication skills effectively in order to function as a member of the Nursing team and apply beginning skills in verbal, non-verbal and written communication.
4. Demonstrate, in a work environment, responsibility for own actions by using critical thinking and decision-making to plan and organize client care.
   1. Participate in self-assessment, including self-evaluation of personal health habits.
   2. Seek learning opportunities that will foster growth.
   3. Apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and responsibilities pertinent to self, client, and others.
   4. Practice conservation of available resources.
   5. Follow employer rules and regulations.
5. Assist in the health teaching of clients recognizing individual differences.
   1. Health teaching – assist in the development of teaching plans for individual clients and families.
   2. Implement teaching of basic health information according to the individualized teaching plan.
   3. Communicate client’s request for information to appropriate team member.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of own role in the health care delivery system.
   1. Function as a practical nurse within the health care delivery systems.
   2. Recognize functions of health care delivery system.
   3. Act as client advocate in health maintenance and clinical care.
7. Recognize the need for change health care and demonstrate willingness to participate in effecting change.
   1. Recognize need to adjust functions to comply with the accepted Practical Nurse role and assist in assessing effectiveness of current nursing practices.
   2. Discuss the value of belonging to professional organizations.
8. Use information systems and patient care technologies in support of safe nursing practices.

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

No forms have been provided.