Southeast Community College’s Practical Nursing program met requirements set forth by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and was granted continuing accreditation.
The NLNAC made the decision while meeting June 29-30. The next evaluation visit for SCC’s program is scheduled for spring 2019.
SCC’s Practical Nursing program, which awards a diploma after successfully completing 12 months of study, was established in Lincoln in November 1963 under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962. The Act was designed to train and retrain thousands of workers who were unemployed because of automation and technological change.
The program has received continuous accreditation since December 1969. Fairbury Junior College began a program in 1971, which later became SCC-Beatrice. In 1989, a part-time program was started in Geneva, and Falls City was added as a part-time site in 2002. A fourth part-time LPN program was added in Lincoln in 2006. Students in the part-time program take two years to complete the diploma.
Persons interested in more information about Southeast Community College’s (SCC) Practical Nursing program are asked to contact 800-642-4075 ext. 2765 or 800-233-5027 ext. 1264 or go online to http://www.southeast.edu/programs/LPNS/.